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"It was very clear that Texas and the rest of the country is not like West Virginia and that we do need a national standard that actually empowers people to vote," Texas state Rep. Fischer says of meeting with Sen. Manchin's staff to discuss voting rights. https://t.co/pCWkrV1FQL

.@MaddowBlog: As Senate Democrats hold their first in-person caucus lunch in a year, some special guests will share a perspective the party is eager for Sen. Manchin to hear. https://t.co/TwwhEcN3ZS

"Mitch McConnell is returning to his self-coined principle — that is mentioned nowhere in the Constitution — that at a certain point of their term a President no longer has the right to seat a Supreme Court nominee," @StCollinson writes. | Analysis https://t.co/et3JOyegUA

"He's not going to abandon his state for the sake of bipartisanship, but he wants to work with his Republican colleagues," Jonathan Kott, former communications director for Sen. Manchin, says on Manchin’s views on the filibuster and the For the People Act. https://t.co/WYu1ZAmB6y

Opinion | @LEBassett: Senators Manchin and Sinema are so enamored with the myth of bipartisanship that they aren’t willing to do what needs to be done to save their own party. - @MSNBCDaily https://t.co/N3wSkccis0

Opinion | @HayesBrown: To placate his voters, Sen. Manchin doesn't support H.R. 1 — but his Plan B for saving democracy can't work. - @MSNBCDaily https://t.co/XsoqgtiKnp

Rev. Barber says Sen Manchin is "hurting the very bloc of people that put him in office: poor and low wage white people from the mountains and Black people from Charleston." "This state needs infrastructure, it needs living wages, it needs healthcare." https://t.co/jP9gANhmku

"The Democrats need to spend less time attacking Manchin and more time defining a 2022 strategy that will keep them in power," write Arick Wierson and Bradley Honan for @CNNOpinion https://t.co/b1VqplxhQ4

Senator Joe Manchin has become perhaps the Democratic Party’s most contentious figure. Frustrated Democrats ask why he still insists on bipartisanship. But back home in West Virginia, his desire to reach across the aisle is seen as the core of his being. https://t.co/xbEEVxOu34

.@MaddowBlog: To hear Sen. Manchin tell it, a single-party push on voting rights is a "disaster waiting to happen." Reality makes clear, however, that this precise disaster is already unfolding, and has been for months. https://t.co/ZKmwiTnBkH

Manchin organized a Zoom meeting on Monday with civil rights groups and a handful of Republican senators to discuss his party's proposals on voting rights and policing https://t.co/GW8P1RH3RR

Liberals have been unleashing their growing frustration at Sen. Joe Manchin over his opposition to their party’s signature voting rights package. But for now at least, top Democrats are urging their members to hold their fire. https://t.co/guLkkrIN9K

Chuck Schumer says the Senate will vote on the For The People voting rights act — but can Sen. Joe Manchin be persuaded to back it? @NikolenDC reports on the efforts to change the mind of the Democratic senator who's holding out his support https://t.co/DtXbhr5dMI https://t.co/nd9bPnXTDp

Perspective: Manchin thinks the filibuster fosters bipartisanship. Here’s why it doesn’t. https://t.co/9OjpAUqxv4

Opinion: “While Manchin pays lip service to concerns about state laws ‘that seek to needlessly restrict voting,’ his opposition to federal voting rights reform enables those state laws.” https://t.co/rFO39NVWlA

Dems are going to have some candid family conversations this week. If they’re going to get behind an infrastructure proposal that’s half the size of what they were shooting for, they need assurances from two colleagues in particular https://t.co/sN2t0ckyi6

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s not giving up on Sen. Joe Manchin, who is opposing House Democrats' sweeping election reform bill https://t.co/KtTzbGC0Ac

Moderate Democrats like Sens. Manchin and Sinema are flexing their power that comes with a narrowly divided Senate. But progressive lawmakers say Democrats have a responsibility to pass legislation that reflects the policies they promised voters in 2020. https://t.co/udBsXzlXhW

Joe Manchin: the Democrat who holds the fate of Biden’s agenda in his hands https://t.co/iteJ8Mw7oW

Opinion: How Joe Manchin could escape the trap he set for himself https://t.co/VCnevdPPb8

Manchin's wishlist: - Ban partisan gerrymandering - Requiring voter ID with new alternatives, like a utility bill - Make Election Day a public holiday - Mandate at least 15 consecutive days of early voting https://t.co/DdSC2I0btk

Sen. Joe Manchin outlined his election legislation policy wishes as he takes heat for being the only Democratic senator who hasn't signed on to the expansive HR1 voting rights bill. https://t.co/DdSC2IhMkS

JUST IN: Manchin opens door to supporting scaled-down version of election reform bill https://t.co/yxF8M3UIR0 https://t.co/HD4uXFkxYt

Manchin rejects progressive push for infrastructure guarantee https://t.co/aaqbL2ICVI https://t.co/xc0wlcHAho

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hopes that Sen. Joe Manchin (https://t.co/tUNBAayRBQ.) sees the "opportunity" to build a more "prosperous West Virginia" by supporting an infrastructure bill that would only require 51 votes to pass. https://t.co/SrNf0iIH1x

Hundreds in West Virginia protest Manchin's opposition to voting rights legislation https://t.co/4BxNziWp9a https://t.co/dpqFITVu3u

.@SpeakerPelosi: "I don't give up on Joe Manchin. When he was governor and secretary of state in West Virginia, he initiated many of the ideas that are in H.R.1." https://t.co/0Mcc2zxTpI https://t.co/IJofXiLKGo

.@RepAOC: "The things that [Joe Manchin] cites, like this, I think romanticism of bipartisanship is about an era of Republicans that simply do not exist anymore." https://t.co/TUgmKiPGH1 https://t.co/h2ssPKR9Rs

"Biden has 3 options in dealing with Manchin and Sinema" (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/wRs8aQb1Px https://t.co/r4WAa0ii1x

“I do believe that that old way of politics has absolutely an influence in Joe Manchin’s thinking and the way he navigates the body,” Ocasio-Cortez told host Dana Bash on CNN's "State of the Union." https://t.co/ehaI2xEzQm

Manchin did not personally meet with Texas legislators lobbying for election overhaul https://t.co/ZF33zOOoE3

Biden Report Card: Inflation, Manchin, Harris trip foil week https://t.co/z7wChUP155

You can’t understand Sen. Joe Manchin without understanding the remarkable, 180-degree political transformation in his home state of West Virginia, @GeraldFSeib writes https://t.co/9X2MNlwk2v

Pelosi said she discussed the issue with him, and “I do know that he has certain concerns about the legislation that we may be able to come to terms on.” https://t.co/H8nbY4eYUI

Gloves come off as AOC blasts Manchin’s ‘romanticism about bipartisanship’ https://t.co/KY0exvtecl

“I read the op-ed, and you read a part of it—I think he left the door open. I think it’s ajar. I’m not giving up.” https://t.co/H8nbY4eYUI

Pelosi not giving up on flipping Manchin on elections bill: ‘I think he left the door open’ https://t.co/H8nbY4eYUI

Biden's pretense as a deal-maker is about to be tested by Dems as a compromise between the party's rival factions appears to be elusive. The only way for Biden to notch accomplishments before the 2022 midterm elections may be to disappoint the Left. https://t.co/yU8cMFoQL5

The effort is being led on the Republican side by Sens. Romney and Portman and on the Democratic side by Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. https://t.co/4KoukpGPdJ

“It was inevitable that President Biden’s indifferent relationship to the truth eventually would catch up with him. At a recent event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it did.” @mikemckenna3 @WashTimesOpEd https://t.co/JeY0LqT52M

Democrats remain confident they can persuade Senator Manchin to agree to their bloated infrastructure bill, @JohnGizzi reports. https://t.co/6bIrq7l4S7

Hey, Manchin - join the GOP https://t.co/DOHJnRdYZB https://t.co/1QIg9EuD1z

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he will continue to support the Hyde Amendment, which bans taxpayer funding for abortion in the United States. https://t.co/6YRFUvVkUr

History may judge Joe Manchin as a profile in courage, writes Patrick Buchanan https://t.co/9lOzhIlS87 https://t.co/kt48cSd8e9

Memo to Manchin: Join the GOP, writes Deroy Murdock https://t.co/DOHJnRdYZB https://t.co/YAbBN02a3f

Manchin Says He’ll Support the Hyde Amendment in ‘Every Way Possible’ | by @McCormackJohn https://t.co/H6utMoApuW

Ruthless podcast plays 'Dem or Journo' game using quotes condemning Joe Manchin over filibuster support https://t.co/CGQgkTGMDs

Far-left rep claims Manchin 'dooming our democracy' by opposing HR1 https://t.co/tkBwgFHhVY https://t.co/VsbzhTdWrl