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I don’t follow politics but I saw a guy called Charlemagne the god ask Kamala Harris who’s really the president, Biden or manchin. What does he mean by that and

• 1123581321 5y ago
  Because neither party will advance a bipartisan bill (I.e. one that is appealing enough to both parties to attract a majority of votes), Democrats need all 50 of their senators to vote on their bills, which lets them pass via a tie-breaking vote from Harris. Manchin is the least in agreement with his party about their bills, so he has a lot of power as they cannot attract a 50th vote from the other party so need to appease him.