The White House had been holding out hope to win support from at least one Republican senator after Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, announced his opposition last month.
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Mr. Manchin said Mr. Biden, who was in the Senate for more than three decades, is trying to let the process play out to the extent he can.
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