GOP eyes big prize for tax bill: Manchin's vote
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 10/13/17 06:00 AM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is making a bid for the support of Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), a prominent centrist Democrat, on tax reform. McConnell invited Manchin to his office shortly before the Columbus Day recess to talk about tax legislation, among other issues.
Manchin, who is running for reelection next year in a state that President Trump won in a landslide, is one of GOP’s top targets as they seek bipartisan support for their No. 1 legislative priority.
Last month, Trump invited Manchin and two other centrist Democrats, Sens. Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), to the White House for a bipartisan working dinner to talk about taxes. Donnelly and Heitkamp are also up for reelection next year in states won by Trump.
Manchin says he told McConnell he could support a tax-reform bill as long as it doesn’t add too much to the deficit, aligning himself with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.).
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