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Asked AOC about Pelosi’s strategy to delink the infrastructure bill from the reconcilation bill, and she said: “Our caucus is strongest when it's unified, and decoupling these bills, it starts to pit priorities against one another, and that's why I disagree with separating them” https://t.co/wJjDPiUDCo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmhansler: .@SecDef: "We helped build a state, Mr. Chairman, but we could not forge a nation. The fact that the Afghan army we and our… — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s still no agreement on top-line, Pelosi indicated to caucus this AM — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi insisted they won’t compromise on their values, one source said, and said they won’t move forward on the Democratic economic package until there’s a real agreement with the Senate. She said that both the infrastructure bill and economic bill won’t be ready at the same time — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi defended her reversal to now move infrastructure package separately from reconcilation that is still under negotiation with senators. In caucus this AM, Pelosi said a reason for the shift is that there isn’t agreement on the top-line number — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: Pelosi signaled that Ds will decouple the CR to fund the gov from the provision to raise the debt ceiling in Dem caucus… — PolitiTweet.org

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House Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro told me that Congress will meet Sept. 30 deadline and “the government will not shut down.” This is another sign Dems are poised to drop their plan attaching a debt ceiling suspension to a bill to keep the government open past Thursday — PolitiTweet.org

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Full letter via @Phil_Mattingly https://t.co/gdikHwFaUT — PolitiTweet.org

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Yellen to Hill: “We now estimate that Treasury is likely to exhaust its extraordinary measures if Congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by October 18.” For Dems to go alone on reconcilation, it will take about two weeks — PolitiTweet.org

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AOC, walking into Dem caucus meeting, says she’s a NO on the infrastructure vote on Thursday “unless I get some new information” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNN: French President Emmanuel Macron was hit with an egg while attending a hospitality event in Lyon, France https://t.co/kRfzmW2nSp h… — PolitiTweet.org

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“It all changed, so our approach had to change.  It isn’t about diminishing the importance of the reconciliation…. We had to accommodate the changes that were being necessitated.  And we cannot be ready to say until the Senate passed the bill, we can’t do BIF.” — PolitiTweet.org

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She said, per source: “Here’s the thing: I told all of you that we wouldn’t go on to the BIF we had the reconciliation bill passed by the Senate. We were right on schedule to do all of that, until 10 days ago, a week ago, when I heard the news that this number had to come down” — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi said in July: “There ain’t no infrastructure bill without the reconciliation bill.” To the caucus tonight, she explained why that approach change. — PolitiTweet.org

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She added: “And I hope that they will understand that Democrats need to be united behind the President’s agenda and we need to have urgent conversations on how to get this agenda done.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Ilhan Omar about Manchin/Sinema, and she said to me: “I would actually like them to make their demands clear so that we can engage with that. It is saddening to see them use Republican talking points. We obviously didn’t envision having Republicans as part of our party.” — PolitiTweet.org

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A number of Dems in swing districts spoke at caucus and called for passage of both bills, backing leadership’s strategy to vote on infrastructure bill first. But a couple of progressives spoke out and called for the bills to be linked together and to go back to original plan — PolitiTweet.org

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48-50, the bill is blocked. Government funding runs until 11:59p Thursday — PolitiTweet.org

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Cassidy and Kennedy vote against bill to keep government open and raise debt ceiling. Bill includes disaster aid for their home states. Murkowski and Collins also NO votes. Appears to be straight party lines amid clash with Dems over debt ceiling — PolitiTweet.org

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On his talks with Biden, Manchin said they are "talking in general basically where we are in a society, where we are going as a country." Manchin added on climate change provisions: "They know we have big differences there” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Manchin about House progressives’ threat to sink infrastructure bill and if that will be enough to pressure him into backing reconcilation framework. “I’m not really good on threats,” he said https://t.co/JTwgLUhH0Z — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi made clear to members at caucus meeting there was no agreement yet on a price tag for their party's bill to expand social safety net as talks with senators continue, per person in the room. No timeframe yet for taking up bill, and said bill still needs to go thru Byrd bath — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin was asked if he would support a carbon tax that Dems are considering as a way to off set the costs of the bill.   “I just heard about that.  I’m not down that road yet.  I’m talking.  I’m interested in hearing what everyone has to say about everything,” per @tedbarrettcnn — PolitiTweet.org

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Dem leaders not saying if they'll move "clean" CR to keep govt open and strip out/punt debt ceiling hike once Senate GOP blocks it tonight. Durbin: "We don't want to shut down the government, but I'm going to let (Schumer) devise the strategy and tell me what we're going to do" — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin said that Democrats were planning on making another argument soon to the Senate parliamentarian to include immigration provisions in reconciliation. Durbin said included changes to the national registry law is "one of the things on the table." — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin added he's unclear where Sen. Kyrsten Sinema stands in her demands to the leadership and the White House over the bill. "No, I don't know. I have not sat down with her since some early conversations when she said $3.5 (trillion) was not acceptable." — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Durbin about the prospects for moderates and progressives in reaching deal on reconciliation by Thursday: "There was a signal sent out at the end of this weekend they were still in deep negotiation. So I don't think anybody has a rosy scenario." — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin on getting a Thursday deal: "That's a heavy lift...Everybody has to keep trying to work in good faith, the best you can. There's a lot in that bill, tax codes, climate change, social reforms, there's a lot, and people need to know what's in it. It's going to take a while" https://t.co/R3CdfK0xfP — PolitiTweet.org

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“We will not be supplying Republican votes to raising the debt limit,” McConnell reiterates. Senate GOP plans to block bill tonight to keep government open past Thursday because it includes a suspension of debt ceiling, something needed to avoid first-ever default by next month — PolitiTweet.org

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Key to the support of House Dems from the northeast is a repeal of the cap on SALT deductions. It will add to the price tag and turns off some progressives. Unclear how it gets resolved in the reconcilation bill — PolitiTweet.org