Inside Schumer and Manchin's secret Italian dinner

Schumer’s failure last month to convince Manchin to be more of a team player has implications for the leader’s ability to advance President Biden’s agenda, not to mention the fate of his nominees — as Fed hopeful Sarah Bloom Raskin discovered this week.

The two longtime friends, who use frank and colorful language with each other, successfully reset their strained relationship, Axios is told.

But their political dynamic remained unchanged.

Manchin is unwilling to forsake voter concerns at home in West Virginia for the good of the national Democratic Party.