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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics.

It's Thursday, June 24th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. With the Senate evenly split between

Democrats and Republicans, President Biden's legislative agenda depends on the cooperation

of every member of the Democratic caucus. Over the first months of

his presidency, Biden has consistently run into a one-man stonewall, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

Mansion scuttled the confirmation of Neartandon as budget director, opposed raising the corporate tax rate,

and forced changes to the contents of Biden's signature COVID relief bills.

He opposes filibuster reform,

and although he joined his Democratic colleagues

in supporting a sweeping election reform bill,

he suggested modifications that he believed would make the bill more palatable to Republicans.

When asked about his opposition to Democratic policy priorities,

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