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Joe Manchin, Mark Kelly, and Kyrsten Sinema pressured to fight court-packing and keep filibuster

By Paul Bedard
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Joe Manchin, Mark Kelly, and Kyrsten Sinema pressured to fight court-packing and keep filibuster

Three key Democratic senators, under the gun in Washington to fall in line with liberals pushing to end the filibuster and pack the U.S. Supreme Court, are facing pressure back home to push back against the wishes of Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Chuck Schumer, Kyrsten Sinema
Senate Demcratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., walking together in 2019. Arizona voters would be “less likely” to reelect her if she went along with his plans to pack the court and change the filibuster.

By wide margins in two new polls, voters want West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema to fight the changes or else.

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