{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=790953d0-41e7-4ff1-b1e6-7f3bf1f15faf", "Manchin calls for the \u201ccraziness\u201d to end | MetroNews", "2013-10-10", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "October 10, 2013\n\t\t\t Manchin calls for the \u201ccraziness\u201d to end | MetroNews \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says he believes Congress will come together before the October 17th debt ceiling deadline.  \u00a0  \u201cI\u2019ll go on record. There\u2019s not going to be a default,\u201d said Manchin. \u201cI believe the adults will start acting like adults and start speaking to each other about adult situations. I really believe that.\u201d  \u00a0  Manchin may be one of the few in Washington taking a positive outlook on the looming deadline these days. But he said it won\u2019t happen unless cooler heads prevail. That means Congress must start working together.  \u00a0  \u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable to even think you can have a default,\u201d stressed Manchin.  \u00a0  The senator said he\u2019s not in agreement with everything President Obama is backing, especially not new EPA regulations overseeing the coal industry.\u00a0 However, he said, he\u2019s put that aside for the time being because it\u2019s important to solve the debt crisis and get the government back up and running again.  \u00a0  \u201cI think we should be back to work. We should be voting today to have a clean CR (continuing resolution). I would ask the House, \u2018Please vote! Please vote on the CR!\u2019 Then we\u2019ll sit down and negotiate,\u201d said Manchin.  \u00a0  He compared the situation to a dysfunctional family trying to pay their bills.  \u00a0  \u201cHere\u2019s our annual budget. We have this much savings. Your Mom and I have good jobs. This is how much we can do. This is what we\u2019re going to do. That\u2019s the budget,\u201d explained Manchin. \u201cOK, we can\u2019t get a budget because we can\u2019t get an agreement. The husband and wife won\u2019t sit down.\u201d  \u00a0  Manchin said the solution to the problem is getting enough Republicans to look into the future to see what damage would be done if Congress doesn\u2019t raise the debt ceiling.  \u00a0  \u201cWe\u2019ve just got to get out of this craziness. This is absolutely insane,\u201d according to Manchin.  \u00a0  He said getting government back to work and settling, even for a few months, on a spending plan, is the only way forward for America.  \u2003\r\n\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t    By:\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t    Jennifer Smith\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=790953d0-41e7-4ff1-b1e6-7f3bf1f15faf"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8585399482399225, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}