Joe Manchin: “The fiscal year 2021 Omnibus Bill appropriated $1.9 billion to carry out the Secured and Trusted Communications Networks…”

I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

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.

We’re trying to build a true independent network.