How do you apply pressure to two people who clearly don’t give a flying f%*k? Some people have said we shouldn’t because they might bolt to the GOP. Not a chance. If either or both bolted to the GOP they would lose the leverage they currently have. Neither are that stupid. Assholes yes, stupid no.
It also appears Sinema’s plan all along has been to be a one-termer. What’s her long game? That’s the $3.2T answer isn’t it? Find that out and we might have leverage.
Manchin on the other hand is as corrupt as his daughter. His daughter is his tie to Big Pharma and the rest of his family to coal. Coal is a dying industry just like oil and gas.
Both are clearly ego-maniacs and should never have been given so many meetings. The attention they were getting only fed their intransigence. The oxygen it gave their egos should have been shut down months ago. Both learned from Trump and and Susan (Lucy Van Pelt) Collins. Stretch it out.