Manchin won't vote for Biden judge picks that lack GOP support [View all]
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/20/congress/manchin-mounts-his-own-judicial-filibuster-00148147
Joe Manchin has a new rule when it comes to President Joe Bidens judicial picks: If they dont have Republican backing, he wont vote for them.
The retiring West Virginia Democrat has quietly voted against several judicial picks this week, making for some close though still ultimately successful votes on the Senate floor. Manchin said there's a method to his opposition.
Just one Republican. Thats all Im asking for. Give me something bipartisan. This is my own little filibuster. If they cant get one Republican, I vote for none. Ive told [Democrats] that. I said, Im sick and tired of it, I cant take it anymore, Manchin said in an interview Wednesday.
Manchins stance makes party-line nominees even trickier as the election nears, requiring total unanimity among the rest of the 51-member caucus unless a nominee has bipartisan support. At the moment, that might be enough to stop the nomination of Adeel Mangi to an appeals court; Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) came out in opposition to his nomination on Tuesday evening and he has no Republican support at the moment.
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Guess he's not counting himself as a Republican.