Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and former Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) lamented the state of Congress in a side-by-side interview on Sunday, with Manchin saying that Americans should be “ashamed” of the legislative body.
“Every one of us should be ashamed of what we’re, what we’re living through now in the 118th Congress,” Manchin said in the CNN interview with Manu Raju.
The House has struggled to pass any legislation for months, relying on short-term funding deals and constantly under threat of a shifting Speakership. Portman described Congress as “dysfunctional.”
The moderates said in the interview that they were both disappointed with their parties. Manchin has long clashed with the Biden administration, and Portman was an opponent of former President Trump before he retired from the Senate following the 2022 election.
Neither committed to endorsing Bidenor Trump. Manchin said Biden “has to take blame for what is wrong” regarding immigration and border policy, but added that there …