Thread by @mkraju

Dem leaders have come up with a strategy to effectively pressure both wings of their party to fall in line behind the bipartisan deal and the reconciliation package -- with the hope of sending the bills to President Joe Biden's desk as early as September.

Pelosi said today that the House won't approve the bipartisan deal until the Senate passes the reconciliation bill first. That effectively pressures Manchin and other moderates to fall in line to back reconciliation proposal if they want to see their bipartisan deal become law.

Progressives, meanwhile, will be under pressure to back the bipartisan deal because it is expected to contain key authorizations of spending measures and an extension of transportation programs set to expire by Sept. 30, according to a source familiar with the matter.

A budget resolution must be approved first before Congress can act on the binding reconciliation bill, which cannot be filibustered in the Senate and can be approved on straight party lines.

Roughly, the timeframe could look like this:

July/August: The House and Senate both vote on the budget resolution. Dems say they’ve been told to prepare for the week of August 9 to approve budget resolution. Could change but Senate may vote on bipartisan bill earlier in July

Most of August: Democrats draft the reconciliation bill during the summer recess.

September: The Senate votes to approve reconciliation bill. Then, the House takes up both the reconciliation bill and the bipartisan deal. It's possible reconciliation could slip til October.

Senator at meeting says Biden put “no pressure” on Democrats there to back reconcilation
Elizabeth Warren, who was not at the meeting: “We need assurances from all 50 people in our caucus that we have a deal.”