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Manu Raju

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8 Jun

Schumer indicates Dems planning to go reconciliation on infrastructure. I asked him if he had confidence in Sinema-Portman talks. He noted they are “pursuing” reconciliation along with bipartisans talks. “That’s not going to be the only answer,” he said of bipartisan effort

Schumer: “We’re pursuing, a 2-path proposal. On the one hand there’s bipartisan negotiations, and those are continuing, the first were between President Biden and Senator Capito with just Republicans. Those seem to be running into a brick wall.”

Schumer: “But a bipartisan group … is trying to put something together that might be closer to what the President needs. And so we’re – that’s good – but that’s not going to be the only answer.”

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Manu Raju

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2 Jun

Senate’s parliamentarian has ruled that there are clear limits to how senators use the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process multiple times per fiscal year, per ruling provided by a source. There must be compelling economic reason + would have to go through full process

@JakeSherman

- @JakeSherman @bresreports @apalmerdc had news of the ruling first

The ruling will NOT prevent Democrats from attempting to use the budget process again in the next fiscal year, which begins October 1.
Even before this ruling, however, Dems were unlikely to use this budget process again until the fall as WH talks with GOP on infrastructure.

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

28 May

#BREAKING: 54-35, Senate Republicans block effort to open debate on bill to create an outside commission to probe Jan. 6 attack. The vote marks their first successful legislative filibuster this Congress. House Dems are now considering opening a Dem-led probe into the attack

The six Rs who voted to advance bill:
Murkowksi
Collins
Cassidy
Sasse
Romney
Portman

Pat Toomey, who voted to convict Trump in February, skipped the vote. He told me for days he was “undecided”

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@mkraju

28 May

Three Republicans so far have voted to advance Jan. 6 bill: Cassidy, Romney and Collins. Others haven’t voted yet

Sasse votes AYE

Murkowksi AYE

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

25 May

Senate Democrats are likely to wait until the fall for their next stab at using the budget reconciliation process, which allows them to circumvent a filibuster, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

@bresreports

While no final decision has been made, the calendar is making this a very likely scenario, source says, confirming @bresreports @JakeSherman

Even though the Senate parliamentarian said earlier this year they could use the fiscal 2021 budget multiple times this fiscal year, they would have to do it a second time by the end of September. (The first time they used it was to enact the massive covid relief package.)

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

24 May

Despite Sen. John Cornyn's tweet in February that he backs a 9/11-style outside commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack, the Texas Republican told me today that such a probe is now better suited for the standing committees of Congress.

Asked what changed, Cornyn told CNN: “The process has been hijacked for political purposes. And I think that's a shame. ... There is another way to do it, and that's use our standing committees.”

But the bipartisan legislation that passed the House was modeled after the 9/11 Commission, with an equal number of commissioners on both sides who hold joint subpoena power.

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