Burgess Everett

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Schumer needs consent from Republicans to hold votes on S1 and/or other elections bills immediately after the budget vote. And Republicans aren’t going to give it, per aide. He can still force the votes, but will take a day or two. He can also set the votes up for after recess — PolitiTweet.org

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A deficit neutral reserve fund to monitor the rest of the vote-a-rama from home — PolitiTweet.org

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@ElaheIzadi My comment: "oooh" — PolitiTweet.org

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@KateNocera Why are all the Chrises that had that seat mired in scandal? — PolitiTweet.org

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Sinema sides with GOP on this one -- hint of what's to come on reconciliation — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @allymutnick: NEWS: Rep. Ron Kind (D) will announce his retirement Tuesday from #WI03, a swing seat that Trump carried twice This is a… — PolitiTweet.org

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@bresreports what about vote-eh-rama — PolitiTweet.org

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@jmartNYT What, no DeWine option? — PolitiTweet.org

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The Senate is voting on nonbinding budget amendments now, starting with Barrasso's "Green New Deal" amendment that Bernie says has nothing to do with the Green New Deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fresh off of quarantine and a breakthrough infection, Sen. Lindsey Graham is back in the Senate and leading the GOP opposition to the budget resolution — PolitiTweet.org

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Shout-out and RIP to Mike Enzi, who tried to overturn the ban on electronics on the floor https://t.co/v2halLh3fQ — PolitiTweet.org

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@threewood1900 I mustache that one away for later — PolitiTweet.org

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Just think, in 48 hours you won't have to read any more of my Senate tweets for awhile — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Democrats officially advance budget debate, 50-49. This budget will eventually set p a $3.5 trillion spending But first, a vote-a-rama — PolitiTweet.org

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@heatherscope @marianne_levine yes, he does. You can read it Heather. — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine When the group reflects on their work, some are surprised they get attention for what in the end is a bill that just showers money on all 50 stats “What we've done should not be news,” Tester said. “The fact that it is, I think, indicates why this place is broken.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine Portman + Sinema met with Schumer right before the failed vote. They told Schumer they needed more time to finish the thing. Everything was tense at that moment, Dems urging Warner to bail on talks and go party line. Warner refused. “In our guts, we knew that" wouldn't work — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine Group met in some configuration 50+ times, socialized and had a lively text chain. Murkowski said she was more of a lurker -- and Romney is apparently a big texter Romney on his manic texting: "My wife has accused me of talking too much. So, perhaps.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine Portman and Sinema were leaders of the gang. Murkowski on that "unlikely partnership" “Was a pragmatism that came from Portman about ... methodically punching through,” Murkowski recalled. Sinema would keep things on track, saying: "You, stop that. We've already resolved that." — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine When it came to something like transit $, Tester recalled thinking that “whether it's 18.6 percent, or 19.2 percent, or whatever the hell they come up with, I'm gonna go with it.” “Once we actually got Ricchetti and Portman in the room, then shit started happening," he added. — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine But by mid-July, the group was officially spinning its wheels. Tester said they needed to narrow things down to Portman and Ricchetti. This took awhile to digest, but the group eventually gave their proxy -- 10 senators agreeing to everything became impossible — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine Right before Biden blessed bipartisan deal in June, he made promise to Republicans: “I won't add something back in reconciliation that you guys didn't do." Without Biden's pledge not to pull a fast one, said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), “we probably would be dead in the water.” — PolitiTweet.org

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The power of 10: Inside the 'unlikely partnership' that sealed an infrastructure win Biden's promise to Rs, Tester's delegation suggestion + Sinema/Schumer dynamics Worked a long time on this, put your Cuomo blinders on for 5 minutes! https://t.co/YhAoQGNWJC @marianne_levine — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell votes no on proceeding to Democrats' budget resolution, restoring balance and order to the universe — PolitiTweet.org

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In one final ignominy, Cuomo stomps all over bipartisan group's big moment — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarcGoldwein Not shocking to me ! https://t.co/JhPoigVPUF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @frankthorp: Here are the 19 Republican Senators who voted YES on the bipartisan infrastructure bill: Blunt Burr Capito Cassidy Collin… — PolitiTweet.org

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nice — PolitiTweet.org

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FINAL: Senate votes 69-30 to passes $550b in new infrastructure spending. Onto the House — PolitiTweet.org

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@JakeSherman @nytimes @jmartNYT Points deduction: vote is still open — PolitiTweet.org