Biden pressures West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin into backing a $1.9T stimulus ...

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President Joe Biden made a desperate last minute phone call to Senator Joe Manchin on the day before the Senate was due to vote on his American Rescue Plan to beg him to support the $1.9T stimulus deal, telling him 'you're really f***ing me,' according to a new book. 

Biden considered Manchin, the most moderate Democrat in the Senate, a key roadblock ahead of the critical vote to pass the expensive stimulus deal, as reported by Fox Business. 

Manchin ended up voting with majority of the democratic lawmakers and the relief package was passed in a 50-49 vote. The West Virginia Senator thus helped hand the president his first legislative victory.