Joe Manchin may be the second-most powerful person in Washington, D.C., right now. He is the 50th senator whose vote Democrats must secure in order to have Vice President Kamala Harris break a tie and pass legislation. “Manchin controls everything,” a senior Democratic Senate aide told Politico’s Playbook today.
Democrats are clearly counting on him to push President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus package to victory. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told ABC News on Sunday that Democrats have the votes to pass another COVID-19 relief package:
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