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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. , sporting an Eli Manning of the New York Giants football jersey, center, makes a toast with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. left, and Ben Nelson, D-Neb. , with craft beers from New York as he collected on a Super Bowl bet with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. , Friday,...

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, left, and Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. , comment as the Senate approves legislation that extends Social Security payroll tax cuts for two months, at the Capitol in Washington. The action also extends long-term unemployment benefits for another two months and forces...

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, left, and Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. , comment as the Senate approves legislation that extends Social Security payroll tax cuts for two months, at the Capitol in Washington. The action also extends long-term unemployment benefits for another two months and requires...

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: U.S. House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) speaks as (L-R) Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) listen during a news conference November 16, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The news conference was to...

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , waves to the crowd Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 during the inauguration ceremony for West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, takes a phone call in a Senate corridor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, as fellow Democrats met in a closed-door strategy session.

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , arrives at the Capitol for the vote on President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs bill, which is expected to fail in the Democrat-controlled Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.

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In this photo provided by CBS News, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , discusses what lies ahead in view of the special deficit-cutting Supercommittee deadline on CBS' Face the Nation, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Washington.

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: U.S. House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (5th L) speaks as other congressional members, including Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) (L), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) (2nd L), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (6th L), and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (7th L) listen during a...

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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. , center, flanked by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md. , left, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011.

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. , center, accompanied by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D. , left, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , second from right, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. right, and others, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16,...

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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , questions witnesses on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, during the committee's hearing to examine the status of response capability and readiness for oil spills in foreign outer continental...

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Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, president pro temper of the Senate, center, walks with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, after a Democratic caucus lunch.

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Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, from left, attend the Upper Big Branch Memorial Service Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Whitesville, W.Va. The memorial was for the 29 coal miners who were killed in an explosion at the mine one year ago today in...

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , speaks at the Upper Big Branch Memorial Service Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Whitesville, W.Va. The memorial was for the 29 coal miners who were killed in an explosion at the mine one year ago today in Montcoal, W.Va.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 09: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (C) is flanked by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (L) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) while waiting for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives at the...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 09: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) sits by himself in the House of Representatives waiting for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress at the U.S. Capitol March 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Facing a tough re-election...

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. , right, arrive at the Senate for the spending bill vote, in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. On Wednesday the Senate rejected competing Republican and Democratic spending bills in a bit of Capitol theater designed to...

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2011. On Wednesday the Senate rejected competing Republican and Democratic spending bills in a bit of Capitol theatre designed to demonstrate that the combatants must meet somewhere in the middle. ...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 08: U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) leaves his office with aides March 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Manchin criticized President Obama that he has failed to lead on spending cuts.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 20: In this handout image provided by NATO, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) look over cadets at the Afghan National Police Academy February 20, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan National Police Cadets participated in drills...

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 20: In this handout image provided by NATO, Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) (front) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (top right) visit the Afghan National Police Academy, February 20, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan National...

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US Democratic Senator from West Virginia Joe Manchin, walks to the Senate chamber for a vote at the Capitol in Washington on July 31, 2011. With two days to act, President Barack Obama and his top Republican foes were closing in on a nearly $3-trillion accord to avert a disastrous...

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A group of bipartisan members of Congress gather for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. From left are, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Senate Budget Committee Chairman, Sen. Kent Conrad, R-N.D. , Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C. ,...

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) makes remarks to the media as fellow Democratic Senators, (from L to R) Barbara Mikulski (Maryland), Joe Manchin III (West Virginia) and Charles Schumer (New York) listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC April 8, 2011. Facing a midnight...