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  Joe Manchin continues being a thorn in the side of Democrats as they negotiate for Bidens craptastic $3.5 trillion social spending bill. Here’s the latest from from MSNBC yesterday: Sen. Joe Manchin has told the White House he opposes the clean electricity program, according to sources, and Manchin's vote is key to the bill passing.

 "Senator, this is an investment," one kayaker yelled at the West Virginia Democrat, who lives on the houseboat when he is in Washington, D.C. "This is not giving out money, this is not spending, this is building the state that we both love!"

Appearing on CNN’s  "State of the Union,"  Manchin was asked by anchor Dana Bash to respond to  Senate  Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who said  Democrats  were moving "full speed ahead" on the package for which Manchin previously called for a "pause." Manchin, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said his main issue with the package is its hefty price tag. "He will not have my vote on 3.5 and Chuck knows that," he said, adding that it should be more like $1.5 trillion. "It’s not going to be three and a half I can assure you." Manchin said the bill that Democrats should be primarily focused on is the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed in the Senate and is awaiting House action. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said a vote on that bill would be held on Sept. 27, but progressives have threatened to vote against it if the reconciliation bill is held up in the Senate. Manchin said there is ...