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RT @CNNSotu: House committee investigating January 6 can't find Trump aide to serve subpoena | ⁦@ryanobles⁩, ⁦@ZcohenCNN⁩ & ⁦@AnnieGrayerCN… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: Biden makes some news, telling us he’ll sign the reconciliation bill "either way" when asked about including the Hyde A… — PolitiTweet.org

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Many Senate Dems see this as their only way out amid GOP resistance to allowing up-or-down vote to suspend debt limit and Dem refusal to go reconciliation on debt limit. But they’d need all 50 Democrats — including Manchin and Sinema — to go along. https://t.co/xfY8lRxDrZ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: "That's a real possibility," President Biden tells me when asked if Democrats are considering a carveout in the filibus… — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate vote set for 215pm tomorrow to break a filibuster on bill to suspend debt limit. It will fail amid GOP opposition — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin reiterates his support for Hyde in bill. And as Dems now discuss a carveout from filibuster to raise debt ceiling, he said about that: “Let the leaders work it out. They should work it out, they both know what this country needs and we should take care of our country” https://t.co/ULYdxwvsPf — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP saying if Dems do reconcilation, they would let the process move quicker. “I think there are ways you could expedite the reconciliation and do it at 51 under that procedure.  They say it’s too unwieldy, takes too much time. Well, that can always be addressed though agreement” — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats are roundly opposed to using reconcilation to raise the debt ceiling, even as Manchin has spoken in favor of it. And there was discussion about Biden using 14th Amendment to raise debt ceiling, an issue untested in court. w/@FoxReports — PolitiTweet.org

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At lunch today and also on Thursday, Dems discussed changes to rules to let debt ceiling hike advance by simple majority. Manchin and Sinema didn’t address caucus. Manchin told me later: “We're not going to default.” How it ends up remains to be seen. https://t.co/txCkgZfDze — PolitiTweet.org

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@alizaslav @donie That space looks familiar — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin signals openness to Biden's range of $1.9T-$2.2T But Jayapal signaled to Biden little appetite to go below $2.5T, per sources on call A number of major sticking points remain as Schumer wants a deal within days: https://t.co/WxFnHXQDcY — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin told me: “Forget the filibuster … We can prevent default, we really can prevent it. And there’s a way to do that, and there’s a couple other tools we have … Takes a little bit of time, it’s gonna be a little bit of pain, long vote-a-ramas,” referring to reconcilation — PolitiTweet.org

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•Dems using reconciliation to circumvent a filibuster. That would require two marathon voting sessions on the floor — known as vote-a-rama — and could take at least two weeks to go through full legislative process without an agreement to speed it up. Ds have resisted this move — PolitiTweet.org

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•Getting 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. But that would require 10 GOP votes, which isn’t happening •Democrats using nuclear option to change filibuster rules to allow debt ceiling hike to advance with 51 votes. Manchin rejects this, so Dems don’t have the votes to do it — PolitiTweet.org

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Here are the options for raising debt limit: •An agreement to set the vote to suspend debt limit at a 51-vote threshold, but Republicans are objecting to that. (Any one senator can force a 60-vote threshold) — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer just told me “can’t do it” when asked if the budget reconcilation process is on the table to raise the debt ceiling by the Oct. 18 deadline. “Reconcilation is very risky, risking default and risking downgrade. Can’t do it,” he said — PolitiTweet.org

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Capitol Police says man is in custody after being extracted from a suspicious vehicle in front of the Supreme Court where they said they had to “disrupt” the vehicle, causing a loud bang to be heard from a distance — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin says: “Basically I'm more concerned about our nation and our country turning into a more of a entitlement society, versus a rewarding society. So there's a balance to be had here.” He said that he hasn’t spoken to Biden since last week — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin: “Well I'm not ruling anything out, but the bottom line is I want to be strategic, to do the right job, and we don't basically add more to the concerns we have right now.” — PolitiTweet.org

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News: Manchin moments ago did NOT rule out a $1.9 trillion-$2.2 trillion price tag on social safety net package. He has been at $1.5 trillion. Biden has floated that range privately. And I asked him if he would rule out that range: “I’m not ruling anything out.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JohnBerman: JUST NOW: (Me) "It's a lie? " (Stephanie Grisham) "Yes." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewDay: .@brikeilarcnn: "Do you think your enabling cost lives [during the pandemic]?" Stephanie Grisham: "I do ... I don't think I'll… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: Asked if she was always truthful during her interviews on Fox News while she was a top White House aide, Stephanie Gris… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JakeSherman: “Forget the filibuster” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Bencjacobs: Would note one key difference between Sinema and McCain is that Sinema is totally silent in public. In contrast, McCain wou… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi and Schumer meeting tonight w WH officials as they try to chart path forward on reconcilation and the rest of agenda. Schumer set up Wednesday procedural vote to suspend debt limit — but GOP will block that and it’s not clear what next steps will be taken to avoid default — PolitiTweet.org

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The discussion was described as a listening session but Biden floated a price tag that top Dems hope Manchin and Sinema will accept — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin pushes back on Dem leaders’ debt ceiling strategy and rejects calls to gut the filibuster to raise the borrowing limit. Also resisting higher price tag on Build Back Better Act, not wedded to Oct. 31 deadline and says including Hyde is a “red line” for package — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: On a call with progressives, President Biden said the top line for the social safety net package should come down from… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Of course not,” Bernie Sanders says when asked if he would be open to $1.5 trilllion on reconcilation — Manchin’s top-line number. — PolitiTweet.org