Manchin Opposes Schumer Proposal to Change Senate Rules for Voting Bill

Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-W.Va.), leaves his office after speaking with President Joe Biden about his long-stalled domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite, File/AP Photo

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) says he is opposed to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) proposal to change Senate rules in order to pass legislation that would federalize elections, striking another blow to Democratic aspirations to overrule tightened election measures in state houses across the nation.

In a statement released to his Twitter on Monday, Schumer attempted to tie GOP opposition to federal election bills to the Jan. 6 “domestic extremists” who, Schumer contended, tried to “destroy our Republic.”