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Manchin Says Senate Dems Will Need GOP Outreach To Get His Support For Infrastructure Bill

Eric Quintanar
Manchin Says Senate Dems Will Need GOP Outreach To Get His Support For Infrastructure Bill
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), arguably one of the most powerful Democrats in the evenly split Senate, told Axios that Democrats will need to try and seek GOP support for any future infrastructure and climate bill before they can get him on-board with it. 

The West Virginia senator’s remarks, made during an interview with Axios, come after Democrats pushed President Joe Biden’s first major piece of legislation on party lines, through a complicated process known as reconciliation. A bill passed through reconciliation cannot be filibustered, and can pass with a simple majority in the Senate. 

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