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In this photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Manchin not sold on Biden’s mammoth bill, demands Dems tell the truth about its price

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., pays his respects to former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Democrat, GOP lawmakers seek favor with Manchin over social welfare bill

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after a lengthy meeting as the Senate grapples with raising the debt limit, funding the government, and negotiating President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden to meet Manchin to persuade him on $1.9 trillion social spending bill

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after a lengthy meeting as the Senate grapples with raising the debt limit, funding the government, and negotiating President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manchin pushes Democrats to water down climate change provisions in Biden’s social welfare bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., walks through the subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘We want to live’: Climate activists harass Manchin over resistance to Biden’s spending bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key holdout vote on President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, chairs a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans: Don’t get lost in the fog of the numbers

By David Avella

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., gives a farewell speech in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Ryan is bemoaning America's &quot;broken politics&quot; in which he calls Washington's failure to overhaul costly federal benefit programs &quot;our greatest unfinished business.&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘Buying people out of poverty’: GOP blasts Biden for looser rules on new entitlement programs

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In a party of big spenders, Manchin’s $1.5 trillion limit is a lowball bid

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., prepares to chair a hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, as lawmakers work to advance the $1 trillion bipartisan bill, at the Capitol in Washington. Manchin said Thursday, Sept. 2, that Congress should take a strategic pause on more spending, warning that he does not support President Joe Biden's plans for a sweeping $3.5 trillion effort to rebuild and reshape the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Don’t trust Manchin to save us from $3.5T reconciliation

By Jenny Beth Martin

In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., prepares to chair a hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Manchin urges ‘strategic pause’ on $3.5 trillion Democratic spending bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., prepares to chair a hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Manchin threatens to be a headache for Dems trying to rewrite America’s voting laws

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks with reporters as he walks at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021. A bipartisan group of lawmakers have negotiated a plan to pay for an estimated $1 trillion compromise plan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House Republicans pressure Joe Manchin to reject Biden pick over tree-spiking plot

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key negotiator in the infrastructure talks, is followed by reporters after a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill with other Democrats in the bipartisan talks, in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Congressional negotiators and the White House appear open to striking a roughly $1 trillion deal on infrastructure, but they are struggling with the hard part — deciding who will pay for it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manchin agrees to join Democrats in supporting voting bill

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrives on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Liberal groups push for undoing filibuster in advance of expected defeat of voting bill

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference outside the United States Postal Service Jamaica station, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Gloves come off as AOC blasts Manchin’s ‘romanticism about bipartisanship’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 19, 2021, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., takes off her face mask to talk to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fully vaccinated members of Congress and their staff will no longer have to wear a mask on the House floor and in committee rooms, according to guidance issued Friday, June 11, by the Office of the Attending Physician, delighting some GOP lawmakers who have been chafing at the mask-wearing requirements in recent months. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Pelosi not giving up on flipping Manchin on elections bill: ‘I think he left the door open’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a crucial 50th vote for Democrats on President Joe Biden's proposals, walks with reporters as senators go to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering chances for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and reviving pressure to do away with the procedural tactic that critics say has lost its purpose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘New Mitch McConnell’: Democrats go from wooing to booing Manchin for blocking Biden’s agenda

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is surrounded by reporters as senators rush to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Lawmakers still face standoffs on an infrastructure bill, police reform, voting rights, and a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Joe Manchin: ‘No excuse’ for Republicans to oppose Jan. 6 panel

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., listens during a Senate Appropriations committee hearing to examine domestic extremism, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Wong/Pool via AP)

Sinema and Manchin upholding American values by defending the filibuster

By Matt Mackowiak

Gayle Manchin, wife of senator, to co-chair commission

Associated Press