Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

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Guaranteed paid leave is expected to be DROPPED from the Build Back Better package, multiple Democratic sources tell me + @frankthorp + @LACaldwellDC. "Paid leave is out," says one source. "Completely out." The insurmountable obstacle is Sen. Joe Manchin. — PolitiTweet.org

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Donald Trump releases a statement bashing the billionaire tax, claiming that wealthy people will leave the US if it’s enacted, and wondering if he’ll be “allowed to run for president again if I move to another country.” Then he says he’ll “stick it out.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@delexical our team has asked. his stmt was vague — PolitiTweet.org

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Is Donald Trump headed to Virginia? He just put out this statement saying, "Thank you, Arlington, see you soon!" https://t.co/I268PVlqux — PolitiTweet.org

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Democratic leaders are currently testing how far they can stretch the Build Back Better bill to placate ~4% of their members without losing the other ~96%. As Mark Warner once said: "A Rubik's cube on steroids." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NBCPolitics: Sen. Manchin hasn't signed onto a proposed billionaires' tax, a key element of efforts by congressional Democrats to strik… — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Neal didn’t rule out a billionaire tax but he was skeptical. He cited “media accounts” that Manchin is a no (which Manchin has NOT confirmed) and if true, he says there’s no need to look at it in the House. Neal told me that if 50 senators are for it, W&M will take a look. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEAL: “The billionaires tax has not been vetted by our committee… And it would be very difficult because of its complexity. None of us in the Democratic caucus in the House have any problem with asking billionaires for more money—that's fine. But this happened all of a sudden.” — PolitiTweet.org

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W&M Chair @RepRichardNeal: —"Lot of angst" over billionaire tax as it's not "vetted" —He wants to see 50 senators for it before weighing in —"Unlikely" to come up in House —He's "open to" $10M surtax (and says Sinema is too) —15% corporate minimum tax "sensible," he could see it — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepRubenGallego just walked from the door of the House chamber to the Senate chamber; counted 173 steps. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HotlineJosh yeah Florida strikes me as a light red state. not quite Ohio red — PolitiTweet.org

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(That pace will be hard to keep up, of course. Trump/McConnell hit the gas on judges around 11/2017 and had far more vacancies to fill than Biden does.) — PolitiTweet.org

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As Democrats haggle over Build Back Better, the Senate is churning out Biden-picked federal judges. The Schumer-led Senate has confirmed six this week alone, bringing Biden's total to 25 judges. For now, Biden is outpacing Trump, who had inked a total of 8 judges at this stage. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bill Nelson’s 2018 re-elect doesn’t get enough attention in this category. Arguably a bigger flop than Cunningham or Gideon. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BenjySarlin: Crude and astute from @Timodc: Whether left or right, most trolls today would have almost no way to acquire and monetize a… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Jo_lover234 nope! that was the corp minimum tax. this is different — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenSchumer just now to a few reporters: “We’re going to make sure the tax system is very progressive and meets our goals. And we're finding many different ways, and nothing has been foreclosed on.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Kyrsten Sinema ignores reportes’ questions, coming on and off the Senate floor, about whether she supports a billionaire tax. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sahilkapur: "There's just huge pieces of this that are not nailed down. So each time I hear, 'Well, it's almost done,' I don't know wha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sahilkapur: Unresolved issues in Build Back Better Medicare drug negotiations Mcare dental/vision/hearing benefits Paid leave Medicaid… — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats’ new billionaire tax plan would apply to ~700 people “with more than $100 million in annual income or more than $1 billion in assets for three consecutive years,” per @RonWyden’s office. Section by section: https://t.co/mcqznpXMBF One pager 👇 https://t.co/ObyIvX1NtF — PolitiTweet.org

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On the billionaire tax “This is going to be perhaps the most difficult tax we have ever seen in terms of trying to plan to minimize it,” said Willens, a former managing director at Lehman Brothers who has been working on taxes since the early 1970s. https://t.co/J4HiiAEDL6 — PolitiTweet.org

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@Sunil_2096 still in play — PolitiTweet.org

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He voted twice to convict Trump, he voted to investigate the 1/6 attack, he’s a strong supporter of the ACA, he opposed the GOP tax cut and he thinks the rich pay too little in taxes. Joe Manchin, for all his beef with the Dems, would probably be a bigger outcast in today’s GOP. — PolitiTweet.org

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He voted twice to convict Trump, he voted to investigate the 1/6 attack, he’s a strong supporter of the ACA, he opposed the GOP tax cut and he thinks the rich pay too little on taxes. Joe Manchin, for all his beef with the Dems, would probably be a bigger outcast in today’s GOP. — PolitiTweet.org

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Random fact: the Republican filibuster of former GOP senator Chuck Hagel for SecDef in 2013 was a turning point for @SenatorReid that eventually prompted him to nuke the 60-vote rule for most nominations later that year. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bubbleIPL Congress has to act to override. And it is subject to filibuster. Won’t happen — PolitiTweet.org

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.@LeaderMcConnell, a few hours ago: “Larry Summers strikes me as the one truth-telling Democrat left in Washington.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@bubbleIPL it’s extremely different — PolitiTweet.org