Manchin Backs Labor Law Overhaul, Raising Stakes in Senate (2)

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he would vote for a sweeping package of pro-labor reforms approved by the House last month, a development that offers unions hope as they work to break a Senate logjam holding up their top legislative priority.

In a virtual event at the National Press Club on Monday, Manchin said he would co-sponsor the Protecting the Right to Organize Act but offered few specifics on how Democrats could circumvent a 60-vote Senate rule to get the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk.

Still, support from Manchin—a Democrat from a deep-red coal state regarded as the Senate’s ...