New: Focus back on agenda — and Manchin-Sanders divide has Dems uncertain if it can be resolved
The issue came up on a call with Biden, who was asked about having the two sit down together. Biden’s response: That would be like “homicide,” per sources cnn.com/2021/10/07/pol…
The issue came up on a call with Biden, who was asked about having the two sit down together. Biden’s response: That would be like “homicide,” per sources cnn.com/2021/10/07/pol…
Biden told members this week that he has spent many hours with Manchin/Sinema "and they don't move," two sources said. Biden even contended that Sinema didn't always return calls from the White House, the sources added.
“Off the charts," one Democratic senator told me on Thursday when asked about the caucus' frustration with Manchin, contending many senators privately gripe that the West Virginia Democrat takes his public stands for "publicity" reasons.
Sanders on Manchin criticism: “I can't speak for Mr. Manchin. I'm not a psychologist," he told us recently. Manchin yesterday on Sanders: “We know each other. I don't take anything personal."
Sanders today: “When you got 48 people on one side and you have overwhelmingly strong numbers from the American people on one side, and you got the president of the United States on one side, it is simply not fair, not right,where one or two people say it's my way or the highway”
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