Senator Manchin tries to separate votes for 2016 omnibus, tax extenders

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin brings a budget point of order against a package of spending and revenue measures for fiscal 2016, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon raises a counter motion, each debate the matter. Manchin notes that approval of Congress is 16 percent, though Congress tries to go lower, and that members must explain their votes to constituents; Wyden argues to waive the point of order, calling a tax extension legislation the biggest anti-poverty plan in decades.
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin brings a budget point of order against a package of spending and revenue measures for fiscal 2016, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon raises a counter motion, each debate the matter. Manchin notes that approval of Congress is 16 percent, though Congress tries to go lower, and that members must explain their votes to constituents; Wyden argues to waive the point of order, calling a tax extension legislation the biggest anti-poverty plan in decades.
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