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Manchin crushes Biden's megabill — Joe Manchin declared Sunday that he could not support President Joe Biden's sweeping social and climate spending bill, striking a decisive blow to Democrats' agenda. — The West Virginia Democrat bluntly said he is a “no” on the $1.7 trillion in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Manchin tanks Biden's $1.75 trillion BBB plan — Joe Manchin will not support the president's Build Back Better legislation, he told Fox News on Sunday, all but guaranteeing the end of the $1.75 trillion spending package that is the center piece of the Biden agenda.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Manchin says he ‘cannot vote’ for Democrats' $2 trillion spending package — The West Virginia Democrat says ‘This is a no,’ potentially spelling doom for major part of Biden agenda. — Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said that he could not support Democrats' roughly $2 trillion bill …
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Won't Vote for ‘Build Back Better’ Bill in Blow to Biden — The decision could doom President Biden's top domestic-policy priority — WASHINGTON—Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.V.) said he won't support his party's “Build Back Better” plan, a decision that could doom President Biden's top domestic-policy priority.
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Johnny Isakson, 76, Georgia politician respected by both sides, dies — Johnny Isakson spent his life cutting deals. — From his successful career in real estate to when Georgia's Republican Party was mostly confined to a small knot in Cobb County to Congress, Isakson learned early on what it took to get two sides to an agreement.
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The Seattle Times:
Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen dies after battle with COVID — OLYMPIA — State Sen. Doug Ericksen, a stalwart conservative voice in the Legislature, former leader of Donald Trump's campaign in Washington and an outspoken critic of COVID-19 emergency orders, has died, his family said Saturday.
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Associated Press:
Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen dies at 52 after Covid-19 battle — SEATTLE — Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen, a staunch conservative, has died at age 52. — Ericksen's death Friday came weeks after he said he had tested positive for the coronavirus while in El Salvador …
Kay Jones / CNN:
State senator dies a month after telling a local radio station he was sick with Covid-19 while in El Salvador — (CNN)A Washington state senator has died a month after confirming with a local radio station he was in El Salvador and sick with Covid-19. — State Sen. Doug Ericksen's family announced …
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
Most of the World's Vaccines Likely Won't Prevent Infection From Omicron — They do seem to offer significant protection against severe illness, but the consequences of rapidly spreading infection worry many public health experts. — A growing body of preliminary research suggests …
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Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
CNN Closes Offices as Covid-19 Cases Rise — President Jeff Zucker cited a surge of cases at the network in a memo on the decision — CNN is closing its offices to nonessential employees, network President Jeff Zucker told employees in a memo Saturday, as Covid-19 cases rise at the network and nationwide.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump wants the courts to help him sabotage the January 6 investigation — Trump is no longer president. Will the Supreme Court keep bending the law to protect him? — Unless the Supreme Court intervenes on former President Donald Trump's behalf, a US House committee investigating …
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Whitney Wild / CNN:
‘Stop the Steal’ leader hands over communications with GOP lawmakers to January 6 committee — ‘Stop the Steal’ organizer says GOP lawmakers helped him — (CNN)"Stop the Steal" leader Ali Alexander has handed over to the House Select Committee investigating January 6 thousands of text messages …
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ABC News, The American Spectator, Insider and Politico
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
Pretending Problems Don't Exist Won't Make Them Disappear — This fall, Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the peculiar vigilante group known as the Guardian Angels, ran for mayor of New York City as a Republican. Sliwa was less threatening than liberals made him out to be …
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
New York's Surge in Virus Cases Shows No Signs of Slowing Down — Two U.S. Air Force aircrew members supporting Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's international travel last week tested positive for the coronavirus, the Air Force confirmed on Saturday. — Mr. Blinken cut short his trip …
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