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Everyone still getting used to the regular Senate lunch setup. Manchin nearly went into the GOP lunch — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Sen. Moran, who signed onto the bipartisan infrastructure group, said on CNBC today he hopes that deal would stop Democrats from passing a reconciliation bill. This echoes Sen. Thune, who said last week that Democrats would struggle to pass a partisan bill if there’s a deal — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Sen. Mark Pryor, who opposed the nuclear option on nominations in 2013, is on the Hill this morning and just stepped into the Senate dining room. Followed shortly after by Ark. GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson — PolitiTweet.org

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@eschor @igorbobic Like a metro car overshooting the platform, Igor’s lede has missed the mark — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell says today’s upcoming filibuster of elections bill is “exactly why this body exists. Today the Senate’s going to fulfill our founding purpose, stop the partisan power grab and reject S1.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer: "There is a rot at the center of the modern Republican Party" — PolitiTweet.org

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Sinema digs in on filibuster ahead of elections/voting rights vote “sometimes, the filibuster, as it’s been used in previous Congresses, is needed to protect against attacks on women’s health, clean air and water, or aid to children and families in need” https://t.co/M2jvJBsLY3 — PolitiTweet.org

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@lbarronlopez Biden will need their vote on the larger Dem-only spending package, whatever that is. And the first vote toward that will be a budget resolution in July Per the official "the president also made clear that he is at the same time focused on budget resolution discussions" — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden told Sinema and Manchin today that he's "encouraged" by their infrastructure work today but "still has questions about the policy as well as the means for financing the bipartisan group’s proposal," per WH official per @lbarronlopez https://t.co/regT73cEaR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Mattingly: Pres. Biden met with Sinema AND Manchin at the WH this afternoon, per official. Talked infrastructure with both, also… — PolitiTweet.org

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Also @bresreports @JakeSherman barely even cover punch or bowls what’s up with that — PolitiTweet.org

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Politico scribe can’t quit Senate, largely ignores House — PolitiTweet.org

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@nicholaswu12 Whitehouse told reporters that Bailey's Beach Club in Newport, had informed him it did have "diversity of membership." When asked whether he knew if the club counted any people of color as members, the senator added: "I believe that there are. I don't spend a lot of time there." — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Monday defended his affiliation with an elite Rhode Island beach club, contending that the local news site that first asked him about the club's lack of non-white members "got the facts wrong." @nicholaswu12 https://t.co/5gaf4zB4Yf — PolitiTweet.org

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“I hope they make some changes, agree with some changes,” Manchin said. “We put out an awful lot of changes that hopefully the country will agree with.” https://t.co/UJoADiwnH8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin does not commit to voting to advance the Democrats’ elections bill tomorrow. “You’d have to have an agreement that there would be a substitute. We’re working on that” — PolitiTweet.org

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@marianne_levine "The Biden approach used the corporate tax and income tax on wealthy individuals. The Republicans have a much longer list that I’ve seen one time," Durbin says . Hirono has seen enough: “I just don’t think it’s looking that great, so we should move to reconciliation," — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Durbin has "heard exaggerated claims" about how much money the bipartisan group can actually raise for its infra proposal. “The spending part is easy for Democrats to swallow...the pay-fors are dramatically different." https://t.co/regT73cEaR @marianne_levine — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin thanks Manchin for his efforts to come to a compromise "The compromise he proposed is not inclusive of everything I'd like to see in a bill," he says. But "it deserves the support of the Senate" — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Durbin just called the filibuster "the killibuster" "That's what I'm afraid we're going to see tomorrow" — PolitiTweet.org

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@igorbobic just here "to observe", I guess — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell going after Manchin's election compromise again, calling anti-gerrymandering language "constitutionally dubious" "The Senate will give this disastrous proposal no quarter" — PolitiTweet.org

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At the moment, there's a second 60-vote threshold post-debate for the minority party to block legislation. But the initial "cloture on the motion to proceed" is where the filibuster is used more often — PolitiTweet.org

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As long as there is a 60-vote threshold, both parties are going to use it to keep bills they don't like from coming to the floor and being debated. — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer casting tomorrow's vote as a procedural one: "Will the Republicans let us debate? ... that's the only question" Under this standard, though, Democrats did not want to debate police reform last summer when they blocked Sen. Tim Scott's bill from coming to floor — PolitiTweet.org

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This will fail, because it's pretty rare for senators to kick off debate on a bill that they don't support (the elections bill). It has happened, though. In 2013 some Republicans helped advance gun debate but rejected amendments https://t.co/9xYeG8lBbx — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer: "Tomorrow, the Senate will take a vote on whether to start debate on legislation to project Americans' voting rights," Schumer says. "It's a vote on whether the Senate should simply debate" — PolitiTweet.org

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And bipartisan Senate group now looking at including major portions of Manchin's Energy Committee legislation in an infrastructure deal https://t.co/regT73cEaR — PolitiTweet.org

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In response to a query on the senator's comments from Fox News, Whitehouse Communications Director Richard Davidson said, "The club has no such restrictive policies. The club has had and has members of color." https://t.co/nY6e4Qt9xM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @marianne_levine: A four page outline detailing a breakdown of the package obtained by @burgessev is circulating the Hill. The outline… — PolitiTweet.org