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On the recordDecember 24, 2021
They called themselves kayaktivists and they held up signs saying support Build Back Better, don’t sink our bill, Senator Manchin.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
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Activists protested outside Senator Manchin's yacht urging him to support the Build Back Better bill.

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