Bernie Snubs Manchin Committee Vote

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chaired by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) was unable to advance two nominees after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) didn’t show up to vote, Politico reports.

“You don’t list nominees in committee unless you’re pretty darn sure you have the votes to advance them. And Manchin, who’s made efforts to mend fences with Sanders over the party’s social spending bill, clearly didn’t have his colleague this time.”