Sahil Kapur

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.@RepJayapal doesn’t get into what she and Pelosi discussed in terms of timelines, but said: “We have to deliver the entirety of the president's agenda to his desk.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Jayapal says “half” the 95-member progressive caucus is prepared to vote down the infrastructure bill unless the larger budget bill passes the Senate. “We can’t move the other bill forward until we pass reconciliation,” she says. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepJayapal, after meeting privately with Pelosi for ~90 minutes, says she made clear to the Speaker: “At this point, if we don't have the reconciliation bill done, the infrastructure bill will not pass.” https://t.co/H6rS59wWXT — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GarrettHaake: “The statutory debt ceiling is stupid. We need to get rid of it,” @RepJohnYarmuth tells @chucktodd. I think just about e… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TimJHanrahan: McConnell just now, asked about @wsj story: "I don't have any reaction to that." https://t.co/0vWHxDg8ce — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepSlotkin: I understand that some House Democrats object to funding for the Iron Dome in Israel. Just to level-set, a few facts (1/5): — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BenjySarlin: The 2011 debate crisis was incredibly dangerous, but core issue was new Congress elected in a landslide on an austerity pl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepJayapal: Progressives have been clear from the start: Build Back Better and infrastructure go together. Without the Build Back Bett… — PolitiTweet.org

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House Republican leaders will whip members to vote NO on the new government funding and debt limit bill. @SteveScalise's office just put the caucus on notice. — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell on Democrats' reconciliation bill: "It would make Washington, D.C. dramatically more involved in families' child care, their health coverage, their local energy utilities, and on and on." — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell goes after Dems' slimmed down voting bill, faulting the federal rules for automatic + same-day voter registration and saying it "impedes" voter ID at state level, among other provisions. "This latest compromise is just a repackaging"; he says it's "headed nowhere." — PolitiTweet.org

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Hakeem Jeffries doesn't concede that the reconciliation bill will be unfinished by 9/27, when asked if the infrastructure vote will happen regardless. "Six days is an eternity in this place," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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After House Dems meet, @RepJeffries tells reporters: —Sept. 27 still "target" for infrastructure vote —Mega-bill will be "hopefully at or very close to $3.5T" —@KBeds visits Dems tomorrow —"Failure is not an option. The votes will be there for both" infra and reconciliation. — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer on the new voting rights bill: "It is my intention to hold a vote on the Freedom To Vote Act here on the Senate floor. If Republicans are unwilling to move forward, Democrats will have to move on our own." — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer announces this on the floor, could be as early as this afternoon. "He'll have the support of Senate Democrats when his nomination is brought to the floor." — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer says McConnell is engaging in "fantastical feats of sophistry" on the debt limit by arguing this time is different from prior bipartisan extensions. He calls that position "totally dishonest" and says Democrats voted to raise it under Trump/GOP rule. — PolitiTweet.org

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House Democrats release a stopgap bill to keep the government funded through Dec. 3, 2021 and and extend the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022. Text —> https://t.co/djIMUlG88z — PolitiTweet.org

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Scooplet - Chuck Schumer is expected to hold a vote on a motion to discharge Rohit Chopra’s nomination for CFPB as early as today, per a well-placed Senate source. — PolitiTweet.org

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Justin Trudeau Projected to Remain Prime Minister of Canada https://t.co/y4GVaJ3B9I — PolitiTweet.org

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“Senator Joe Manchin is already a crucial swing vote in the Democrats’ sweeping budget bill. But he will also write the details of its climate change program.” <— on the key piece of Manchin’s role as Energy committee chair, via ⁦@CoralMDavenport⁩. https://t.co/B5nOKkMc0e — PolitiTweet.org

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House Budget Chair @RepJohnYarmuth on his message to Democrats about the multi-trillion-dollar bill: https://t.co/OrQ3zp27WF — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaker Pelosi threading the needle here. She puts Democrats on notice that they must move quickly on reconciliation, informs them Byrd rule will shrink the bill, says it must be pre-negotiated with Senate, warns $3.5T may not be final yet seeks "substantial" package. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SpeakerPelosi in a new letter to Democrats: "Our legislation is being reviewed by the House and Senate Budget Committees for possible Byrd violation challenges in order to narrow our exposure in a Byrd bath. The House and Senate are already in agreement on most of the bills." https://t.co/EkwliTv5UL — PolitiTweet.org

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But that thought experiment cuts both ways. Dems are mad Cal Cunningham couldn’t keep it in his pants or Bill Nelson and Sara Gideon flopped? Republicans are pissed they couldn’t flip deep-red MT/WV due to weak candidates and a blue year. And that two GA incumbents crashed. — PolitiTweet.org

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All of these things can be true: 1) the Senate map disadvantages Democrats, 2) they’re quite fortunate to have even this slim majority that runs through red states, 3) they could in some alternate timeline have 52-53 seats if more competitive races went their way in ‘18 and ‘20. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is wild. Republican officials are seeking to probe the validity of the 2020 vote even in counties Trump carried. "Now, a push to revisit November's results is underway or being called for in at least nine counties Trump won by more than 24 points." https://t.co/QUhsJSt7DS — PolitiTweet.org

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“It will not pass.” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, leader of the progressive caucus, sounds very confident tonight that the infrastructure bill will fail in the House on 9/27 if the Senate hasn’t passed reconciliation by then. https://t.co/1bQk2ueqEU https://t.co/E5cMQiqEhm — PolitiTweet.org

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A(n unintentionally) revealing point here. In real life if you exceed your credit limit your card is declined on the front end. In Congress you can spend and take on all the debt you want, and then decide later if you want to pay it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BudgetBen @George_A_Callas no dispute about 1 and 2, but I was obviously talking about relevance of parl in immigration ruling. Byrd rule is statute, yes, but it’s only relevant here bc of the filibuster, which is an internal senate matter and not in statute — PolitiTweet.org

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@George_A_Callas FYI I removed this because a number of people are being willfully obtuse about it - it’s clearly in context of the immigration ruling and not the entire existence of the parliamentarian. And it takes 50+1 votes to change the filibuster, not 2/3rds — PolitiTweet.org