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On the recordApril 27, 2021
How in the world could you with the tension we have right now allow a voting bill to restructure the voting of America on a partisan line? I`m not going to be a part of it.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
Source
msnbc.com

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Joe Manchin expresses his opposition to using the filibuster to advance a voting bill.

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