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Sen. Sinema "was continuing her direct discussions on the budget reconciliation package in a meeting with senior White House staff during the caucus lunch," per her office. — PolitiTweet.org

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I have reached an agreement with @heatherscope that we will agree on a lede to our story before we write it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sinema was not in the lunch but Manchin was, so unclear if there’s urgency from all 50 to clinch something this week — PolitiTweet.org

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After long caucus lunch, Schumer and Democratic leaders say they hope to have a reconciliation framework by the end of the week “It’ll be a heavy lift,” says Sen. Stabenow, — PolitiTweet.org

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@bresreports what does it mean — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sahilkapur: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) says he’s a NO on the House provision for Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He’s noncommittal on… — PolitiTweet.org

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"It’s too important. I’ve had conversations with Manchin about it. Manchin wants to scale back the top and we can get major savings if that’s what he wants to do. We’ve already compromised on this, we wanted 10-year permanence. And now we’re looking at 3-4 years.’" — PolitiTweet.org

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Sherrod Brown on shaving down child tax credit significantly: "This has been the most effective, quantifiable, provable answer to child poverty that we’ve done in a generation ... Why would we scale that back?’ Because of Manchin? "No. no. no. Just no" https://t.co/APyY83AMA1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Real talk Sen. Hirono to me and @ESCochrane on reconciliation: “Have you asked Joe and Kyrsten whether they are prepared to let the whole thing fall? You should ask them” — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin met with Biden at the White House this morning about the president’s jobs and families plan, according to a source familiar — PolitiTweet.org

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Carbon tax RIP: Sen. Joe Manchin plainly told reporters Tuesday morning that “the carbon tax is not on the board at all right now." And Sen. Jon Tester said separately “you might have problems with me on a carbon tax.” https://t.co/LLvTxJJc8l — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin: “a carbon tax is not on the board right now” — PolitiTweet.org

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@cascamike @fshakir @heatherscope @marianne_levine @ktullymcmanus @politico Bernin Manchers — PolitiTweet.org

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@Phil_Mattingly @marianne_levine Mariess and Burgianne — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine Sen. Coons: “I understand why Sen. Manchin reportedly did not respond well to having an editorial written in one of his home-state papers" Sen. Murphy: “Every single day that we’re consumed by internal debates and internal arguments is a day that we’re not actively selling this" — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine Biden spoke to both Bernie and Manchin in recent days. They also met tonight and posed together for photo. But some say Bernie's op-ed in https://t.co/UzNXewg5IC. was a "mistake," in words of one D senator: "It didn’t accomplish anything ... Everybody has to act like an adult.” — PolitiTweet.org

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It was inevitable that the fight over President Joe Biden’s agenda would come down to Bernie Sanders vs. Joe Manchin. “They’ve never been particularly close," said Sen. Heinrich. He argued there's a solution: “It’s called Joe Biden.” https://t.co/aN6vd4Xicf @marianne_levine — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer sets up Wednesday vote on Democrats' elections bill. Needs 60 to open debate — PolitiTweet.org

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@KateNocera you have a tennis scandal? — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin's officially gone international as Sky News gets in on the scrum today Manchin: "We've cleaned up the environment more than any other time" Reporter: So the https://t.co/UzNXewg5IC coal plants can close? Manchin: "No, they're not going to close ... we need reliability" — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin a bit ago on the Clean Energy Performance Program proposed for reconciliation: “The only thing they want us to do is pay $150 billion for what’s already happening. The clean utility plan is $150 billion for what’s already transitioning. We’ve transitioned” — PolitiTweet.org

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(Bernie and Manchin are on the leadership team they go every Monday afternoon) — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Discussions underway for a Bernie-Manchin meeting after Friday’s op-Ed row. Nothing scheduled yet. The two will also meet with Schumer’s larger leadership team at their regularly scheduled meeting tonight https://t.co/yvYQ3ZXqtx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @heatherscope: Doyle’s retirement not the only Dem one expected this week, @allymutnick and I are told https://t.co/gU7iOhGkbD — PolitiTweet.org

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@sarahnferris There's not *that* much time before the end of the calendar year. And debt ceiling/spending bill lie in wait in December. “This is a moment in time, and the lesson is that that moment can escape us, and we can’t miss it,” says DWS — PolitiTweet.org

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@sarahnferris “We have to move from performative losing to enacting laws. And this is our moment to demonstrate that we actually are serious about enacting the things that we run on, not just talking about them every two years,” says Sen. Schatz. "We have to understand that it's fleeting.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats have a chance to do all the things they've been talked about for the last 10 years. But the window is closing -- fast Miss this opportunity and “we will be working on it for well over another decade,” says Sen. Gillibrand https://t.co/SfL47oMlIX @sarahnferris — PolitiTweet.org

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@heatherscope “I want Terry McAuliffe to win. And I listen very carefully to what Mark Warner and Tim Kaine say about how we can help,” said Sen. Schatz “A scenario in which there's a framework for the reconciliation package that satisfies all corners of our party, and allows us to pass" infra — PolitiTweet.org

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@heatherscope “I'm hopeful that everyone will come to their senses by the end of the month,” said Rep. Vela. “If things don’t go well [in Virginia], there’s going to be a lot of different reckonings here.” More talk of clinching reconciliation deal, then passing infra this month to help T-Mac — PolitiTweet.org

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“Best thing that can happen for Terry is" infra bill passing, says Sen. Warner. “Internal squabbles on the Democratic side are preventing the president from a win ... reinforcing the message that Democrats know how to govern is a challenge” https://t.co/awmLcKGHV0 @heatherscope — PolitiTweet.org