{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=f62dab5b-48d1-4a7e-a53b-561cc934fea4", "Sen. Joe Manchin: Moderates will find a way to end the shutdown | MSNBC", "2013-10-16", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "October 16, 2013\n\t\t\t Sen. Joe Manchin: Moderates will find a way to end the shutdown | MSNBC  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tModerate lawmakers began to take center stage in the budget impasse as the Senate appeared poised to put together a deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling Wednesday\u2013just a day before the Treasury said it would have exhausted its borrowing authority.\r\nDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said on Wednesday\u2019s The Daily Rundown that a bipartisan group had been working all along toward a solution\u2013even as the most conservative members of the House continued to dig in. The moderate Democrat, who\u2019s been part of the group of 14 senators, led by Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, said he believes the Senate is moving closer to a deal Wednesday, and that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) were supportive of their progress.\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s a template of what we\u2019ve put together, and we\u2019re very encouraged that Reid and McConnell\u201d are moving forward, said Manchin.\r\n\u201cI respect everyone\u2019s decision, I really do, but there\u2019s a time to move forward. You\u2019ve got to put the good of the country first,\u201d said Manchin. \u201cThe only place you can get a decision is in the middle.\u201d\r\nDecisions don\u2019t come \u201cfrom the fringes or the extremes,\u201d he added.\r\n\u201cI\u2019m probably the most independent in the center,\u201d Manchin added. \u201cBut I truly believe my colleagues on the Republican side overplayed this.\u201d\r\nIn September, the House GOP insisted that a stopgap budget bill, designed to keep the government funded beyond Sept. 30 deadline, include anti-Obamacare provisions that delayed or defunded the president\u2019s landmark health care law. The bill was a known non-starter with the Senate and the White House, and it triggered the shutdown\u2013now on Day 16.\r\n\u201cIf we allow this to happen, we should have a gut check as to why we\u2019re here,\u201d said Manchin.\r\nBut Manchin did joke that he disagreed with New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who said earlier this week, if \u201cI was in the Senate right now, I\u2019d kill myself.\u201d\r\n\u201cWe won\u2019t do that,\u201d if there\u2019s not a deal by midnight, Manchin said, \u201cbut we might be on suicide watch.\u201d  \u2003\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    Jessica Taylor\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=f62dab5b-48d1-4a7e-a53b-561cc934fea4"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8412208408117294, "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"}