Over the past two years, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) have held an outsize influence in the 50-50 Senate as Democrats have needed both their votes to advance their agenda.
Just days after the Democrats secured a 51-49 Senate with Sen. Raphael Warnock’s win in Georgia, Sinema made waves by announcing her departure from the party to register as an independent instead. Then, on Monday, Manchin left the door open to ditching the party in the future, telling reporters: “I’m not a Washington Democrat, I don’t know what to tell you.”
“I’ll look at all of these things. I’ve always looked at all those things, but I have no intention of doing anything right now. Whether I do something later, I can’t tell you what the future is going to bring.” Read more…
