Flashback: Manchin preached bipartisanship. Will he take same position on inflation act?
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., previously declined to support Democrat-backed legislation over a lack of GOP support, but appears not ready to do the same for the Inflation Reduction Act.
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He ultimately declined to support the Democrat-backed For the People Act, citing its lack of bipartisanship, and slammed his fellow Democrats for "partisan policymaking," arguing it would "destroy" American democracy.
"The right to vote is fundamental to our American democracy and protecting that right should not be about party or politics. Least of all, protecting this right, which is a value I share, should never be done in a partisan manner," he wrote in a statement at the time.