The pizzas have arrived in the Senate basement where the bipartisan gang of 10 senators are trying to hash out infrastructure Plan B after Capito talks failed.
This could mean a long night.

5 Pizzas from We The Pizza.
Nothing happens without the people sitting in this basement office eating We The Pizza.

You can’t do reconciliation without the 5 Dems.

Need an agreement plus at least 5 more Rs to reach any bipartisan deal.

Potentially trillions at stake.
One of the pizzas is Buffalo chicken.
Buffalo chicken doesn’t sound like a real pizza to me.
A lot of staffers have exited the meeting.
Manchin and Tester have left meeting. Making positive small talk about prospects before elevator closes.

Follow @elwasson for any more updates tonight.

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Record 70% back gay marriage in Gallup, *including a majority of Republicans* for the first time.

55% of GOP back

Note for future: ***84%*** 18-34 year-olds

Remarkable change from '96, when just 27% supported, and 2005, when Bush led failed effort to ban in U.S. Constitution.
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That can either be a $4T bill or $0 or anywhere in between.
Without Manchin and Sinema, those $1,400 checks don’t happen, and Biden’s COVID package would have been at least $1.3T smaller.
Bottom line: Biden needs Manchin. Biden knows this, Schumer knows this, McConnell knows this, Manchin knows this. Everyone except some commenters on this here website knows this.
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Big mansion, small (for a mansion) price:

6BR, 10BAs, 11K square feet, 11+ acres

Looks like it's in good condition.

Only $849K???

Tennessee
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Just $250K (!)

Missouri.
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Michigan.

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This just a blowout. 27-10 Suns over Lakers after ~8 minutes.

On pace for a 158-58 shellacking.
33-12.

Nearly 3X.

This game is over and they aren't even out of the 1st quarter.
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