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Aug 6, 2021 · Washington’s hottest club is Joe Manchin’s houseboat. Earlier this year, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), right, slipped while disembarking Almost Heaven, a boat owned by Sen. Joe Manchin III...
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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. ‘
Aug 6, 2021 · Step inside the cabin and marvel at the creature comforts: a semicircular, plush-leather couch with a matching ottoman, glass cabinets trimmed with dark wood, a marble dining-room table with thick white candles and a box of blue-and-white cocktail napkins with red cursive lettering: ‘Welcome aboard Almost Heaven.’.
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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.
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. Advocates for D.C....
Feb 25, 2021 · 27. 7.5K views 3 years ago. Senator Joe Manchin has been on in the headlines recently but this is not a story about Cabinet confirmations or fossil fuels. Washingtonian Magazine did some...
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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.
