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Overheard: Joe Manchin Explains How the Senate Works

By Jason Dick
Posted February 5, 2016 at 2:07pm

“It’s the majority that sets the agenda, but the minority who drives the agenda.”  

— Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., offering his take on how the Senate works at the Atlantic After Hours event on Feb. 4 at Peet’s Coffee & Tea next to the White House .


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