The other Joe: how Manchin stands in the way of Biden, angering Democrats
by Lauren Gambino in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#61G6G)
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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