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“It’s so unlike him. I’m really glad he did it,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said of McConnell’s debt ceiling deal with Schumer. “What’s the old saying? One flowering rose doesn’t make a spring. But I’ll take what we can get.” https://t.co/y4gFoGBVRN — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Dems release legislative text and CBO scores for four committees’ work. Banking/Housing is the biggest piece of the BBB bill, of these four https://t.co/4rHVnZu0ey — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @scottwongDC: Texas GOP hopeful @MLuttrellTX called his buddy and fellow vet @AdamKinzinger and asked for a donation. Then the Trump b… — PolitiTweet.org

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How Schumer and McConnell got the debt deal done. A look at a high water point for the two leaders after October’s nadir — and Schumer staking out a Pelosi speech like ⁦@mkraju⁩ W ⁦@marianne_levine⁩ https://t.co/y4gFoGBVRN — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @marianne_levine: After a rare request from McConnell to meet to talk about the debt limit, Schumer dialed Pelosi but didn't get an answ… — PolitiTweet.org

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Huge -- GOP primary McCrory v. Budd and Den primary Jackson v. Beasley in Senate race going into OT — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen Durbin to Sen. Rick Scott during debate over China's human rights abuses "I'm going to accept you as my Mandarin coach" — PolitiTweet.org

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Parliamentary Scrub by Loreal — PolitiTweet.org

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Rules change two-part play Senate Dems launch last-ditch effort to change the rules of the chamber https://t.co/rdlgJQqf6n Manchin quietly discusses Senate rules changes with Republicans https://t.co/vjmbzL1Xa1 — PolitiTweet.org

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“I am not in charge of the calendar at all,” Manchin says of Build Back Better timing. “You know what they’ve just got to do what they’ve got to do” He did not like that the narrow hallways were slowing us down “Hey guys, I’ve got to go, Jesus criminy I don’t walk this slow” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @eyokley: .@hughhewitt: "Please don’t endorse Eric Greitens. That’s a nightmare… We’ll lose that seat. But that’s Hugh Hewitt’s opinion,… — PolitiTweet.org

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The final vote for that would be Friday without agreement to move it up. Plus there’s nominations to do this week. But if last week taught us anything it’s that senators want to leave on Thursday at all costs — PolitiTweet.org

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Things fluid on when exactly Senate will actually raise the debt ceiling. Bob Dole’s services in Kansas over weekend could push it to early next week. schedule in flux As of now Senate will take up House-passed bill giving debt a one-time filibuster exception on Thursday — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer said his dad wouldn't have lived to 98 if he had ignored medical advice like getting vaccines. Schumer says the Senate has "so many anti-vaxxers" CRA vote to rollback vaccine mandates later today, unlikely to pass House though — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer say four Senate committees will release BBB text today and CBO scores. He still says the Senate is gonna move before Christmas. Buckle up. — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer: "It is now Dec. 8 and the Senate is making good progress on all these issues ... there is clearly light at the end of the tunnel on debt ceiling and defense." Congress also funded the government. Dems clearing the decks for BBB — PolitiTweet.org

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Think talking filibuster or forcing minority to put up 41 to sustain filibuster repeatedly. But even IF Manchin and Sinema entertained this the Dems would have to go nuclear (majority rules change vs 2/3) that’s been a bridge too far for Manchin in past rules change votes — PolitiTweet.org

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@jtuckermartin Welcome to the dark DMV college basketball winter — PolitiTweet.org

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Real Talk Sen. Rounds “It’s an easy vote just to vote no… There’s nobody back home that thinks you should cooperate, in red states, with Democrats at all. I personally think we have a responsibility for those things we’ve agreed on with the operation of government.” — PolitiTweet.org

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But but but… Senate Rs say House Rs are short-sighted and will have the same problem soon “I hope they realize this issue has to be dealt with. Because if they get the majority, in January or February of ‘23, they’ll be voting to raise the debt limit,” says Sen. Thune — PolitiTweet.org

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House Republicans seethe over Senate GOP's debt deal “I would like to think this is bad enough so we don’t need to whip it,” said Rep. Ferguson. “We're strongly against this process,” says Scalise “Offensive,” says Biggs W @Olivia_Beavers⁩ https://t.co/WJBBBSlS53 — PolitiTweet.org

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The laureates actually said about BBB… “Because this agenda invests in long-term economic capacity and will enhance the ability of more Americans to participate productively in the economy, it will ease longer-term inflationary pressures.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@bresreports @christianjhall @maxpcohen this is the best Christmas album, there is no debate https://t.co/XhT9IGzt7l — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TonyRomm: So far, Manchin at the WSJ has said this on Build Back Better Act: It's moving too fast, it could worsen inflation, it may n… — PolitiTweet.org

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After Durbin spars with Cotton over US attorney confirmations and Cotton initially objected, Cotton is now letting them through after a little friendly debate over Senate rules — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @frankthorp: TESTER will also vote YES on the CRA to undo the Biden Admin vaccine mandate on the private sector, he says. “I'm not craz… — PolitiTweet.org

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Will be, umm, interesting to see how the next debt ceiling increase is handled after the midterms if Rs take back either of the chambers. — PolitiTweet.org

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But at the end, a FEMA nominee was confirmed so I guess it's not all politics all the time — PolitiTweet.org

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DSCC Chairman Peters is trying to confirm a bunch of Biden's nominee. NRSC Chairman Scott is objecting to them — PolitiTweet.org

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News: McConnell says he’s “confident” he’ll have the votes to pass a temporary filibuster exception to the debt ceiling. He says the vote will be Thursday — PolitiTweet.org