The delay on the Senate floor right now is due to an issue involving side-by-side amendments offered by Manchin and Portman on UI benefits, per Kennedy.
Manchin and Portman were huddling off the Senate floor just now. Wyden walked by and spread out his arms wide, as if to say, what’s the hold up?
Huddling in the cloakroom: Manchin, King, Kelly, and Sinema
This is a very animated huddle. Sinema and Manchin are raising their voices and going at it over something. It doesn’t look good. Carper, the author of the new UI amendment Dems just announced, has joined in.
I believe this qualifies as #DemsInDisarray
Portman's amendment would decrease weekly jobless benefits from $400 to $300 and shorten the extension to expire on July 18, rather than at end of August.
This is what Manchin appears to be considering voting for. Same $ as Carper's amendment but far shorter, and no tax relief
This is what Manchin appears to be considering voting for. Same $ as Carper's amendment but far shorter, and no tax relief
We're now at 3 hours of an open vote on the floor. Vote-a-drama not looking good timing wise...
Romney on Manchin drama: “The answer is, if they need Joe, then give him what he needs. And then they say at that point, ‘Maybe Speaker Pelosi won’t take up the bill.’ Well, baloney to that.”
Graham says vote-a-drama has come to a “screeching halt.”
“At this point I’m worried about Joe”
“At this point I’m worried about Joe”
Carper and Portman are having a long chat with the parliamentarian on the floor
Everything in the Senate is typically orchestrated so it's puzzling how Dems didn't have all this figured out. Did they never get Manchin to sign off on UI changes? (struggling to comprehend that scenario since he's majority leader) Or did he simply change his mind?
Wyden with no update on vote timing, declined to talk about Manchin.
“I tried to find a path that both sides might be able to go forward with...the moderates have said $300, I said how about we go into the fall to avoid August cliff, and I haven’t heard anybody opposing that”
“I tried to find a path that both sides might be able to go forward with...the moderates have said $300, I said how about we go into the fall to avoid August cliff, and I haven’t heard anybody opposing that”
Cardin says Dems are attempting to resolve differences between Portman and Carper amendments providing added federal unemployment benefits.
"I think they're trying to find a way so the bill doesn't have to be compromised"
"I think they're trying to find a way so the bill doesn't have to be compromised"
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