Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

This could be a moment where the bipartisan @ProbSolveCaucus steps in to help pass infrastructure. But the Republican half of the group has gone quiet on BIF, even though a number of them have publicly endorsed the bill. No sign that they're pushing to gather votes. I've asked. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NickRiccardi @BenjySarlin and yet the city council tried more than 50 times to abolish or dismantle the house — PolitiTweet.org

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@EricSchultz @BenjySarlin a starter home, but not the one he’d prefer if he were building a home from scratch, right Eric? — PolitiTweet.org

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The GOP reluctance to rescue BIF means means the House progressive caucus remains in the driver's seat on whether to keep BIF/BBB linked or de-link the two. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@GOPLeader says "few, if any" Republicans will vote for the infrastructure bill if it comes to a House vote today. He says his members see that and Build Back Better as "one bill" (even though passing infra today would enable it to go to Biden's desk without BBB). — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenjySarlin Suozzi holding out for a kitchen that comes with a large salt shaker — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenjySarlin CPC wants a pre-inspection. Sinema has issues w/ financing contingency. Manchin not sure he likes the house — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MittRomney: Biscuits with the boss. https://t.co/tKpiToDWE6 — PolitiTweet.org

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@rebekahkfreitas did not say she supports it — PolitiTweet.org

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In sum: House Democratic leaders are plowing ahead to a vote on the infrastructure bill even as Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not endorsing a Biden-backed framework that sharply cuts Build Back Better to meet their demands. This is, to put it mildly, a tenuous situation. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @samstein: Durbin famously said that the banks “frankly own the place.” But, really, the pharmaceutical industry probably has the better… — PolitiTweet.org

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SINEMA weighs in https://t.co/mT3KkxkDUC — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GarrettHaake: BIDEN threw down the gauntlet to House Dems today, per two sources familiar: “I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that… — PolitiTweet.org

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House Democratic leaders want to vote on the infrastructure bill today. They are formally whipping it. (Biden’s tendency has been to defer to Pelosi on process without making specific demands on timing or order of votes.) — PolitiTweet.org

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.@JoeBiden did NOT make a specific ask of House Democrats on a timeline to vote on the infrastructure bill, or whether it should come before or after Build Back Better legislation, two sources in the meeting tell me. His message: I need your votes for both bills (per sources). — PolitiTweet.org

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A few asterisks in the new Biden framework —$100b for immigration outside $1.75T (policy unclear and parliamentarian has to OK it) —No mention of SALT (red line for some Dems) —Medicare hearing benefits, not dental/vision (big for Bernie) —Quiet on Medicare drug negotiations — PolitiTweet.org

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Some of the biggest items in Biden's new framework $555b for clean energy $400b for child care & pre-K $200b for child tax credit $130b for ACA/Medicaid — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is the White House's spending and revenue table for the just-released Build Back Better framework: https://t.co/t8NogHBvaB — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RuhleOnMSNBC: .@sahilkapur: "The Progressive Caucus is critical here to unlocking the votes for that bipartisan infrastructure bill. An… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WHCOS: It's twice as big, in real dollars, as the New Deal was. This can be the Congress that goes from 12 years of universal educatio… — PolitiTweet.org

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The “surtax” idea emerged after Sinema drew a red line against “rate” hikes for reasons she hasn’t explained (and are unknown to many Democrats I’ve talked to). But a “surtax” may not violate her line, per people who’ve spoken to her, hence it’s a live option. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarcGoldwein @crampell $0 net cost always included “dynamic scoring,” making it quite flexible. likely they could get to 96% w that — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarcGoldwein @crampell “claimed” is the key part of your sentence — PolitiTweet.org

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@crampell no disagreement, though $0 net cost was a self-imposed constraint here, at least in the near term to pass this bill — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @crampell: To these reasons I would add: Dems promised a Scandinavian-style welfare state while refusing to endorse a Scandinavian-style… — PolitiTweet.org

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A few reasons BBB is getting slashed • Biden is pursuing a New Deal agenda without New Deal majorities • He has ~96% of Democrats but the other ~4% have veto power and are wielding it ruthlessly • Dems never prioritized their policies, thus lacked a playbook for how to trim — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GarrettHaake: The deep cuts to the BBB reconciliation package continue. Starved of revenue due to Sinema’s opposition to raising tax ra… — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats drop paid family and medical leave from safety net bill https://t.co/eBpJrpC7f2 — PolitiTweet.org

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The first was President Biden taking the plunge on one of his big goals to move the process. The other two kills have Manchin or Sinema's fingerprints all over them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Major Build Back Better policies that have gotten the knife as Democrats push to reach a deal —2 years free community college —Clean Energy Performance Program —Guaranteed paid leave —Tax rate hikes on rich/corporations — PolitiTweet.org