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Democrats in … Array?

Joe Manchin’s support for a new climate bill has turned the conventional wisdom about his party on its head.
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Well, folks, it looks like Congress still has the capacity to surprise us.

But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.


A Climate Change

The buzz on Capitol Hill has probably made its way to you by now: Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, one of the senators who’s held up the Democrats’ biggest in particular.

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