On the recordMarch 6, 2021
If you want to make it a little bit more painful, make him stand there and talk, I`m willing to look at any way we can, but I am not willing to take away the involvement of the minority.
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msnbc.comJoe Manchin: “If you want to make it a little bit more painful, make him stand there and talk, I`m willing to look at any way we can…”
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Manchin expresses his willingness to consider changes to the filibuster while maintaining minority rights.
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