Sen. Joe Manchin says scrapping filibuster won’t make Senate ‘better’ in new Biden blow

Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin insisted again Tuesday that he does not support getting rid of the Senate’s legislative filibuster, undercutting President Biden hours before he is expected to call for changes to chamber rules in order to ease the passage of two sweeping election reform bills.

“We need some good rule changes to make the place work better, but getting rid of the filibuster doesn’t make it work better,” Manchin (D-WV) told reporters.

Sen. Joe Manchin had continued to express his belief that changing the rule in the Senate will not make...