Joe Manchin: “The politics are so toxic, the more you talk about this party, that party, what candidate and this candidate.”

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.

The brand got so bad, the D brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of it's just -- it's toxic.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

We don't even have a budget anymore.