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Opinion Joe Manchin: I will not vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster

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April 7, 2021 at 7:40 p.m. EDT
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leaves the weekly Senate Republican caucus luncheon in the Russell Senate Office Building on March 16. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Joe Manchin III, a Democrat, represents West Virginia in the Senate.

When Americans vote to send their two senators to Washington, they trust that they will work to represent the interests of their state on equal footing with 98 other senators. I have always said, “If I can’t go home and explain it, I can’t vote for it.” And I respect that each of my colleagues has the same responsibility to their constituents.