Manu Raju

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Sinema and other moderates have resisted Medicare negotiating drugs prices. Manchin has said that expanding Medicare to include dental, vision and health would not be fiscally responsible. But Sanders tells us here that the final bill "must" include both https://t.co/JDhavw47yP — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Sanders pushes back on Sinema and Manchin on two key issues. He told us the bill must include “real” authority for Medicare to negotiate drug prices — something Sinema opposes. And the bill must expand Medicare to include dental, hearing, vision — something Manchin opposes. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: Pelosi to Dems in a meeting: the House will not be able to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill unless there is a cl… — PolitiTweet.org

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Romney says to us that the Biden presidency is the “Seinfeld presidency: A presidency about nothing.” He also rails on the billionaires’ tax, saying it would be “devastating to entrepreneurship.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @morgan_rimmer: Manchin said the agreement he signed with Schumer was a “contract” he wrote, with the understanding that he would vote f… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi tells caucus that package is transformative - that 90% is written, saying it will help women and kids — and talked up funding for elderly health care and pre-K “Embrace it for what it is,” Pelosi said, per source. No bill is everything … We cannot miss this opportunity.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @vplus: Alec Baldwin shooting: 'Rust' crew members reportedly used guns with live ammunition hours before deadly incident on set https:… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: NEW: Facebook revelations add new momentum to efforts to rein in Silicon Valley. But it's unclear whether anger will turn int… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: Rep. Mo Brooks told me he had "no involvement” in planning the Jan 6 rally but said: “I don’t know if my staff did.. but if t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Neal then pitched his committee’s plan, even though it includes rate hikes on corporations and high earners that Kyrsten Sinema has rejected. “Our tax plan here is as good as ever. It’s efficient. … The only thing I’m going to concede on tax is our plan looks better every day.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if he believes the billionaires’ tax being developed by Senate Dems would lead to a reliable amount of money, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal told reporters: “I don't know. That’s one of the challenges you have with it. … We think it will be a challenge.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: New — President Biden has once again refused to assert executive privilege over more documents that former President Tr… — PolitiTweet.org

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“What leverage do they have? If your assumption is Sinema and Manchin are going to be moved by that delay, I haven't seen any evidence,” Hoyer said after I asked him about progressives effectively delaying the first infrastructure vote to show their leverage — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Steny Hoyer about this, and he said to me: "I have never been enamored with that strategy. I think there are two separate bills. They are both very good bills. I don't think there's any evidence that leverage has worked.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“…before we can do it — within a week at the most — I mean we've been ready, but obviously there's two Senators we have to get full agreement from." Jayapal believes it can be done in about a week; others say bill text will take longer — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if “framework” is enough to vote yes on infrastructure, she said: “As Sen Manchin said, you don't really know everything that's in there until the text is drafted. And my understanding is that we're pretty close on the text, so let's just get it right, let's get it done..” — PolitiTweet.org

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Just spoke to Pramila Jayapal and she says progressives want both infrastructure bill and the larger bill voted on back-to-back. Not just a framework agreement. She is saying the House should pass both bills consecutively. That means bill text needs to be agreed to - a higher bar — PolitiTweet.org

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“I’m hoping to work with him on an employer, employee matching plan.  That’s something he’s very interested in and I’m going to try to work with him on a plan that meets his area of interest,” Gillibrand told reporters, per @tedbarrettcnn — PolitiTweet.org

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A number of Dems have been pushing Manchin to move off his opposition to paid leave policies, which he privately argues will hurt businesses. He wouldn’t say if this is a redline. “Everyone is still joshing,” he told us. I saw Gillibrand negotiating with him today on this issue https://t.co/sG2P903d7g — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin being lobbied by Dems on all fronts. Jon Ossoff told me he called Manchin on Medicaid. “275,000 Georgians in the gap. We’ve got to close the coverage gap. Spoke with Manchin about it today. Raphael and I are in hourly touch about it … Negotiations are ongoing.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sinema walks in and out of the Senate and no response to questions about prospects for a deal and why she opposes tax rate hikes on corporations and high earners. She rarely answers questions in the Capitol these days — PolitiTweet.org

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“We are working hard,” Manchin said when asked if he had a deal with his colleagues on climate change — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Dems, leaving meeting with key committee chairs along with Manchin and Schumer, say they don’t have a deal yet on the climate provisions but are continuing to negotiate — PolitiTweet.org

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No comment yet from Bernie Sanders on if he can get behind a bill with no Medicare expansion. He had said that is non-negotiable, but Manchin has been opposed to it. He was headed to evening leadership meeting — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer says they are "on track" to getting Biden's larger economic package done — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate set to confirm a Biden nominee for Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit tonight; Schumer has also taken procedural steps to set up votes on five district court nominees as well — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KateDavidson: Summers hits back at Yellen: “I’m curious at what point in the last 40 years Treasury thinks the risk of an inflation s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddale8: Yep, the president just told his imaginary Amtrak story for at least the fifth time in total and the second time in the past we… — PolitiTweet.org

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Bernie Sanders has said Medicare expansion on dental, hearing, vision is non-negotiable and must be included in final bill Today, Manchin reiterated he's still opposed -- a position he has made clear for weeks. "Right now it's not fiscally responsible, I don't think." https://t.co/5JPsIIsoO7 — PolitiTweet.org

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And they’re big issues too: Medicare, paid leave, climate, taxes — PolitiTweet.org