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The White House:
Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki — Senator Manchin's comments this morning on FOX are at odds with his discussions this week with the President, with White House staff, and with his own public utterances. Weeks ago, Senator Manchin committed to the President, at his home in Wilmington …
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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia:
Manchin Statement On Build Back Better Act — Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the Build Back Better Act. — “For five and a half months, I have worked as diligently as possible meeting with President Biden, Majority Leader Schumer …
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Politico:
White House lights up Manchin after he crushes Biden's megabill — Joe Manchin struck a decisive blow to President Joe Biden's sweeping social and climate spending bill, igniting a bitter clash with his own party's White House. — Biden left negotiations with Manchin this week thinking …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Sen. Joe Manchin's position on Build Back Better reflects the reality of West Virginia politics — “I've always said, 'If I can't go back home and explain it, I can't vote for it.'” — That is how Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) explained his announcement Sunday that he “cannot vote” …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Manchin ‘refused’ a call from W.H. before killing BBB — DRIVING THE DAY — Less than 30 minutes before he killed the Democratic Party's most important piece of legislation, an aide was dispatched by Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) to give the White House and congressional leadership a heads up.
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Washington Post:
From charm offensive to scorched earth: How Biden's fragile alliance with Manchin unraveled
From charm offensive to scorched earth: How Biden's fragile alliance with Manchin unraveled
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden promised competence and order. Chaos and uncertainty are winning.
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Manchin says he ‘cannot vote’ for Build Back Better: 'I've done everything humanly possible'
Manchin says he ‘cannot vote’ for Build Back Better: 'I've done everything humanly possible'
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New York Times:
Joe Manchin Says He Can't Support Build Back Better Act
Joe Manchin Says He Can't Support Build Back Better Act
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Did Joe Manchin Kill Joe Biden's Domestic Agenda?
Grace Segers / New Republic:
Does Joe Manchin Know That Build Back Better Would Extend Vital Aid for Sick Coal Miners?
Does Joe Manchin Know That Build Back Better Would Extend Vital Aid for Sick Coal Miners?
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Manchin says he ‘cannot vote’ for Democrats' $2 trillion spending package
Manchin says he ‘cannot vote’ for Democrats' $2 trillion spending package
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Joe Manchin Just Tore Out the Heart of Biden's Agenda
Joe Manchin Just Tore Out the Heart of Biden's Agenda
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Associated Press:
Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2T bill: 'I can't vote for it'
Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2T bill: 'I can't vote for it'
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Manchin says he won't vote for Build Back Better Act
Manchin says he won't vote for Build Back Better Act
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Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will she have vaccine after contracting Covid — The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate revealed in March she had tested positive for Covid — Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will authorities make her have a covid vaccine shot
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CNN:
Outgoing NIH director says Trump and other Republicans pressured him to endorse unproven Covid-19 remedies and to fire Fauci — Washington (CNN)The outgoing director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday that he faced political pressure from then-President Donald Trump …
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Nicole Asbury / Washington Post:
D.C. third-graders were made to reenact episodes from the Holocaust — A Watkins Elementary School staff member told third-graders in library class to reenact scenes from the Holocaust, directing them to dig their classmates' mass graves and simulate shooting the victims, according to an email from the school's principal.
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Ashish K. Jha / The Atlantic:
Don't Panic About Omicron. But Don't Be Indifferent, Either. — The Omicron wave is upon us, and the national conversation is vacillating between panic and indifference. Those who are near panic point to rapidly rising case counts and lockdowns in several European nations.
CNN:
Democrats walk on eggshells around Breyer as GOP plans another blockade for any Biden Supreme Court pick — (CNN)Senate Republicans are poised to deny President Joe Biden an appointment to the Supreme Court if they take the majority in the 2022 midterm elections.
Wall Street Journal:
NYU Is Top-Ranked—In Loans That Alumni and Parents Struggle to Repay — By many measures, the elite Manhattan school is the worst or among the worst for leaving families and graduate students drowning in debt; 'It feels like I'm kind of trapped' — Five months after Kassandra Jones earned …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Brandon Just Wants to Drive His Racecar — “I have zero desire to be involved in politics,” says Brandon Brown, the NASCAR driver at the center of the “Let's Go, Brandon!” meme. — WOODFORD, Va. — “What actually keeps you from getting any nausea is that you're so zoned in on just doing this …
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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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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Johnny Isakson, courtly GOP Georgia senator with bipartisan approach, dies at 76
Johnny Isakson, courtly GOP Georgia senator with bipartisan approach, dies at 76
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Greg Clary / CNN:
Sens. Warren and Booker test positive for Covid-19 — Fauci warns of record-high cases, hospitalizations and deaths — (CNN)Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker tested positive for the coronavirus, according to tweets Sunday from their official accounts.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP maps Biden probes, prelude to 2024 culture war — House Republicans have begun mapping aggressive probes of the Biden administration if they win back the majority — including inquiries into the origins of COVID, a leak of IRS data about billionaires, and accusations the NSA spied on Tucker Carlson.
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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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