@MonkeyMyBack Democrats are locked in a continued battle to pass two key items in President Joe Biden’s agenda: [Read more at bit.ly/3GcdmT2 By Alex Baumgart @alexcbaumgart via @OpenSecretsDC]
The bipartisan infrastructure bill, which the Senate passed but has not received a vote in the House, and the reconciliation package which passed the House [Read more at bit.ly/3GcdmT2 By Alex Baumgart @alexcbaumgart via @OpenSecretsDC]
but does not have the support of two key Democratic senators (Manchin and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema). [Read more at bit.ly/3GcdmT2 By Alex Baumgart @alexcbaumgart via @OpenSecretsDC]
Manchin made between $591,950 and nearly $1.5 million in 2020 from Enersystems, a coal brokerage company he founded in West Virginia. [Read more at bit.ly/3GcdmT2 By Alex Baumgart @alexcbaumgart via @OpenSecretsDC]
Between 2011 and 2020, the West Virginia senator made between $4.9 million and $5.1 million from coal companies and in 2020 he had between $1.4 million and $5.8 million held in coal companies.[Read more at bit.ly/3GcdmT2 By Alex Baumgart @alexcbaumgart]
Manchin has also brought in tens of thousands of dollars in income from Farmington Resources, a mining company run by his son. [Read more at bit.ly/3GcdmT2 By Alex Baumgart @alexcbaumgart via @OpenSecretsDC]
Between 2011 and 2020, Manchin received between $80,000 and $250,000 from dividends and interest in the company. [Read more at bit.ly/3GcdmT2 By Alex Baumgart @alexcbaumgart via @OpenSecretsDC]

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