Manchin: ‘The Rules of the Senate Have to Change’

RUSH EXCERPT:
MANCHIN: “Every meeting we were in, the meeting Susan and I had, was always an optimistic meeting. We always knew there was a pathway forward and it was a reasonable pathway forward. Most importantly, should reach of the government down? Absolutely not but there were other people that felt differently. The bottom line is not to keep it shutdown. We were all moving in a very positive movement towards that. Leadership was still — I’m only going to say this. The rules of the Senate have to change. I am speaking for myself, this is me. I don’t believe that either leader on either side should have the power they have. That is me speaking to two people, whoever’s in the majority and minority should be in the position of that much power to stop an agenda when they have a force is strong as ours moving in the direction and I will tell you, they listen and that’s what moved it. We weren’t backing off. I think if we looked at anything it’s the rules of the Senate. How come committees don’t work? How come committee chairs don’t have input? How do we get to this point? With that being said we were always optimistic.”