--- description: Find out why Joe Manchin is one of the 100 most influential people of 2021. title: Joe Manchin: The 100 Most Influential People of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25df363018a07446/698a1cae457a52ef37d657b1/joe-manchin-time-100-2021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 15, 2021 # Joe Manchin by Susan Collins  Joe Manchin Stefani Reynolds—The New York Times/Redux Joe Manchin Stefani Reynolds—The New York Times/ReduxStefani Reynolds—The New York Times/Redux My phone rang early the morning after the long 2020 election night. It was Joe Manchin waking me up. He immediately jumped from “congratulations” to discussing how to reinvigorate bipartisanship in Washington. At the time, we did not know that the Senate would be equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, making Joe’s vote [the most sought-after](https://time.com/6072388/manchin-again-at-the-center-of-the-democrats-agenda-troubles/ "undefined") in the Senate. In 2021, Joe is in the midst of every debate. He is front and center on the filibuster issue, the infrastructure­ debate, and issues from voting laws to immigration to taxes and spending, as well as nearly every appointment made by the President. In short, Joe is the go-to-guy in the 50-50 Senate. Joe believes passionately that bipartisanship leads to the best solutions, and he wants to prove it can still work. As someone who shares his belief in working across the aisle, I always want him on my side. _Collins, a Republican, is a U.S. Senator from Maine_ Joe Manchin Is on the 2021 TIME100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096004/joe-manchin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096004/joe-manchin/"},"headline":"Joe Manchin","datePublished":"2021-09-15T11:15:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:14.403Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096004/joe-manchin/","keywords":["TIME 100","franchise","T100 2021","T100 2021 Leaders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25df363018a07446/698a1cae457a52ef37d657b1/joe-manchin-time-100-2021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25df363018a07446/698a1cae457a52ef37d657b1/joe-manchin-time-100-2021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096004/joe-manchin/","name":"Joe Manchin"}}]}] ```