Joe Manchin: “Let me just say to being open to a rules change that would create a…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2022

Let me just say to being open to a rules change that would create a nuclear option, it`s very, very difficult. That`s a heavy lift.

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Joe Manchin comments on the challenges of changing Senate rules to create a nuclear option.

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