Manu Raju

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"The biggest concern I have is basically shouldn't we have a bipartisan group working on rules to make this place work?" Manchin said. "It doesn't mean getting rid of the filibuster to make it work. It means making things work — don't know make it easy, make it work." — PolitiTweet.org

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-- Manchin said the Senate should now focus on trying to make changes to its procedures to allow it to function better, such as allowing more votes on amendments and speeding up the nomination process. Rules changes would require 67 votes under regular order — PolitiTweet.org

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-- While he praised Biden's remarks today as "very sharp," he said: "everyone knows where I am" on the filibuster - On Sinema speech, he said: "It was very much on the mark." — PolitiTweet.org

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Caught up with Manchin after Biden meeting. -- He told me that "there's been no discussion" over Build Back Better since before Christmas and he hadn't spoken to Biden since then. Asked if he wanted to re-engage in BBB talks: "I really haven’t talked about that. Really haven’t." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: NEW: Jan. 6 committee has issued four subpoenas to giant social media conglomerates after the panel said the companies… — PolitiTweet.org

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After Biden meeting, Manchin issues lengthy statement: “I will not vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster.” https://t.co/BjDL38m6W1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @StevenTDennis: Biden headwinds last 5 weeks or so: *Manchin sends BBB to rewrite *Sinema sinks voting rights bills by saving filibuster… — PolitiTweet.org

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“The frustration level is very high,” Sen. Martin Heinrich told me — PolitiTweet.org

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Sinema didn’t speak at the Biden meeting, per multiple senators. Manchin asked a question regarding the history of the Senate. Biden spoke at length about the Senate — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: During today’s presser, McCarthy said he didn’t remember a call days after January 6 where he told House R’s that Trump had ac… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JDiamond1: In a huge blow to Biden’s efforts to boost vaccination rates, the Supreme Court has blocked the Biden administration’s polic… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FoxReports: Biden on uphill climb on voting rights. "I hope we can get this done, but I'm not sure.” "One thing for certain, like ev… — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin, leaving Biden meeting: “The President gave an extremely, very passionate, very good speech.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Leaving Biden meeting, Schumer would not say to reporters whether he would definitely still have a vote on the nuclear option to change filibuster rules. He had said Tuesday they would vote — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jaketapper: Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' related to US Capitol attack https://t.co/lmrb9iXwAh — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @UWJournEthics: Five days until our Jan 18 deadline for the 2022 #ShadidAward for Journalism Ethics. Send us your most ethical, most out… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Feinstein, who missed Senate Judiciary meeting today because she wasn’t feeling well, is back and at Dem lunch. Sen. Schatz has tested positive for covid. That means Schumer will have at most 47 votes to change filibuster rules if they vote this week, and he needs 50 — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin on Sinema speech: “I think it’s the points that I’ve been making for an awful long time and she has too.”   “We need changes to make the Senate work better, not getting rid of the filibuster,” he added — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JakeSherman: MANCHIN just now on Sinema’s speech: “Very good. Excellent speech." — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell told me that Kyrsten Sinema’s act was a “conspicuous of political courage.” He added: “She saved the Senate as an institution.” Durbin on Sinema said he was “disappointed but not surprised.” Durbin also noted it was mostly Rs on the floor listening to her speech. — PolitiTweet.org

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Officially ending Dem hopes to gut filibuster to pass voting bill, Sinema reiterates her support for 60-vote threshold, saying it's needed to protect "wild reversals" on policy "I will not support separate actions that worsen the ... disease of division infecting our country." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Mediaite: .@kevinomccarthy and CNN's @mkraju get into a testy exchange over McCarthy's refusal to speak with the Jan. 6 committee. Raj… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sinema about to come to the floor and expected to reiterate her opposition to changing the 60-vote threshold on filibuster, just minutes before Biden’s arrival to Senate Dem meeting — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexanderbolton: Sen. Shelby tells reporters that the “Four Corners” had “constructive talks” just now on “where we go and how we get t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jdawsey1: Republican Party just sent a letter to bipartisan debate commission saying the party expects to "initiate the process of amen… — PolitiTweet.org

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220-203, House approves bill along party lines to overhaul voting and election laws. Action now heads to Senate where Dems lack the support to overcome GOP filibuster and change the rules of Senate — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nicholaswu12: USCP say the woman drove here from MI and said she had info on 1/6 Had the following guns in her car: - Unloaded Remingt… — PolitiTweet.org

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“None of us have happy memories of Strom Thurmond,” Pelosi says — PolitiTweet.org

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House will vote at 10:15a on passage of D proposal — which combines Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act. It will go over to Senate as a message, meaning they can get right onto debate with support of 51 votes. But would need 60 votes to get to final passage — PolitiTweet.org

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New - GOP members are already seeking impeachment proceedings. Some leading Rs want to highlight Trump’s false claims of fraud. Others want to shift focus of Jan. 6 onto security and Pelosi. And Hunter Biden, Fauci and Afghanistan among targets. w/@MZanona https://t.co/q5RYreYYDW — PolitiTweet.org