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Schumer calls McConnell's position on the debt ceiling "shameless" and "totally political" — PolitiTweet.org

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When faced with the same sort of showdown in 2014, Harry Reid held a debt ceiling vote open for hours on the Senate floor and forced Republicans to cough up 10 votes in what was one of the more interesting roll calls I've covered -- and with Manu! https://t.co/4KFgvH3ScP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @eschor: "The moment speaks to the unprecedented level of difficulty Schumer faces in managing a 50-50 Senate. He’s now the majority lea… — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine Not so for other Republicans... Cornyn: He’s sabotaging the bipartisan bill, believing that that somehow makes it more likely that he’ll be able to get all 50 Democratic senators on the spending and taxing bill." A failed cloture vote will be “according to his plan." — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine “Chuck has a strategy he’s working on, and I trust him when he tells me: 'Hey, we’re going to pass this bill. I want it to pass',” Manchin said. “I believe him.” Romney will vote no tomorrow but sees no "malevolent" motives with Schumer and seemed to understand his decision — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine Schumer also met privately with Portman and Sinema today, the two leads on infrastructure. Sinema said she can't control the floor schedule "so I’m not wasting a second thinking about [Schumer’s] timing. All I can do is help finish the bill.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine At lunch today, Manchin asked for vote delay But other moderates backed up Schumer's timeline and defended his tactics. And Manchin sung Schumer's praise after a one-on-one convo with the majority leader "I trust him when he tells me: 'Hey, we’re going to pass this bill" — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Schumer gathered Manchin, Sinema, Tester, Shaheen and Warner for gut check ahead of his move to force tomorrow's infra vote. The mod squad is on board w Schumer's gamble that pressure is the only thing that can create a result https://t.co/ytkuQzI93R @marianne_levine — PolitiTweet.org

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Problem Solvers Fitzpatrick and Gottheimer walk by Senate infrastructure meeting, don’t go in despite obvious problems that need solving — PolitiTweet.org

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During a party lunch on Tuesday, Manchin debated Schumer about the merits of delaying the vote for a day or two while the bill is finalized and the two men had a one-one-one conversation afterward, according to a source. @mkraju first reported Manchin's request for a delay — PolitiTweet.org

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Tester told fellow infra negotiators last night: "We rolled this thing out a month ago and we’re still talking about it? C’mon guys.' Everybody on that call has been around long enough to know nothing happens unless pressure is put on.” https://t.co/bJUBNwGsw9 @marianne_levine — PolitiTweet.org

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Putting a finer point on it, he says: “I’m not committed to anything right now except for a bipartisan infrastructure bill” — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin also warned that bailing on bipartisan infrastructure talks and rolling it into one massive bill with reconciliation might be difficult “Two track system. I don’t think you’ll see everything in one track” — PolitiTweet.org

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"You want to bring somebody in who can unite the ATF, bring them all together," Manchin says of his indecision on the Chipman nomination. "We're just working through all of that, making sure we have the right person" — PolitiTweet.org

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@dethofasailboat I refer to myself as the man in *these streets* — PolitiTweet.org

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@kadiagoba @GOPLeader @Scotus I'm not sure bribing is the right way to go! — PolitiTweet.org

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*outlier — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Moran says he expects all Republicans in the bipartisan group to vote no tomorrow. GOP Whip Thune says there may be an outline but expects 50 GOP no votes right now — PolitiTweet.org

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A jogger and a man on the street both just gave Manchin attaboys as he walked outside to his office “Get ‘em Joe” — PolitiTweet.org

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@heatherscope disappointingly, no — PolitiTweet.org

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@nycsouthpaw maybe there's a tee you could put the ball on — PolitiTweet.org

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If Schumer even wanted to move the cloture vote tomorrow on advancing bipartisan infrastructure bill, to Monday he'd need consent from all 100 senators to do so, per Senate rules. Not impossible but not exactly simple either — PolitiTweet.org

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Tester is all about this strategy “You have to push positive vibes if you’re going to get a positive result,” Tester explained of his strategy last month. “You’ve got to talk about success if you’re going to achieve success.” https://t.co/CJ5zt3kL6g — PolitiTweet.org

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Romney says GOP members of the bipartisan group want Schumer to delay tomorrow’s vote until Monday to give them time to work things out Bipartisan group meeting later today — PolitiTweet.org

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Optimistic Jon Tester is back, says bipartisan group could finalize its infrastructure work as soon as today “We’re very close, we made a lot of progress last night. I think we could get this done today” — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Sen. Cassidy says he’s hasn’t decided how he will vote tomorrow and says he and his colleagues in the bipartisan infrastructure group need to discuss Schumer’s plans to allow group to keep working on deal if bill advances tomorrow — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JulieNBCNews: Asked @timkaine about @JeffBezos going to space. 🚀*long pause*🚀 “You know, there’s some things I just don’t have time… — PolitiTweet.org

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He also said Democrats should continue bringing up the vote to advance the bipartisan deal if it fails tomorrow — PolitiTweet.org

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Majority Whip Durbin says the Senate would probably turn to the budget resolution (setting up reconciliation) if the cloture vote to advance the bipartisan infrastructure deal fails tomorrow But the two efforts are connected and a failed vote could change budget resolution — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer now says as long as the process is moving, senators can keep negotiating the bipartisan infrastructure bill over the weekend. Schumer says if GOP votes it down "they will be denying the opportunity" to vote on the bipartisan bill — PolitiTweet.org