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25 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Biden campaigned on working with GOP. What he really needs right now is lockstep unity from Senate Dems: On covid, Becerra, Haaland. Because Rs aren't gonna bail him out

Stabenow: "We have to have every single person voting in agreement"

politico.com/news/2021/02/2…

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@natashakorecki Tanden has exposed that one early D no vote gives McConnell huge leverage. His caucus is divided too, but if Democrats don't put up 50 votes Biden may not be able to rely on Collins, Romney or Murkowski

Whip Durbin: “In a 50-50 Senate, anybody can pick a fight."
@natashakorecki Asked Manchin if he realized, or believed, he was handing leverage to McConnell by opposing Tanden: “You’re thinking more strategically than I do.”

"They’re about to find out just how hard it is to manage a 50-50 Senate," warned Sen. Blunt, a former House whip
@natashakorecki Collins clearly enjoys a warm relationship with Biden. But she said she has "no" relationship with Schumer, who tried to oust her.

And she says: “I’ve not had anyone in the White House call me on a nominee.”

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25 Feb
What do Democrats do if the parliamentarian rules against $15 minimum wage in covid bill?

“Do we have a plan if she rules that it’s not allowable?” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) “The answer is no.”

politico.com/news/2021/02/2…

story with @marianne_levine
@marianne_levine If the parliamentarian rules it in, it's a tough slog with Manchin, Sinema and others on a number that's probably less than $15.

If it's out, Democrats could try something different to get biz to raise wages, defer to the next covid package.

Or...try to cut a deal with the GOP
@marianne_levine Right now the last option is not appealing to Democrats.

“They don’t want a minimum wage,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). “The public wants this done and the public wants a lot of things done that [Republicans] are unwilling to do.”
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23 Feb
Trump attacked McConnell in personal terms as leader last week. But McConnell still has hold on Senate GOP and appears set to tie Mansfield as longest-serving leader.

If Trump attacks again at CPAC, McConnell might not hear it: He won't be there

politico.com/news/2021/02/2…
Even after criticizing Trump's "dereliction of duty," McConnell also has no apparent challenger. The most likely McConnell successors, Thune and Cornyn, both back him strongly

Cornyn: "I believe he enjoys the overwhelming support of the conference.”
“The biggest disaster would be if we split in some fashion. It’s exactly what the Democrats would be looking for. And most of us are going to let time be our friend," says Sen. Braun. Senate GOP primaries start in earnest a year from now
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14 Feb
McConnell interview on future of the GOP: “Have nominees representing the Republican Party who can win in November ... Some of them may be people the former president likes. Some of them may not be. The only thing I care about is electability."

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…

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@MZanona He says he will strongly back all incumbents against primary challenges to people like Thune or Murkowski -- wherever Trump falls

"I’m not predicting the president would support people who couldn't win. But I do think electability — not who supports who — is the critical point"
@MZanona McConnell torched Trump yesterday -- after acquitting him. Don't expect him to keep going after Trump. He wouldn't talk about prosecution of Trump, or criticisms that he's trying to have it both ways. Would he oppose Trump if he runs in 2024? He won't say: "I’m focused on ‘22.”
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13 Feb
News: in email to colleagues McConnell says he will vote to acquit Trump, per two sources familiar
McConnell says it was a “close call” but says impeachment is “primarily a tool of removal” and the Senate lacks jurisdiction . He says criminal conduct by a president in office can be prosecuted when the president is out of office
Story here politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
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12 Feb
Hawley/Cramer ask if the Senate could in theory disqualify a sitting president but not remove the president
van der Veen responds instead to Castro reading tweets and says that I'm "not from here. I'm not like you guys" and knocks House case as "smoke and mirrors."
Raskin says that's "profoundly inaccurate and irrelevant"

Says they can be separated, although honestly I'm a little confused by that whole exchange
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12 Feb
Senate GOP abuzz over who is voting to convict. Smart money is still on 5-6. Privately Rs believe 5-10 senators are weighing conviction votes, per latest reporting with @marianne_levine. McConnell still saying nothing to colleagues. Eyes on Burr, Portman
politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
@marianne_levine Could there be a surprise tomorrow? “I could see it as possible ... Certainly not enough for conviction,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D).

Asked if it was fair to say he was genuinely undecided, Burr responded: “It’s fair to say I’m not going to talk to you about it at all.”
@marianne_levine There's been a change in the dynamics just from this morning. Murkowski said the Trump legal team is doing better than before, and she's been among Trump's biggest critics.
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