Joe Manchin: “President Obama's fiscal year 2017 defense budget request does little to relieve that burden.”

She's an American senator that represents her state of Maine ... the most independent minded person I've ever met.

I told him he was crazy in 2020 from working against her so hard and he’s crazy now to work against her.

This is not right. She is the soul of America. She is the soul of the Senate, and he knows he needs more Susan Collins, no matter what side of the aisle they’re on.

The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.