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On the recordDecember 21, 2021
I knew where they were and I knew what they could and could not do. They just never realized it, because they figured surely to God we can move one person. The bottom line, I knew that we could not change. It was never going to change. It never could change with that many people.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
Source
msnbc.com

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Joe Manchin discusses his awareness of the limitations of negotiations regarding the Build Back Better bill.

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