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Just asked Manchin if he expects a deal out of the White House meeting today, and he let out a big laugh and walked into the chamber — PolitiTweet.org

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“And I think that the mistrust that exists currently between members will spread to mistrust between leadership and members and I think that wouldn't be healthy for our Congress accomplishing Biden's agenda,” Murphy added — PolitiTweet.org

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Stephanie Murphy, moderate House Dem, tells @AnnieGrayerCNN of Pelosi: “I would be deeply disappointed if she didn't put the infrastructure bill on the floor as the resolution requires her to.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanaBashCNN: Ep 3 Total Recall: California’s Political Circus is about celebrity & politics-how @Schwarzenegger brazenly used his fame… — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin, Sinema among the senators going to the WH today during key day of meetings with Biden — PolitiTweet.org

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220-211, House passes bill to avert government shutdown and suspend debt limit, along with disaster aid and money for Afghanistan evacuation effort. But the Senate GOP plans to block it over its inclusion of a debt ceiling hike — and there’s no clear resolution yet — PolitiTweet.org

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Hoyer says he will be bringing up a separate bill to provide funding for Israel’s iron dome later this week after it got taken out of the final version of the stopgap bill the House is voting on tonight amid pushback from progressives, per @AnnieGrayerCNN — PolitiTweet.org

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Just asked Pelosi if she would consider delaying the Monday infrastructure vote. She is indicating they’re moving ahead. Also asked about Jayapal’s threat that half the progressives will vote to sink infrastructure bill. “We’ll cross all these bridges when they come,” she said https://t.co/HczOGdMYJS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @stevenportnoy: IN THE PRESIDENT'S OVAL OFFICE: Boris Johnson recognized two British reporters for questions. Joe Biden then signaled… — PolitiTweet.org

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“I don't think that the Speaker is going to bring a bill up that is going to fail” Jayapal told us. “Have you seen the Speaker bring the bill up that’s going to fail?” — PolitiTweet.org

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“I’m incredulous right now,” Dean Phillips, a Jewish Democrat from Minnesota, told me, expressing frustration at Dem leaders for stripping $1 billion in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome at the request of some progressive Democrats. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jayapal reiterates that her caucus has more than half of progressives on her side on this. More than 48 members, enough to sink the infrastructure bill on Monday — PolitiTweet.org

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Jayapal thinks that Pelosi will delay the Monday vote on the Senate infrastructure bill because Jayapal predicts it will fail then, though the speaker has not indicated she will do that. Jayapal said they didn't talk a lower price tag because they don't know where the Senate is — PolitiTweet.org

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Jayapal told a group of us she told Pelosi that progressives haven’t changed their view: They are a NO on the infrastructure bill if it comes to a vote Monday — assuming that the larger Democratic reconciliation bill hasn’t passed the Senate by then (which it won’t) — PolitiTweet.org

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Pramila Jayapal, leader of progressive caucus, has been meeting for more than an hour with Pelosi in her office Jayapal and progressives have threatened to sink infrastructure bill on Sept. 27 if their party’s reconciliation bill hasn’t been approved by then, which it won’t be. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @scottwongDC: .@RepKarenBass says she’ll make a decision about whether to jump into the LA mayor’s race within the next week — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Schumer if he could reassure US that Dems would ultimately raise debt limit if Rs block bill, and he would only say Yellen has made it "extremely clear" that it should be done in bipartisan fashion And McConnell weighs in on voting to add $256B to deficit under Biden https://t.co/rcZtA9zAPn — PolitiTweet.org

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As he stands firm against voting to raise debt limit, just asked McConnell about his vote to add $256B to deficit (CBO said the infrastructure bill would add to deficit). He says there’s a dispute with CBO over estimate and says it “pales in comparison” to Dems’ spending plans — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell says he doesn’t have any reaction to reports that Trump is calling around to find a replacement — PolitiTweet.org

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“The debt ceiling will be raised as it always has. But it will be raised by the Democrats,” McConnell says — PolitiTweet.org

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Warren siding with progressive House Dems. “Look, we had an agreement from the beginning. And that was that there would be one package, that might take multiple votes, but that one package would move forward. And it is important that we see now how that one package moves forward” — PolitiTweet.org

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Jayapal, who is meeting with Pelosi today, said that progressives are not bluffing and will sink infra bill on Monday if reconciliation not passed by next week. (It won't be) Asked if that's the right approach, Warren told me: "We have one bite at passing a lot of this through" https://t.co/KKyaaEEk3s — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: There was a hold up in moving forward with the CR to fund the government & suspend the debt ceiling because a group of… — PolitiTweet.org

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Thune says “no chance” there will be 10 Republicans to vote to break a filibuster on the continuing resolution with debt limit hike. CR needed to avoid a shutdown past Sept. 30 — PolitiTweet.org

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Cassidy and Murkwowski both won’t say yet if they’ll back the CR with the debt limit hike. Even if they do, they’re still short of 60 votes to avoid a shutdown — PolitiTweet.org

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Hoyer makes clear again House will vote Sept. 27 on Senate infrastructure plan. But reconcilation won’t pass Congress by then as progressives want. So big question is whether the progressives will carry through with their threat to sink the infrastructure bill — or fall in line — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryanobles: NEW: A little bit of drama with the Dem passage of the CR/ Debt ceiling in the House. A group of progressives have told lead… — PolitiTweet.org

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Hassan, vulnerable Dem, on whether she’s comfortable with a pause on $3.5T: “People are talking to me about a number of really important priorities that are critical to the overall economy. So that's what our focus should be.” https://t.co/7U9hwiP0Mm — PolitiTweet.org

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Bill Cassidy, who represents hard-hit Louisiana, says he’s not certain whether he will vote for CR yet to keep the govt open past Sept. 30. It has disaster aid but also debt limit hike. John Kennedy signaled he’s likely to vote for it. But still doesn’t have 60 votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Manchin if Democratic leaders have agreed to his list of demands, and he said: “I'm just basically stating my positions, I think I'm very clear about that, and we’ll just see if there's a pathway forward.” — PolitiTweet.org