Sen. Manchin Supports Breaking Infrastructure Package Up for Possible Bipartisan Support

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) speak as they arrive to vote in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 2021. Al Drago/Getty Images

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Thursday that he supports the idea of breaking the large infrastructure package into three parts to build bipartisan support for the different priorities.

“Well, the reason they couldn’t do it the first time was that we had the urgency of the COVID vaccine. So that’s why it wasn’t done. That’s a very good approach now,” Manchin, who is known for being more of a moderate and working across the aisle, told reporters. “It’s about time we do something bipartisan.”