Sahil Kapur

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Bernie Sanders tells reporters: “3.5 [trillion] is a conservative number.” He adds: “If we're going to effectively deal with climate, we probably have to do more.” (v @JulieNBCNews @megan_lebowitz) — PolitiTweet.org

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@raosameer97 @StevenTDennis Medicaid is the very definition of a liberal program! — PolitiTweet.org

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One reason for the asymmetric partisan warfare over the debt limit. Hatchet could fall hardest on liberal programs in a doomsday scenario. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lukebroadwater: The Chamber of Commerce, which is lobbying to kill Biden’s bill because of its tax increases, has already spent about $… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @josephzeballos: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) suggests some GOP senators would back lifting the debt limit if D’s totally abandoned thei… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mkraju: The senior senator from the state, Jeanne Shaheen, told me reconcilation won’t work in time to avoid default, in line with the… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Tim Kaine mum on whether it’s time to use reconciliation to tackle the debt ceiling. “We’ll see.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Tim Kaine mum on whether it’s tome to use reconciliation to tackle the debt ceiling. “We’ll see.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Hyde amendment isn’t going anywhere in this Congress. There aren’t 50 Senate votes to do away with it. — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/uifxUmlldT — PolitiTweet.org

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Mark Kelly sticks up for @KyrstenSinema and denounces the behavior of activists who followed her into a bathroom to mount a protest: — PolitiTweet.org

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The U.S. government is moving farther away from a solution — not closer to one — as the country gets closer to breaching the debt ceiling. — PolitiTweet.org

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DEBT CEILING LATEST Schumer/Biden say no to filibuster-proof reconciliation. McConnell says no to dropping the Republican filibuster. Manchin not wild about a filibuster carve-out. White House doesn't want to mint the coin. — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin tells reporters: "The filibuster has nothing to do with the debt ceiling. We have other tools that we can use. And if we have to use them we should use them." "Forget the filibuster. We can prevent default." "We will not let this country default." via @JulieNBCNews — PolitiTweet.org

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I asked @SenatorDurbin if he's arguing that Democrats should use 50+1 votes to do away with the filibuster for the purposes of the debt ceiling. He says it's his personal view, not a caucus position. He adds: "I think we ought to have that conversation." — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenatorDurbin says if the Republican filibuster holds, Democrats should pierce it to lift the debt limit: "The idea that you can filibuster the debt ceiling is outrageous. That to me discredits the argument that the filibuster is in fact the way to get bipartisanship. Baloney." — PolitiTweet.org

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It's new territory for progressive caucus to stare down Democratic leadership and not blink. @RepJayapal says CPC used to be a "social club" and now has "an identity with a set of values." She has imposed changes to the caucus that enable voting as a bloc. https://t.co/4g0i8eDAEY — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Progressives flex power to push Biden's safety net bill. A bigger fight awaits. They held the line and enforced a link between infrastructure and mega-bill. Now the real negotiations begin. Price will fall. How low? What's cut? What expires when? https://t.co/4g0i8eDAEY — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenSchumer defends @SenatorSinema, calling the activists’ behavior at ASU “over the line.” What he told a group of reporters in the Capitol moments ago: https://t.co/meAvTFLyeq — PolitiTweet.org

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signal > whatsapp — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BenjySarlin: Part of the issue is I think people confused “The Squad is being surprisingly chill and pragmatic about Biden’s bill,” whi… — PolitiTweet.org

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The substantive intra-party battle over the $3.5 trillion framework is not progressives vs. centrists with Biden caught in the middle; it's more like Biden and the vast majority of Dems vs. a narrow group of lawmakers who reject/resist the concept but whose votes are essential. — PolitiTweet.org

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The two parties seem to be misreading each other’s debt ceiling dynamics. —Republicans assume Democrats will blink and use budget reconciliation. —Biden and Democrats assume Republicans would never allow default and will at least drop the filibuster. Neither is a safe bet. — PolitiTweet.org

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One reason Republicans want Democrats to tackle the debt limit in budget reconciliation: that requires putting a number on it, and they want to campaign against that in the 2022 elections. (Under regular order, Congress can just suspend it to a new date.) https://t.co/558utMdNMA https://t.co/AL7RliYSYw — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden asked if he can guarantee the US won’t breach the debt limit: “No I can’t. That’s up to Mitch McConnell.” “I can’t believe that will be the end result… but can I guarantee it? If I could I would.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden says the $3.5 trillion social policy bill is his agenda, not the agenda that @BernieSanders or @AOC would have pushed. — PolitiTweet.org

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BIDEN rejects McConnell’s ask, says using reconciliation for the debt ceiling is an “incredibly complicated, cumbersome process.” He says it’d require a vote-a-rama with up to hundreds of votes. He says the Senate should pass the clean House-approved debt limit extension. — PolitiTweet.org

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The McConnell letter 👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitch McConnell writes a letter asking Joe Biden to tell Democrats to lift the debt ceiling in reconciliation to avoid catastrophe. White House responds to McConnell: No, you drop the filibuster. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sahilkapur: Raising the debt limit does not authorize new spending. It enables the US to pay bills that both parties have racked up ove… — PolitiTweet.org