1) Progressive Caucus Chair Jayapal: Delaying passage of Build Back Better until 2022 would have immediate and devastating consequences. It would place the monthly expanded Child Tax Credit at risk, plunging millions into poverty.
2) Jayapal: Progressives have worked diligently with the White House and Senate over the better part of this year to set up for this moment. The version of Build Back Better we passed out of the House was agreed to by nearly every Senator caucusing with the Democrats —
3) Jayapal: (W)e sent it to the upper chamber based on the President’s promise that he could deliver the 50 Senators needed to make it law. We trust the President to follow through on that promise, and that he and the Senate will continue working until he can.
4) Jayapal: We stand ready to work through the holidays and come back into session as soon as the Senate returns the bill to the House to ensure it becomes law.

Based on the conversation in our membership meeting today, this is the clear consensus of the Progressive Caucus.
5) Jayapal: I also conveyed this to the President in a phone call this afternoon. 
 
The American people sent us to Congress to deliver. More than 81 million people voted for the President’s agenda, 85 percent of which is contained in this bill.
6) Jayapal: The House did our work, and now it’s time for the Senate to do theirs. They must stay in session until Build Back Better is passed.

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17 Dec
A) Some context here on the Senate Parliamentarian ruling against inclusion of some immigration components in the social spending bill. 

This is essentially the political version of “The Democrats and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”
B) This is a major blow to the left. One of several gut punches today:
C) To wit:
The President formally pulled the plug on BBB for the year. 
Democrats have gotten nowhere on altering the filibuster to pass voting rights in the Senate. 
Then, the Parliamentarian ruled the immigration provisions out of order for the social spending package
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16 Dec
1) Biden: I had a productive call with Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer earlier today. I briefed them on the most recent discussions that my staff and I have held with Senator Manchin about Build Back Better.
2) Biden: In these discussions, Senator Manchin has reiterated his support for Build Back Better funding at the level of the framework plan I announced in September. I believe that we will bridge our differences and advance the Build Back Better plan
3) Biden: My team and I are having ongoing discussions with Senator Manchin; that work will continue next week. It takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the parliamentary and procedural steps needed to enable a Senate vote.
Read 5 tweets
16 Dec
1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Fate of Build Back Better and Voting Rights in the Senate P

Chances for Democrats to approve the Build Back Better deal are dimming before Christmas.
2) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has said for weeks the Senate would approve the measure before December 25. Schumer didn’t say that Wednesday.

Schumer doesn’t have the votes - even to launch a debate on the bill. They are running out of track.
3) And, the bill isn’t complete. It’s still undergoing the behind the scenes “Byrd Bath.” This is a mysterious, offstage process where the Senate Parliamentarian decides what is in and what is out of the bill - in order to qualify for special budget rules.
Read 12 tweets
15 Dec
1) Finance Cmte Chair Wyden on BBB: We're leading the flock to get through it with the parliamentarian. So that's number one.
2) Wyden: Number two, a number of my colleagues ..asked me if it looks like build back better is going to go till the beginning of January...would it be possible to look at a separate fix just for the child tax credit in order to ensure that those benefits go forward?
3) Wyden Number two, a number of my colleagues and I think we touched on this at lunch. asked me if it looks like build back better is going to go till the beginning of January.
Read 4 tweets
15 Dec
A) Dem MO Rep Bush: I voted ‘No’ on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package because the Build Back Better Act had not yet passed the Senate, and the Senators who had been blocking lifesaving funding had not yet made any public commitments to support the bill.
B) Bush: I put my reputation on the line to make it clear that if we want to deliver the entire, much-needed, and long overdue Biden agenda, we must not undermine our power as a government//by placing the fate of Build Back Better at the feet of one Senator: Joe Manchin.
C) Bush: Today’s reporting that the Build Back Better Act may be put on the shelf for the foreseeable future is alarming. To my community, I promise you that I am doing everything in my power to ensure that this decision does not become permanent.
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15 Dec
A) Yellen letter to CapHill: On November 19, I informed you that I had determined that a debt issuance suspension period (DISP) would continue through December 15, 2021, with respect to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (CSRDF).
B) Yellen: The enactment of S.J. Res. 33, which will increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion, will enable Treasury to continue to satisfy all the federal government’s obligations. The President is expected to sign S.J. Res. 33 into law on December 16, 2021.
C) Yellen: Therefore, I am writing to notify you..of my determination that, by reason of the statutory debt limit, I will be unable to fully invest the portion of the CSRDF not immediately required to pay beneficiaries and that the DISP previously determined to end...
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