.MaddowBlog: As GOP doubles down on Trump's tax break failure, Manchin reminds us he's a Democrat.
It’s no secret that Sen. Joe Manchin is Congress’ most conservative Democrat, but for all the talk about the senator effectively being a Republican, we’re occasionally reminded that when it comes to the GOP’s biggest issue, the West Virginian is not on the same page as his Republican colleagues.yesterday on “a fiery back and forth” between Manchin and Republican Sen. Roger Wicker during an event at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Sen. Roger Wicker said protecting the 2017 law that revamped the nation’s tax code — along with maintaining the filibuster and boosting defense spending — would be core facets of the GOP agenda if they regain control of the Senate following the midterms. Manchin clapped back: “The cuts of 2017 was the only thing that every Democrat agreed was weighted unfairly — right, wrong or indifferent, that was our impression.
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