Joe Manchin's stimulus stand exposes dangerous fissures in Democratic ranks
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5F1PJ)
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Seeking to explain his part in dramatically prolonging marathon Senate proceedings before the passage of Joe Biden's $1.9tn coronavirus relief bill, Joe Manchin may only have succeeded in exposing a dangerous fissure in Democratic ranks.
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