Article 61G6G The other Joe: how Manchin stands in the way of Biden, angering Democrats

The other Joe: how Manchin stands in the way of Biden, angering Democrats

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Lauren Gambino in Washington
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The centrist Democrat senator has repeatedly stood in the way of the president's most ambitious legislative aspirations and derailed fragile negotiations

Joe Biden calls him Jo-Jo", an affectionate nickname for the West Virginia senator who, at critical moments during his presidency, has been the Joe holding all the cards.

And this week Joe Manchin, a lonely coal state Democrat who has repeatedly stood in the way of the president's most ambitious legislative aspirations, derailed weeks of negotiations in pursuit of a deal on a scaled-back version of Biden's economic agenda that would win his support.

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