But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and the 49 other Republican senators stand in their way. No doubt Charles Koch and Dan Gilbert are already sharpening their knives. Much of the Republican Party lives and breathes to protect the rich and powerful from paying taxes, and Democrats like Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia too often side with them. Editors Note: Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Unearth a diamond like that, and your side deserves to win.
The senators won a majority of votes from the American people.
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