‘It’s All of Our Fault’ Manchin Says of Debt, Calls for Bipartisan Action

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) broke with the Democrat party line by calling for future spending cuts along with an increase to the nation’s debt ceiling.
“The American people have had enough of the accounting gimmicks and budgetary games that we play in Congress, and it’s got to stop,” Manchin said, decrying the $31.4 trillion national debt in a Senate floor speech on March 2.
“We’ve been spending more than we bring every year for the past 21 years, and the debt that has resulted from that is absolutely crippling,” Manchin said. “How many citizens how many of your constituents, my constituents … can basically run a deficit that long and still have a home, have a family, be functioning in any way, shape, or form?”…}