Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

In Kentucky, @LeaderMcConnell says he's praying every night for @Sen_JoeManchin and @SenatorSinema to force Democrats to dramatically scale back the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. "We give them lots of love," he says of those two. (via @frankthorp) — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

.@RepSpanberger on @MeetThePress Daily: "It's unfortunate that much of the conversation really focused on price tag to begin with." She says focus should be on the "outcomes of the investments" in the bill. And $3.5T? No red lines. "Wholly dependent on the programs," she says. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

.@SpeakerPelosi says the House is moving forward at the $3.5T level. On Dems who want it lower than that: "Where would you cut? Child care? Family medical leave paid for? Universal pre-K? Home health care?" She adds: "We will pay for more than half—maybe all of the legislation." — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

One reason Democrats aren't putting a debt limit hike in reconciliation: centrists in the party are leery of it being weaponized against them. It'd create a new headache for party leaders to corral votes (already a struggle). They'd rather force GOP buy-in and dissolve the issue. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

New: House EdLabor releases a 289-page chunk of the reconciliation package and sets a 9/9 markup. The bill has —Universal pre-K for 3+4 yr olds —2 yrs tuition-free community college —Pell Grants $ —$82b for public schools —$35b to combat child hunger https://t.co/byQHfa89Zg — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats are considering attaching a debt limit extension to the government funding bill ahead of a 9/30 deadline. @SpeakerPelosi tells me they're weighing "several options." Either way, this will require at least 10 GOP senators to break a filibuster. https://t.co/jyaVAqxumR — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Debt limit standoffs have become a Capitol Hill tradition under Democratic presidencies. The issue tends to get resolved with little drama when Republicans hold the White House. Partisan asymmetry. https://t.co/jyaVAqxumR — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Treasury says the U.S. debt limit fully expires in October and needs action to be lifted. For weeks @LeaderMcConnell has insisted Democrats raise it on their own in the multi-trillion-dollar bill. Today @SpeakerPelosi said that's not gonna happen. https://t.co/jyaVAqxumR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GarrettHaake: “I don’t know what the number will be,” @SpeakerPelosi tells @sahilkapur of reconciliation final product. “We are marking… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Speaker Pelosi says unequivocally that Democrats “won’t be putting” the debt limit extension in reconciliation. She says Democrats lifted the debt ceiling under Trump as his policies added to the debt and she tells Republicans to do the same now. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Pelosi says the infrastructure bill is important but it is “not the totality” of Biden/Democrats’ agenda. — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaker Pelosi touts the “transformative” agenda Congress is pursuing to “fulfill the president’s vision.” She says committees are “working feverishly” to write the reconciliation bill. https://t.co/DrWWOCIp0i — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @capitalweather: Death Valley hit 122 degrees yesterday... the highest temperature ever recorded this late in the year anywhere in the w… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Update from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the debt limit: “However, based on our best and most recent information, the most likely outcome is that cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted during the month of October.” https://t.co/zjgodpnDy7 — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

NEW: Democrats hit the gas on Biden's multitrillion-dollar safety net bill House starts marking it up this week. They want this ready by 9/27. An aggressive target that has sparked a flurry of negotiations between Dems in both chambers and White House. https://t.co/0OcOJYtcBl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that making abortion a crime was unconstitutional, setting a landmark legal preced… — PolitiTweet.org

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(The Southlake podcast is great, btw. Bravo to @ahylton26 @Mike_Hixenbaugh.) — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

That moment in the Southlake podcast where some school board members conjure up procedural reasons to vote against the diversity plan when they’re unsure how to attack the substance… it reminds me so much of the United States Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nbcwashington: Just In: DC health care workers must have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 30 or risk losing their med… — PolitiTweet.org

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A number of Democrats are raising eyebrows at this timeline. There will be member pressure to set this date earlier before the bill is finalized. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

This is what the White House is asking Congress for in the next government funding bill — deadline 9/30 before it shuts down. It includes Afghan resettlement and disaster aid money. https://t.co/2R6M7bk8QT — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @justinbaragona: Fox's Campos-Duffy: "We are starting to see this sort of apartheid-type vaccination system where if you are vaccinated… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddale8: The Friday clip was surfaced today by conservative media/conservatives on social media. Schumer's office said in a statement th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddale8: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer falsely claimed in a local NY news interview Friday that, from Afghanistan, "all" the Amer… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

The Texas ban on abortion after six weeks doesn’t include exceptions for women who are raped. Asked about this, Gov. Greg Abbott said his plan to deal with that is to “eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas.” https://t.co/SI9HusaC46 — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@jonhhy_cage likely to be extended — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@OmeedFirouzi extension likely, permanence no — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

On the voting rights front: The John Lewis bill passed the House last month. Senate timing TBD. It will get filibustered by Republicans and the two vocal pro-filibuster Dems aren’t budging. As long as that remains the case, it has no path to Biden’s desk. Same dynamic as HR1/S1. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@jljacobson what “game”? i tweeted the headline and deck of an article — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

No. Lowering the Medicare age is unlikely to happen in this bill, per Dem sources I’ve talked to in recent days. — PolitiTweet.org