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10 Jun, 6 tweets, 1 min read
It’s the year 2061. What are the 3 biggest issues Congress is debating?
Nobody’s mentioned brain implant regulations
Or Manifest Destiny North, to where the water is.
Or a Mars Infrastructure Bill
BTW, this isn’t that far away. AOC is 31. In 40 years, she will still be 16 years younger than Chuck Grassley is today and a decade younger than today’s House Dem leadership.
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11 Jun
First up on #FridayNightZillow, a 16.57-acre estate with its own private island, 10K square feet, an insane party basement, geothermal. $1.25M. Maryland. zillow.com/homes/3714-Ady… ImageImage
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11 Jun
Anyone interested in #FridayNightZillow
So far it's a yes; will post some fun houses in a bit unless this poll suddenly takes a turn for the worse.
Last week's thread:
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9 Jun
The last time there was a major bipartisan budget package with major new revenue was ~30 years ago.
The odds are *always* against.
There have been 3 significant revenue increases in last 31 years - Bush deficit package, Clinton economic plan, ACA. +Fiscal cliff deal allowed some Bush and Obama tax cuts to stay expired.
Much easier for Congress to do what Congress has done, most of the time, for the past 20 years: vote for more tax cuts, more spending, more debt.

Happened just this week on the bipartisan competitiveness package - 72 votes to ignore paygo rules against increasing the deficit.
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8 Jun
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.
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8 Jun
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.
Link w/charts: news.gallup.com/poll/350486/re…
Conservatives in Congress including Mike Pence back in the day made stopping marriage equality a key plank —press conferences, floor speeches, press releases, bills filed and cosponsored.

It's been years I think since I've seen anyone in Congress even mention the issue.
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6 Jun
Manchin and Sinema still supporting the 60-vote filibuster rule kills most of Biden’s social agenda.

How they vote on a reconciliation package, however, will determine how much of Biden’s economic agenda becomes law.

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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