Sen. Joe Manchin on his time in the Senate and what the future holds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : He said he encouraged Trump to make it happen during a conversation at the Army-Navy game in Maryland last weekend.
58% : Manchin said he's hoping Trump will watch his interview with "Face the Nation" and take a serious look at his bill.
38% : "Manchin said he thinks Trump understands the political realities at play in Washington better than he did when he won in 2016.
26% : "So now with this interview, I'm hoping, I'm asking President Trump to truly look at this permitting bill, because it is basically a good piece of legislation that we've never moved this far in a bipartisan way, with John Barrasso, going to be the No. 2 man in the Republican Senate, a good person, a good friend of mine," Manchin told Brennan.
14% : He expressed hope for President-elect Donald Trump's success -- despite previously saying that electing Trump would be "very detrimental" to the country.

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