Joe Manchin

What we had was a great -- we had a respectful, we had a very informative and very good conversation and it was the start of a good relationship, it really was.

I never give up. I never give up.

I will not vote for that huge bill to regulate elections and campaign finance and combat voter suppression.

If we leave this to individual committees, the voices in that committee will be able to shape the report and we`re going to end up swiping this piece, one piece at a time.

What we had was great. We had a respectful, we had a very informative and it was a very good conversation that we had in as a starting of a good relationship. It really was.

We need the truth to come out if we`re going -- if our democracy is going to survive, because it was an insurrection, it was an act of insurrection.

Senator Joe Manchin has said that he opposes the For the People Act and that he will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster.

I think it`s the wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together and unite our country. And I`m not supporting that because I think it would divide us further.

I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act. Furthermore, I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster.

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would update the formula states and localities must use to ensure proposed voting laws do not restrict the rights of any particular group or population.

Senator Manchin came out in opposition to the Senate`s For the People Act, which would basically create a modern voting infrastructure.

The West Virginia poll also shows that Joe Manchin is against the tide of his own constituents, his own voters on that.

Conservative Democratic Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia, he’s the only Democrat in the Senate who is not signed on to sponsored voting rights bill and this weekend said he doesn’t support it.

I don’t think so, because we have seven brave Republicans who continue to vote for what they know is right and facts as they see them, not worrying about political consequences.

But ultimately, voting rights and election integrity are so fundamentally important that you have to, I believe, support the president and get this done. If it means changing the filibuster rule, I would favor doing that.

I have always said, if I said I can’t go home and explain it, I can’t vote for it. And I can’t explain strictly partisan election reform or blowing up the Senate rules to expedite one party’s agenda.

I don`t think so, because we have seven brave Republicans that continue to vote for what they know is right and the facts as they see them.

I think he`s 100 percent wrong in trying to block all the good things that we`re trying to do for America.

You know, voting is a bedrock of our democracy, an open, fair, secure voting. We used to go around the world and explain and show and observe voting procedures in a democracy. And now if we can’t practice what we preach and we’re going to…

I don`t think that right now basically, we need to be bipartisan. If we can`t become -- I`ve always said this, I`ve never seen a pothole that had a Republican or Democrat name on.

I think is a disaster waiting to happen. If we go down that path of where it`s going to be just...

If we go down that path of where it’s going to be just...

I don`t think -- right now basically we need to be bipartisan. If we can`t become -- I`ve always said this. I`ve never seen a pothole that had a Republican or Democrat name on it. It will bust your tire, no matter who you are.

Senator Manchin expressed confidence that West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito will bring enough Republican votes to a bipartisan version of an infrastructure bill.

We need to be bipartisan if we can become. I`ve always said this, I`ve never seen a pothole that had a Republican and Democrat name on it.