Jim Clyburn 'Insulted' By Joe Manchinâs Position On Voting Rights Bill The high-ranking House Democrat warned that his party will "pay the biggest price it has ever paid at the polls" if the bill is not enacted into law. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the third-highest ranking member of Democratic Party leadership in the House, told HuffPost heâs âinsultedâ by the position Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is taking on the partyâs top legislative priority: a giant reform package that includes an expansion of voting rights across the country. Manchin, the only Democratic senator not to co-sponsor the For The People Act this year, very carefully backed parts of the bill in a statement issued on March 25. While he expressed some support for elements of the bill, he also said that he was primarily focused on finding âa bipartisan solutionâ to the issues the bill addresses, including voting rights.