Why it matters that Manchin balked at McConnell’s hostage gambit

A couple of weeks ago, the Kentucky Republican announced a new hostage plan: If Democrats pursued a budget reconciliation bill to lower the cost of medications, McConnell said, Republicans would kill the competitiveness bill, which he ostensibly supports, even if that results in helping China…

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