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Manchin has expressed opposition to [[court packing]],<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/27/joe-manchin-court-packing-filibuster-senate/ Manchin Reiterates Stance Against Court Packing, Filibuster Abolishment Efforts: ‘The Senate Is So Much Different’]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/26/manchin-on-court-packing-weve-proven-that-doesnt-work/ Manchin on Court-Packing: ‘We’ve Proven That Doesn’t Work’]</ref>.

Manchin has expressed opposition to [[court packing]],<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/27/joe-manchin-court-packing-filibuster-senate/ Manchin Reiterates Stance Against Court Packing, Filibuster Abolishment Efforts: ‘The Senate Is So Much Different’]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/26/manchin-on-court-packing-weve-proven-that-doesnt-work/ Manchin on Court-Packing: ‘We’ve Proven That Doesn’t Work’]</ref>.

Since 2021, Manchin, along with [[Kyrsten Sinema]], have been best known for being the two Democrat [[senator]]s who have voted to keep the [[U.S. Senate]]'s [[filibuster]] intact despite several threats from their own party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/25/democrat-joe-manchin-opposes-nuking-filibuster-over-gop-january-6-commission-opposition/</ref>

Since 2021, Manchin, along with [[Kyrsten Sinema]], have been best known for being the two Democrat [[senator]]s who have voted to keep the [[U.S. Senate]]'s [[filibuster]] intact despite several threats from their own party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/25/democrat-joe-manchin-opposes-nuking-filibuster-over-gop-january-6-commission-opposition/</ref> He is effectively a Democrat in Name Only, not holding as radical positions as the rest of his party.

==Partisan Democrat==

==Partisan Democrat==