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    • It’s not a yacht. Republicans tried to paint Manchin as yacht-owning “Washington Joe” during his 2018 reelection campaign. Mmmm, not quite: “The vessel is listed as ‘recreational’ on documents,” PolitiFact wrote in a fact-check.
    • Its value is relatively modest for a DC residence. Manchin bought the boat at a fire-sale price of $220,000 but insured it for $700,000, PolitiFact reported.
    • Manchin lives on a boat because he doesn’t like living here. Yawn to performative Washington-hating, but chagrin about where he’s docked seems to be part of Manchin’s shtick: “‘My worst day as governor was better than my best day as senator,’ ” he told GQ in 2018.
    • Senators like to party on Almost Heaven. Pizza, beer, and merlot are often served on the boat, Time reported in 2014: “Manchin routinely invites Senators from both parties out for evening cruises. ‘
  1. Jul 7, 2023 · Sen. Joe Manchin still lives on his houseboat Almost Heaven. Zoom in: So, who owns Constance? All signs point to Alan Dabbiere. He's a tech entrepreneur who founded the mobile software company AirWatch and sold it in 2014 for $1.5 billion.

  2. Aug 6, 2021 · U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, was sporting a bandage on his brow this week for a wound he said he sustained while working on a sink in his houseboat.

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  3. Apr 22, 2021 · Protesters evidently want all hands on deck in the push to make Washington, D.C. a state, and they're now headed to Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) nautical home.

  4. May 3, 2021 · Instead, he lives and works on a 40ft boat, which cost far less than any property on land. His water-based residence has emerged as a convivial getaway where Democrats and Republicans can mingle...

  5. Aug 6, 2021 · West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin's boat, called Almost Heaven, has played host to a core group of politicians who were key in pushing through the infrastructure bill. After Sen. Lindsey's...

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  7. Oct 29, 2021 · On this episode of Playbook Deep Dive, we take you alongside the activists rowing outside Sen. Joe Manchin’s houseboat — and inside the halls of the Capitol — to talk about whether the...