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Joe Manchin: “We haven’t seen the final text on it. So for me to speak on it, to say, yes, I could be for this or no. I’m not going to…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2021
We haven’t seen the final text on it. So for me to speak on it, to say, yes, I could be for this or no. I’m not going to be for that, you need to change this or that until I see the legislation. Hard to say that.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
Source
msnbc.com

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Senator Manchin expresses his need to see the final text of the bill before making a decision.

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