Biden Exaggerates Opposition Votes from Moderates

President Joe Biden went too far when he claimed he hasn’t gotten more done legislatively because Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin “vote more with my Republican friends.” By one measure, both have voted with Biden’s position 100% of the time since he has been in office.

Sinema and Manchin are among two of the most centrist Democrats in the Senate, and buck the party line more often than their Democratic peers. They also represent, perhaps, the largest roadblock to altering or doing away with the filibuster to allow Democrats to pass some of Biden’s agenda without any Republican support.

But both have voted along with Biden’s position 100% of the time since he has been in office, according to a review of votes. They are among 35 members of the Democratic caucus in the Senate with that perfect score. The other 15