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Former Deputy FBI Director Andy McCabe is in a “world of trouble”. The FBI Director Christopher Wray forced him to resign this week after the Inspector General advised him that his deputy is the focus of his probe.
The cover page of the Washington Post Wednesday is about the DoJ Inspector General looking at Andy McCabe’s role in the final days of the 2016 election. He wants to know why McCabe, the No. 2 guy at the FBI, sat for three weeks on the Clinton emails found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop.
The Post reports that the IG wants to know the reason for the delay:
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Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who has emerged as a power center in the evenly divided Senate, made clear in an op-ed for The Washington Post Wednesday night that he opposes eliminating or weakening the filibuster and is concerned about the repeated use of a maneuver known as budget reconciliation as a way to pass legislation by simple majority.
Together, those comments could represent an obstacle for Democrats as they look to pass a massive infrastructure package that has yet to garner any Republican support.
“If the filibuster is eliminated or budget reconciliation becomes the norm, a new and dangerous precedent will be set to pass sweeping, partisan legislation that changes the direction of our nation every time there is a change in political control. The consequences will be profound our nation may never see stable governing again,” Manchin wrote.
It’s not clear how much Biden is really focused on winning GOP support.
In the Senate, Democrats are expected to use budgetary rules that would allow them to move the package with no Republican votes. Under budget reconciliation rules, the package could avoid a Senate filibuster.
That’s how Biden won quick approval of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package without any GOP support.
The White House has also been talking up the idea that if the infrastructure package has support from Republicans in polls, it can be described as bipartisan even if GOP lawmakers don’t back it.
Republicans say they can see the writing on the wall.