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February 1, 2021 2:43 p.m. White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday said that the Biden team is in “close touch” with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) after he expressed his frustration over an interview that Vice President Kamala Harris conducted with a local television station last week to promote President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Manchin, a conservative Democrat who will be a key vote in the passage of a COVID-19 relief package, expressed his d...

WHEELING — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. David McKinley are in key leadership positions to defend West Virginia’s coal and fossil fuel interests as the n

Manchin WHEELING — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. David McKinley are in key leadership positions to defend West Virginia’s coal and fossil fuel interests as the new Congress begins, and the new Biden administration sets forth its energy and environmental policies. The Democrat Manchin is expected to take over as chairman of the Senate Energy Committee this week. McKinley, a Republican in the House of Representatives, has been named ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on E...

Manchin Signals No Decision Yet on Increased Stimulus Checks

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Jan 08, 2021 Image via Getty/Toni L. Sandys/POOL/AFP Sen. Joe Manchin, a key Democratic lawmaker, said he will not support another round of stimulus checks, saying there are more pressing matters at hand. "Absolutely not. No," the West Virginia lawmaker told the  Washington Post. "Getting people vaccinated, that’s job No. 1. ... How is the money that we invest now going to help us best to get jobs back and get people employed? And I can’t tell you that sending another check out is gonn...

“Absolutely not. No,” Manchin told The Washington Post in an interview published Friday. “Getting people vaccinated, that’s job No. 1.”  “How is the money that we invest now going to help us best to get jobs back and get people employed? And I can’t tell you that sending another check out is gonna do that to a person that’s already got a check,” he said. ADVERTISEMENT Manchin in a tweet, later said if a new round of checks go out, they should be targeted to ensure they go t...