Nope, but the strip clubs are better in W. Virginia than in D.c. especially
around Quincy.
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I think the idea is to communicate with the working people in West Virginia,
not to communicate with Manchin.
Miriam
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Now, why would Bernie Sanders have to travel to West Virginia to pressure Joe
manchin anyway? They both spend most of their time in Washington, D.C. and
conduct their business in the same building in Washington, D.C. I mean, like,
even if West Virginia is close to Washington isn't it still a much shorter trip
to just walk down the hallway?
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Carl Sagan On 4/8/2021 4:59 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Bernie Sanders Has 'No Problem With Going to West Virginia' to
Pressure Joe Manchin By Ewan Palmer, Newsweek
08 April 21
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he would have "no problem" with
traveling to West Virginia to pressure Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) over
raising the minimum wage to $15 and other policies that the latter
opposes but most of the Democratic caucus supports.
The Senate is evenly split 50-50 between Republicans and the
Democratic caucus of which Sanders is a part. But the Democratic
caucus has a narrow majority because Vice President Kamala Harris casts the
tie-breaking vote.
Speaking on MSNBC's The Mehdi Hasan Show, the independent Vermont
senator and Senate Budget Committee chairman was asked if he should
exert his influence more aggressively to push progressive legislation
now that the Democrats control Congress.
In response, Sanders said he is not the president, but that he is
pleased with the passage of the $1.9 trillion relief package under
President Joe Biden, describing it as the "most significant piece of
legislation for working-class people" in modern U.S. history.
"And we're moving forward in a similar direction. We can't get
everything we want. That's simply the reality, any one person can say no,"
Sanders said.
"But right now, I think we are moving forward. We're gonna push it as
hard as we possibly can, and I'm proud of the direction in which we are
moving."
Hasan then asked Sanders whether Biden should put pressure on West
Virginia Senator Joe Manchin-considered the most conservative Democrat
in the Senate-to back progressive policies in line with other Democrats.
Most Democrats want to double the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per
hour to $15. But Manchin was one of seven Democrats who voted against
the $15 wage hike, calling instead for an increase up to $11 per hour.
"I think that every Republican wants to raise the minimum wage.
Everyone's just not in sync with Bernie Sanders at $15," Manchin told CNN in
March.
Manchin has also knocked back other proposals from Biden such as
scrapping the filibuster and raising the corporate tax rate to 28
percent from 21 percent.
The Democrat also does not support "Medicare for All," Sanders'
signature presidential campaign issue, and previously said he would
not support him over Donald Trump if the progressive had won the
Democratic presidential nomination.
During his run for the presidency, Sanders had pledged to campaign in
West Virginia and, as Hasan put it, "rally working people there
against Senator Manchin" in his own state.
Hasan asked Sanders if he thought Biden should head to West Virginia
to pressure Manchin to back a progressive agenda.
Sanders replied that "a lot of work has been done internally in terms
of bringing the Democratic caucus together," noting how they passed
the stimulus legislation which would "cut childhood poverty in half."
On pressuring Manchin, Sanders added: "I have no problem with going to
West Virginia, and I think we need a grassroots movement that makes it
clear to Joe Manchin and everybody else in the United States Senate,
including Republicans, that the progressive agenda is what the American
people want.
"They want to raise that minimum wage to $15 an hour. They believe
that health care is a human right, should be universal. They demand
that the rich start paying their fair share of taxes.
"These are not my arguments, these are what the American people want
right now, and our job is to rally the American people in every state
in this country to make sure that the government starts working for
the working class in this country, not just the one percent."
Manchin has been contacted for comment.