Thread by @ChadPergram

A) Schumer on plans to pass social spending bill before Christmas: To meet this timeline on Build Back Better specifically, we have to take the following steps.

B) Schumer: First and foremost, the Senate committees are preparing the Senate version of the bill by making necessary technical and “Byrd proofing” edits to the House bill. Our committees started meeting with her office over the summer to prepare for this moment

C) Schumer: On Friday and Saturday, 8 of the 12 Senate committees that were given Reconciliation instructions submitted their final Senate text to the Parliamentarian, the Congressional Budget Office and the Senate Republicans.

D) Schumer: The committees with the two largest pieces of the bill - Finance and HELP - are set to have their final Democratic-only briefings on Monday and Tuesday with the formal bipartisan Byrd Bath meetings to follow.

E) Schumer: Our goal is to finalize the remaining committees over the course of this week and next. I am confident that Senators will have ample time to review the text and CBO scores.

F) Schumer: The Byrd Bath is a process where Democratic and Republican staff argue the merits of particular provisions for inclusion in a Reconciliation bill. As we have discussed, that process has already begun for some of the immigration-related provisions.

G) Schumer: The remaining provisions will begin the Byrd Bath process after all of the final text is submitted and the pre- meetings with the Parliamentarian are complete.

H) Schumer: I will continue to remind you that there are more long days and nights, and potentially weekends, that the Senate will be in session this month. For this coming week, we anticipate processing nominations and a final conference agreement on NDAA.

I) Schumer: Due to the time it may take to process those items in the Senate without cooperation, Senators should prepare for potential weekend votes. There will also be services at the Capitol to honor the life of our former colleague, Senator Bob Dole, this week.