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Kinzinger says he will vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying on CNN that it's a "mistake" that House GOP leaders whipping against it. Also tells @jimsciutto he would vote to raise debt ceiling. And criticizes Dems for stripping out $1B in Iron Dome funding in the CR — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell says Dems have "plenty of time" to go through the reconciliation process to raise the debt limit on their own, pushing back on House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth who told us yesterday that there is not enough time to go through that process in order to avoid default. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JakeSherman: this is very, very, very problematic — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshscampbell: Forget the political semantics. Thousands of people gathered in blistering heat and sleeping in the dirt next to piles o… — PolitiTweet.org

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Dems talk Plan B on debt ceiling — as a number are open to going-it-alone via reconciliation amid GOP opposition, a strategy Pelosi/Schumer resist. Asked what Dems would do next when Senate GOP blocks bill, Garamendi quips: "We will shit little bricks.” https://t.co/jLMgeYMlPg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: >> @mkraju: "This is a highly complex and complicated story to cover. There are just so many moving parts in this negotia… — PolitiTweet.org

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Dems quietly slipped in language in a House rule to prevent Rs from forcing votes in committees about their investigative pursuits. Votes can put members in tough spots, and GOP had planned to push on Afghanistan. Dems say it’s a response to GOP antics https://t.co/73kYJFlPxT — PolitiTweet.org

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New - Dem leaders holding firm that GOP must vote with them to raise debt ceiling. But with fears over default growing amid GOP resistance, some key Dems say they’d support going it alone. “If we had to do it I would do that," Ways and Means chairman says. https://t.co/iaCtrHanw7 — PolitiTweet.org

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The Republican and Democratic lawmakers grew frustrated after State Department, Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and Office of the Director of National Security officials failed to answer basic questions during briefing, per ⁦@kylieatwood⁩ https://t.co/wxGIkczhwR — PolitiTweet.org

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At meeting, progressive Dems told Biden that Sept. 27 date for a House vote on the infrastructure bill is 'kind of arbitrary to us,' according to Wyden. "And the President left it at, and said: 'Let me think it over, and talk to Sen. Schumer, Speaker Pelosi and get back.'" — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin on Biden pitch: "He basically said find a number you're comfortable with based on the needs that we still have and how we deliver to the American people." "Please just work on it. Give me a number and tell me what you can live with and what you can't." — PolitiTweet.org

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"There's just too much in the reconciliation to do as quickly as you can," Manchin said. Manchin called it "truly a shame" that House progressives are threatening to sink and "hold hostage" bipartisan infrastructure bill if reconciliation isn't done by Monday — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Joe Manchin told us after meeting at the White House that he thinks deal on reconciliation can come together "eventually." "I really do," he said. But he made clear that Dems are still not close to clinching a deal. And says he has "big problems" with the climate provisions — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Stephanie Murphy about timeframe of getting reconciliation together and how far apart they are after WH mtg, she said the bill "needs to be more precisely targeted. ... How long it takes, there’s not a set timeline for that. ..We should take all the time that is necessary" — PolitiTweet.org

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"My expectation is we will have the infrastructure vote on Monday," Rep. Stephanie Murphy says after meeting at the White House with President Biden. She says nothing in the meeting conveyed the vote would be delayed. Says top-line numbers not discussed at meeting. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @burgessev: Collins to endorse LePage ! https://t.co/znPdXtOBuA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: NEWS: House Dems have quietly moved to restrict the GOP's ability to use its limited power in the minority to press for invest… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: Pelosi says after WH meeting that they are “on schedule” for BIF on 9/27 but wouldn’t say if that also meant reconcilia… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: How is the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection charting its path forward with so many areas to investiga… — PolitiTweet.org

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Marc Pocan, a progressive from Wisconsin, says on @TheLeadCNN that there will be 50 Dems to vote against the infrastructure bill on Monday bc the larger reconcilation bill has not been approved yet. He’s meeting with Biden tonight. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Mattingly: 'No one would be spared': Debt default would set off dire consequences With Senate Rs set to block the House Dem bill… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JakeSherman: and @RepJayapal gets backup from the Senate…. https://t.co/44sAjAg2Ac — PolitiTweet.org

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Some lawmakers dispute Yarmuth's time estimate, saying they would need two weeks to do it via reconciliation. Either way, Congress will be cutting it close to the default deadline — PolitiTweet.org

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Tim Scott: “After months of making progress, I am deeply disappointed that Democrats have once again squandered a crucial opportunity to implement meaningful reform to make our neighborhoods safer and mend the tenuous relationship between law enforcement and communities of color" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: NEW: House GOP leaders will formally whip against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, per GOP source — PolitiTweet.org

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Booker: “Unfortunately, even with this law enforcement support and further compromises we offered, there was still too wide a gulf with our negotiating partners and we faced significant obstacles to securing a bipartisan deal.” https://t.co/D3fNoWX8Bu — PolitiTweet.org

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Earlier today, Scott contended that talks were on the “finish line.” “We're not in disagreement on any of the issues, we're now working on the language within the agreement and if we walk away now, we walk away on that finish line,” he told me — PolitiTweet.org

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Bipartisan policing talks dead, per a source familiar with the matter. Booker and Scott talked today. Karen Bass told me “no” talks not in a good place. “I think it's because things have not moved forward. At a certain point, you have to say, are we going to move forward or not?” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Elizabeth Warren if Dems will just raise debt limit on their own after GOP blocks the stop-gap bill, and she fired back: "Are we hostage to Republicans who are threatening to blow up a part of the economic system because they want to do that for politics?" https://t.co/LfhpzvXJpA — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin says he hasn’t spoken with Biden since they met last week and said he’s not going to today’s meeting with a new offer. Says he’s going to “listen and learn.” When I asked if he thinks a deal on reconciliation can come together by next week, Manchin said: “Don’t think so” — PolitiTweet.org