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11 Aug, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Asked Sen. Marco Rubio about Gov. Ron DeSantis' crackdown against local school districts’ mask mandates.

“He’s not telling them they can't wear masks, he’s telling them they can't mandate them. And I haven't had a chance to speak to him and hear his argument for it…
“…. why it is that he feels like they should be prevented from having it, so I'm not going to sit and criticize it when I haven’t had the chance to talk to him about his thinking, with regards to it,” he said when asked about GOP’s belief in local control.
Rubio added: "I personally feel like parents should have the choice about whether the kids want to wear a mask or not. .... I just honestly, I don't believe we can mask our way out of this, especially the younger kids are, the harder it is to enforce mask mandates anyway.”
He added: "I think the masking debate is a waste of time I think, all around, because I honestly think that the real thing we should be focused on is convincing more people to get vaccinated."

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New - GOP Senate candidates are roundly bashing the bipartisan infra bill, even as GOP senators are going to help push this through. Asked if he believes that Trump is influencing the views of the candidates, Tillis said: "I'm sure that has an influence." cnn.com/2021/08/06/pol…
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New - GOP fears grow over Herschel Walker in #gasen, who has been pushed by Trump. McConnell has privately suggested that Loeffler and Perdue should take another look at the race. McConnell meeting with Latham Saddler this week. w/@arogDC @MichaelRWarren cnn.com/2021/08/05/pol…
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3 Aug
New: Dems fear their midterm message isn’t breaking thru — and warnings from vulnerables on agenda, a reason why eviction moratorium stalled. DCCC presented frontliners with bad polls — and a warning House is gone if election were held today. W/@MZanona cnn.com/2021/08/03/pol…
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2 Aug
Sen. Joe Manchin entertained a small group of senators on his houseboat this weekend -- and Sen. Lindsey Graham was in attendance, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Manchin's office declined to comment on the attendance on his boat.
“Senator Manchin is fully vaccinated and following the CDC guidelines for those exposed to a COVID-positive individual," Manchin spokeswoman Sam Runyon said
Senate Democrats, who had resumed holding leadership meetings in person recently, are now back to holding them virtually, according to Sen. Debbie Stabenow. This comes in the aftermath of the Sen. Graham news. 

It’s unclear if each side will have their lunches tomorrow in person
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26 Jul
In a sign that Dem leaders and WH need to give bipartisan infrastructure talks more time, Manchin told me he's not ready to pull the plug on talks -- and he's not ready to back a go-it-alone budget plan to implement much of Biden’s agenda.

"Hell no, we're not pulling the plug”
Asked when he would consider enough to be enough, Manchin said: "You've been around here long enough, it's never enough."
Manchin also pushed back at suggestion that it's time to pass the $3.5T budget plan if the $1.2 trillion bipartisan deal falls apart.

"I would say that if the bipartisan infrastructure bill falls apart, everything falls apart.”
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21 Jul
Senate Democrats could try to advance a vote to raise the debt ceiling along straight party lines before the August recess under the chamber’s rules, per Senate sources
That’s because they could split up the reconciliation package — one to deal with the debt ceiling and another to pass the larger $3.5 trillion proposal — something that would be allowed under the 1974 budget law.
Congress would first have to pass a budget resolution before it could pass a reconciliation package along straight party lines. Democrats plan to vote on the budget resolution this month.
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