Manchin chides Dems over filibuster, saying he can't support 'such a perilous course'

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) warned Democrats against trying to change the legislative filibuster and lamented the state of the Senate, hours-before a months-long fight over Senate rules will come to a head. 

Manchin went through a laundry list of reasons for why he supports the 60-vote threshold for most major legislation, and argued that the pitch from his Democratic colleagues about wanting to restore the Senate is “simply not true.” 

“For the last year, my Democratic colleagues have taken to the Senate floor, cable news airwaves, pages of newspapers across the country, and to argue that repealing the filibuster is restoring the vision the founding fathers intended for this deliberate body. My friends, that is simply not true. It’s not true,” Manchin said.