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Aug 6, 2021 · Generally speaking, the first rule of visiting Joe Manchin's houseboat is don't talk about Joe Manchin's houseboat. This week, however, when Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a weekend cruise on Almost Heaven - named after the opening line of John Denver's elegy to West Virginia, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" - it's all anyone in Washington wanted ...
Manchin, though, traces his politics today to his roots in Farmington, West Virginia. In the small coal town that his JFK-loving family called home, he says, “common-sense solutions” ruled the ...
Dec 28, 2021 · Manchin’s critics are effectively condemning him for possession of a yachtie yacht. Manchin’s 65-footer, built in 2001 by Custom Steel Boats of Merritt, N.C., is named Almost Heaven, a ...
Sep 28, 2021 · Activists in kayaks and other watercraft protested outside Sen. Joe Manchin’s ( D-W.Va .) houseboat in Washington on Monday, urging the key moderate lawmaker to work with his colleagues to pass a massive budget reconciliation bill. A small group of demonstrators with the groups Greenpeace USA, Young West Virginia, Race Matters WV, CASA, and ...
RM2KCNK0E – West Virginians protest at Senator Joe Manchin's houseboat, Almost Heaven, in the Washington marina. Demonstrators are urging him to pass the Build Back Better Act (a.k.a. reconciliation budget) and its investments in healthcare, citizenship, and climate solutions.
Oct 1, 2021 · On Thursday, Manchin fielded questions about his stance from the stern of the vessel, called Almost Heaven.. In a video tweeted by the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), one person questioned ...
Apr 22, 2021 · Indeed, the boat, Almost Heaven, is "anchored 8 miles south of the Capitol," a Time story described in 2014, going on to note that Manchin "routinely invites senators from both parties out for ...
