'To Democrats eager to become senators in 2023, the Senate is plainly broken... and Joe Manchin's power over President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan is proof', says Dan Merica | Opinion
The moderate Democrat's announcement on Sunday that he would be a no vote on Biden's sweeping economic and social spending package has lit a fire under those Democrats who hope to be his colleagues."Manchin's current decision is an egregious betrayal of working people," said Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, a Democrat running in a crowded primary for his state's open Senate seat in 2022.
Val Demings, who's running for Senate in Florida, pinned a simple tweet:"I would vote for #BuildBackBetter in the Senate."The upshot of Manchin's decision for Democratic candidates is that it plays into an argument many have been making since they began their campaigns earlier in the year -- that the chamber is broken and the only way to fix it is to elect more Democrats.
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