Manchin is opposing every measure that President Biden and the Democrats are proposing and even passing in the US House. This is an elitist lobby agent in the US Senate destroying our democracy.
Machin needs to lose his committee chairmanship.
West Virginia has no coastline. If anything the former Senator for Delaware and current President would know far more about drilling offshore than a coal mining obsessionist.
There is no reason to drill the continential shelf. The national oil reserve is plentiful and the offshore assets should be protected for the USA military. By the way, the USA military uses combination fuel for their jets. They don't use pure jet fuel and that is not new. The USA miltiary has been using GREEN fuel for their jets for years if not a decade.
December 16, 2021
By Jeff Stein and Anna Phillips
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), a critical swing vote, has rejected a provision that would prohibit all future drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts as well as the eastern Gulf of Mexico, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations. He also expressed surprise at top Democrats’ decision to include language ending an oil and gas leasing program in the pristine refuge, a longtime priority for party leaders and their environmentalist allies, but he has not indicated whether he will oppose it.
Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee, exercises a de facto veto over the $2 trillion climate and social spending plan because it needs all 50 Democrats’ votes to win Senate passage.,,,
Manchin is seeking to destroy the Child Tax Credit. He is not here to represent the people of West Virginia. He is a US Senator that is an obstructionist for Wall Street. There are few states ahead of West Virginia that needs the Child Tax Credit.
December 16, 2021
By Yeganeh Torbati
As Democrats in Washington (click here) scrambled on Wednesday to prevent President Biden’s $2 trillion spending package from derailing, a group of West Virginia parents gathered on a video call as part of a last-minute effort to turn up the heat on one of their senators, Democrat Joe Manchin III.
It was just the latest instance of a months-long, grass-roots effort to cajole Manchin as he decides how to vote on the tax-and-spending measure. He’s under pressure not only from Biden and congressional Democrats, but also a range of constituents in his home state.
The intensity of the debate has reached a fever pitch as Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) has said he wants to pass the bill by Christmas and it’s increasingly looking as if that timeline has slipped out of reach because of Manchin’s demands....
It is long overdue to address the lopsided wealth in the USA.
WEST VIRGINIA IS SIXTH IN THE NATION IN CHILD PROVERTY and children are hungry and not receiving three meals a day.
September 17, 2020
Charleston, WV – New data (click here) released today from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and an analysis of data from its ongoing Household Pulse Survey and other sources paints a bleak picture. People across West Virginia — particularly West Virginians of color and those with low incomes — continue to face dire economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, making the need for bold action at the state and federal levels clearer than ever.
An estimated 278,734 West Virginians lived in poverty in 2019, for a total poverty rate of 16.0 percent. While poverty declined by 1.8 percentage points from 2018, West Virginia’s poverty rate is still 3.7 percentage points higher than the national average, making it the 6th highest rate among the 50 states.
West Virginia’s median household income was an estimated $48,850 in 2019, $16,862 below the national average. While West Virginia’s median household income increased in 2019, adjusting for inflation, West Virginia still had the 2nd lowest median household income among the 50 states....
There is no reason for Joe Manchin to vote in the manner in which he does. He is making money in his votes. Every vote he casts invites more and more money to his Senate Campaign. It is that which motivates Machin and no other reason. His is nothing but a corrupt politician that votes with cronies and not the people of West Virginia.
AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION IS LONG OVERDUE TO THIS US SENATOR.
He needs to lose his chairmanship. He is not a benevolent chairperson, he is a chairperson with an agenda that feeds his political donors.
I don't remember such a legislator with votes that are adverse to the outcomes for their people of their state or district. He is horrible and dangerous.
