The way Congress works is insane. If Joe wants to be a repub he should have to quit so a democrat can be in office, not allow Joe to just change party. Of course, the repubs have to be in control of the narrative, no one else is smart enough to be able to figure out what needs to happen.
At this point both parties should be thrown out and never allowed to run again.

Manchin is a Rethuglican bitch...I knew he'd vote with them..

whoa... I think the political theater has always been and continues to be the GOP. This vote was to show who stands where, to hopefully light a fire under Democratic voters for the mid and next term. Manchin has always been and continues to be a problem too. He's playing games in his head that have nothing to do with supporting the Democratic party at all. He's really just a Republican taking up space on the D side, but there's no cool name for it. That's no one elses' fault but his. The Right wing lunatics want us to fight amongst ourselves, and I'm sorry some are intent on doing that. It only helps to defeat us.

If Joe wants to be a repub he should run as one. If he is going to run as a demo he should be one. The people should have the right to return him immediately if he is not what he says he is.

Fuck joe manchin... And every single republican.

Yet I heard Joe Manchin say that IF this was truly to codify Roe v Wade, he would have voted for it... I thought this is what it was. Something isn't adding up.

I was actually naive enough to hope there would be a handful of republicans that would go against their party and vote the way their constituents might want, for codifying the current rights. Haha. I sure wonder why they aren't worried they will lose their seat in the next election, since reproductive rights are so popular. Wishful thinking. Especially since many people fear this is just the tip of the iceberg for rights being taken away.

It's "1984"

Hopefully this will get the Democratic voters to turn out in the mid-terms. I certainly hope so.

The real point is the absence of a basic parliamentary procedure: party discipline. This means you argue within the party, but then show unity in voting, unless a conscience vote is declared on very specific issues. This is how political parties get things done. This is why the US Democratic party rarely gets anything done. Parties with mavericks either get rid of them or they fail.

Republicans want to control women's bodies. I despise them. Shame on them!

Its all just a game to them