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They certainly vote more with Republicans than many Democrats vote with Republicans, but he does need them, this is something that's lost in the discussion often, which is people say, well, why do they negotiate with Republicans ? Why don't they just go it alone ? Well, you can't go it alone, unless you have 50 votes, and Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are not on board on many of these key things that Biden cares about.