Joe Manchin: “We are spending more on giving money away than we ever did on education. It makes no sense to me at all.”

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

This is not right. She is the soul of America. She is the soul of the Senate, and he knows he needs more Susan Collins, no matter what side of the aisle they’re on.

She's an American senator that represents her state of Maine ... the most independent minded person I've ever met.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.