JOE MANCHIN

Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. The 70-year-old Republican governor ended his televised State of the State address Thursday night by lifting up his English bulldog and flashing its rear end to the cameras and crowd. “Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her heinie," Justice said, grinning as people applauded and some gave him a standing ovation.

In a Senate where bitter Supreme Court battles have left a lasting imprint, the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for Supreme Court has the potential to be much less combative and toxic.

Republican megadonor Ken Langone donated to Sen. Joe Manchin's leadership committee after the lawmaker opposed Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan.

Senate Democrats have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies.

Word of Justice Stephen Breyer's pending retirement may be lifting Democratic hopes ahead of midterm elections.

Manchin, Sinema betrayed president

Some residents still call him Governor Manchin — a position he held till 2010 — and he's the dominant force in West Virginia Democratic politics.

President Joe Biden is getting support from several business leaders on his economic agenda that has stalled in the Senate.

He spoke with Newsy during an unannounced visit to address state lawmakers at the West Virginia Capitol.

He spoke with Newsy during an unannounced visit to address state lawmakers at the West Virginia capitol.

Manchin also scoffed at the notion that he should be afraid of any potential primary challenger.

After the failure of Democratic legislation, a voting-rights expert talks about options for safeguarding elections.

Schumer 'f--ked it up' on Build Back Better negotiations, senior Dem aide says

Manchin remains peeved over a White House statement that singled him out, The Washington Post reported.

Manchin remains peeved over a White House statement that singled him out, The Washington Post reported.

Amid harsh criticisms from some in Washington, many in his home state say they have his back.

As the U.S. economy has rebounded, more aid to Americans will likely be scaled down. Here's what proposals could still get passed by Congress.

"They have not had to cast one bloody vote — which shows us where they're at," Sanders said of the legislative inaction. "We have got to change that."

President Joe Biden often cites the critical role that South Carolina played when he won the Democratic nomination in 2020.

A BLOODBATH is coming in 2022.

The question is who will benefit most when it finally falls.

Leaders of the Arizona Democratic Party have voted to censure Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

A bipartisan group of senators is now working on narrower election reforms after the Senate failed to pass major voting rights legislation this week.

Democrats know they may lose control of Congress in November's midterm elections.

Senator Joe Manchin says Democrats will be starting negotiations on the Build Back Better Act from scratch.

Democrats are picking up the pieces after the collapse of their sweeping voting rights legislation.

Senator Joe Manchin says Democrats will be starting negotiations on the Build Back Better Act from scratch.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats "made progress” toward changing the Senate’s filibuster rules to advance voting legislation, despite the dramatic collapse of the package that his party says is central to protecting democracy.

President Joe Biden is launching into his second year in office with a new focus on making fatigued Americans believe they’re better off under his leadership as he embraces a pared-back agenda before the midterm elections.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is drawing criticism for comments he made shortly before the GOP blocked a federal elections bill, when he said that “African American” voters cast ballots at similar rates to “Americans.”.

President Joe Biden is paying a steep price for high inflation.

Despite last night’s defeat, the filibuster conversation has changed for good.

Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argue is vital for protecting democracy has collapsed.

President Joe Biden acknowledges that the pandemic has exhausted and demoralized many Americans in his first year in office.

President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation.

The Democratic leader, who'd used the Senate's 60-vote margin to his advantage in the past, took his time — and peeled off dozens of skeptics.

Tonight the president—and his party—learned the true definition of the phrase <em>slim majority</em>.

Advocates are warning that Republican-led states nationwide are passing laws making it more difficult for Black Americans and others to vote.

Biden said he believes Congress will support climate and early childhood education policies contained in his Build Back Better plan.

Senate Democrats are vigorously pushing voting rights legislation although it seems headed for defeat as the Senate began debate Tuesday. (Jan. 18)

Despite the resistance he's faced from his party over his opposition to reforming the legislative filibuster through unconventional avenues, moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said he won't be surrendering his long-held position.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is suggesting he’d support primary challengers against Democratic colleagues Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

For the fifth time in recent months, Senate Republicans this week are expected to block Democrats’ sweeping voting legislation by using a longstanding parliamentary tactic known as the filibuster.

The letter was also signed by other sports icons.

The letter was also signed by other sports icons.

The Senate is expected to begin formal debate on voting rights bills after Democrats made a final push for reform on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This comes as a CBS News poll found 4 in 10 Americans feel the president isn't focused on voting rights access enough. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.

Voting legislation that is a cornerstone of the Democratic agenda and a top priority for civil rights leaders is on track for defeat.

Vice President Harris said Monday that she is "not going to absolve" any member of the Senate who will not take action to pass voting rights legislation when she was asked specifically about Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).Why it matters: The Senate this week will take up voting legislation that's already passed in the House. The bill is certainly doomed, due to a lack of Republican support and a refusal from Manchin and Sinema to change the filibuster rule.Get market ne

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden packed carrots and apples into food boxes for the hungry and chatted with volunteers Sunday at a food bank as part of a day of service for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

President Joe Biden came to office seeing two sicknesses in his country.

Martin Luther King III came to Arizona with harsh words for Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose refusal to change filibuster rules makes voting rights legislation unlikely to pass in the Senate.

Just over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House.

Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not backing down on the filibuster, likely crushing President Biden's hopes of passing voting rights bill.

Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not backing down on the filibuster, likely crushing President Biden's hopes of passing voting rights bill.

President Joe Biden is all but conceding defeat for this year on the Democrats' big elections and voting rights legislation.

For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit.

Thursday saw a closed-door huddle by an embattled President Joe Biden with his own party’s senators, apparently for naught.

Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema declared Thursday that she will not vote to suspend the filibuster in order to enact two voting bills, all but guaranteeing that President Biden's top legislative priority will fail.

Senate Democrats are trying to force a public showdown over their sweeping elections legislation.

Dems swapped a three-year expanded child tax credit extension for one year to get Manchin to drop his push for a work requirement. He hasn't budged.

The 49 other Senate Democrats are making a reckless climate gamble too.

Stymied by Congress, the president could make $1 trillion in student loans disappear all by himself.

There was a prominent Atlanta resident missing Tuesday when President Joe Biden swung through the city to press for voting rights protections: Stacey Abrams.

Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick will fill Florida’s vacant U.S. House seat.

Former aides to Sen. Joe Manchin who are now lobbyists are scoring big clients as their ex-boss battles President Biden's agenda

Senator Joe Manchin pulled his support for Mr. Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending plan last month.

Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation.

"I think he listens to everybody, which is the problem. Whoever he's heard from most recently has the upper hand," one source told Axios.

As President Joe Biden wraps up his first year in the White House, he has held fewer news conferences than any of his five immediate predecessors at the same point in their presidencies, and has taken part in fewer media interviews than any of his recent predecessors.

In what's become a familiar scene President Joe Biden lingered after delivering a recent speech on the pandemic as reporters fired a barrage of questions. “I’m not supposed to be having this press conference right now,” Biden said at the end of a meandering response that didn't directly answer the question about the West Virginia Democrat. Seconds later, Biden turned and walked out of the room, abruptly ending what's become the president's preferred method for his limited engagements with the press.

Democratic leaders gathered from around the country Saturday to commemorate former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who rose from childhood poverty in Nevada to become one of the nation's most powerful elected officials. (Jan. 8)

The Supreme Court said it will take up legal challenges to President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine requirements for health care workers and large businesses with at least 100 workers. Politico labor reporter Eleanor Mueller joins CBSN to discuss more.

President Joe Biden faces a steep path to achieve his ambitious goal of slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

Electoral-count reform is a narrow fix, insufficient for the many problems in the voting system—but it’s better than nothing at all.

President Joe Biden enters the midterm election year of 2022 determined to address what economists call a “supply” problem.

Without the passage of the Build Back Better act, or a standalone bill, the child tax credit reverts to what it was pre-2021.

With Biden's economic agenda indefinitely stalled, Democrats are mounting another push to change the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.

AN EMBARRASSING presidential “gotcha” demonstrates needed political resolutions with conscience in 2022.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer led a bicameral prayer vigil on the East Center Steps of the U.S. Capitol Thursday as one of the final moments to mark the U.S. Capitol attack anniversary. (Jan. 6)

Manchin wants families to prove they have taxable earnings with a W-2. Some experts say that could shut out independent contractors like Uber drivers.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss the anniversary of the January 6 riots.

The White House says President Joe Biden will renew his push for federal voting rights legislation in a speech next week in Georgia.

One year after the deadly January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, lawmakers weigh in on the safety of the Capitol and the nation.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he remains opposed to President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion package of social and environmental initiatives.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will vote soon on easing filibuster rules in an effort to advance stalled voting rights legislation.

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is sounding a skeptical note about the prospects of easing the Senate’s filibuster rules to advance stalled voting legislation.

President Joe Biden has met virtually with independent farmers and ranchers to discuss initiatives to reduce food prices by increasing competition within the meat industry.

President Joe Biden only rarely talks about last January's violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the conspiratorial lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Iowa’s 2nd congressional district has the dubious distinction of having the second-most structurally deficient bridges in the country.

Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is openly recruiting Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after his fractious split with the White House over the president’s social and environmental spending package.

President Joe Biden, along with progressive and moderate Democrats, appears determined to return to the negotiating table with Sen. Joe Manchin.

Asian shares have bounced back from a worldwide slump in financial markets spurred by worries about how badly the omicron variant, inflation and other forces will hit the world economy.

Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill.

President Joe Biden appears determined to return to the negotiating table with Sen. Joe Manchin.

In a major step to fight climate change, the Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases.

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower amid concern about the coronavirus’s latest variant and tighter Federal Reserve policy.

Sen. Joe Manchin says he can't back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill.

Vice President Kamala Harris has gotten into a testy exchange with media host Charlamagne Tha God, defending President Joe Biden from questions over roadblocks to passage of his social spending package.

President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping domestic policy package will have to be pushed into the new year.

President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping domestic policy package will have to be pushed into the new year.