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Under the Biden administration the Democrats had exactly 50 votes of 100 in the Senate if you factored in some very conservative Democrats who held everything up. If you don't want compromise you do need to vote in enough Dems to avoid Joe Manchin being able to hold everything up.
Y'all need to stop voting in paralyzed governments and then complaining they compromise and don't do anything.
Edit: This was not a fillibuster issue as they were always struggling to get 51 votes. And no, primarying Manchin was not the solution as the replacement would have just lost to a Republican who would have voted for Mitch McConnell as senate majority leader. Holding the Senate in a useful manner requires some margin.