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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
Let's say that you did this and you got some GOP votes in exchange (Romney, etc.). OK, maybe it is worth it to make the bill formally bipartisan. But I am hearing nothing about this bringing any GOP onto the bill.
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This exactly. If it makes it feel more bipartisan and you pick up 5-10 GOP senators, I can at least understand. Manchin is still going to be tagged as a big spending, socialist, communist, Democrat Senator, that voted for this giant $1.9B bill, by whatever Republican runs against him. His best hope is that while the democrats are in power, they govern well and govern responsibly and demonstrate that government can be effective. If the country is humming along due to good governance (in contrast to the Trump years), everyone wins except the Republicans that want to show that government doesn't work and needs reduced/eliminated.