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SanAndreasX 2 days ago
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EpicRandy said:
LurkerJ said:

There were ways to circumvent these two and do more, I am not mentally equipped to explain this myself now as it's been long time. I will dig up the articles regarding this (or not, I will see how motivated I am later, I am just BLEH about it all now).

This is the dems need to work on, it's almost as if they're too happy to ditch progressive policies. 

Of course, there were ways, but none were without risk, especially since later on Kyrsten became independent and Manchin is one of the most right-leaning democrats, circumventing their constant opposition could have led them to vote against bills out of spite or worse change party affiliation which would have strip dems of senate control.

Sinema in particular seemed to revel in her role as a spoiler.

As for Manchin, he's gone. Replaced by the billionaire coal baron governor of West Virginia despite the fact that WV continued to decline under his governorship. That seat will never be blue again.