Mitch McConnell just blew up Joe Manchin's bipartisan dream
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Bipartisanship is a two-way street.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who has made working across the aisle his North Star, learned that lesson the hard way on Thursday afternoon, when Senate Minority Leader shut down any chance of a bipartisan compromise on election and voting reform. "States, not the federal government, should decide how to run their own elections," McConnell said, indicating that he expected all 50 Republican senators to oppose Manchin's election reform proposal, which the West Virginia Democrat has offered as a more narrowly focused alternative to the "For the People" Act proposed and backed by Senate and House Democratic leaders.More Related News
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