Joe Manchin: “I want to acknowledge the work of the Committee Ranking Member Murkowski.”

Listen, this is not normal. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And we shouldn’t be hating each other.

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.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.