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Mike DeBonis
@mikedebonis
I edit @playbookdc at @POLITICO. Used to cover Congress and D.C. politics. Previously @washingtonpost, @wcp.
Feb 10, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
So in light of @Sen_JoeManchin's inflation concerns, how long before we can expect he's in some kind of headspace to support trillion-dollar spending legislation? I pressed him, and ... it could be a while. Manchin says he is looking for a "trajectory" on inflation not a particular number: "Right now we're not going in the right direction .... As soon as we turn the curve and basically show a downward trend, then you're going to be in a much better position."
Dec 20, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Manchin coming up live momentarily with @HoppyKercheval. Listen live here: v7player.wostreaming.net/2605 "This is a 50-50 Senate. You all are approaching legislation as if you had 55 or 60 senators or Democrats, and you can do whatever you want. Well, you know what, we're all a little bit diverse. I said, I'm not a Washington Democrat."
Dec 18, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Good morning!The Senate is done for 2022 after grinding through nominations until after 4 a.m. this morning. The final tally: nine district judges, 41 ambassadors and several more misc exec nominees. Cloture was invoked on two circuit judges, who will be confirmed in January. Almost all roll call votes overnight were on judges, with the exception of @RahmEmanuel, who was confirmed as ambassador to Japan 48-21. (Only three Dems opposed: Markey, Merkley and Warren. Èight Rs voted to confirm.)
Aug 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: Bernie Sanders lost his fight to be president. But he’s written a budget that could secure his legacy.
washingtonpost.com/politics/berni… Sanders has long had to battle the notion he's a legislative lightweight -- unfairly, if you ask him. But if Democrats can deliver in the coming month, it would be put permanently to rest. His erstwhile critics are already singing his praises. washingtonpost.com/politics/berni…
Aug 11, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Schumer on Manchin & Sinema threatening a reconciliation haircut: "It will have every part of the Biden plan in a big, bold, robust way." Schumer notably did not firmly rule out using reconciliation to handle debt limit. Said Yellen preferred not to and that it is not ideal. But he did not rule it out.
Aug 11, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
They're gone folks! On voting rights: Action but no progress. Before adjourning, the Senate voted to discharge a voting-rights shell bill. Republicans objected to an immediate vote on that and two other narrower bills. Schumer teed up another procedural vote for the week of Sept. 13. Story to come.
Aug 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: How @LeaderMcConnell & Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying & love the infrastructure bill - a rare alignment of interests, political & strategic.
Said McConnell, “I’ve never felt that we ought to be perceived as being opposed to everything."
washingtonpost.com/politics/infra… In an interview Tuesday, McConnell praised @SenatorSinema & @Sen_JoeManchin for resisting calls to ditch the filibuster. Multiple colleagues said McConnell has been eager to show the Senate working on a big issues to let air out of the filibuster debate.
washingtonpost.com/politics/infra…
Aug 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A *very* animated @CoryBooker just rose to thank @SenTuberville for offering a budget amendment that will clear up, for once and for all, that Democrats don't support defunding the police.
He asked for UC to add support for God, country and apple pie. Update:
Aug 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
IT'S HAPPENING Sweeter words I have not heard this week: "All time on the resolution has been yielded back."
We are now officially in VOTE-A-RAMA at 1:36 p.m.
Aug 2, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: In taped conversation, @SenRonJohnson suggests undisclosed FBI role in Jan. 6 attack.
"I don’t say this publicly, but are you watching what’s happening in Michigan?” he said. "I’d say there is way more to the story.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/ron-j… Johnson joins Tucker Carlson & far-right House Rs in promoting theory that FBI stood by or helped foment the attack, a claim not supported by evidence.
Spox says MI plot "raises questions as to whether it had infiltrated Jan. 6 agitator groups as well"
washingtonpost.com/politics/ron-j…
Jul 28, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
If you have 10 mins and want to understand the mood that has pervaded the House since Jan. 6, watch the whole Rules Cmte exchange last night b/w @RepRaskin and @Rep_Clyde.
There is a subset of Republican members promulgating a false narrative about Jan. 6 and are meanwhile trying to conduct business as usual - pitching their approps amendments in Rules, etc.
And Raskin is among a large group of Dems who are Not. Having. It.
Jul 27, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
SCHUMER confirms: "I think we have a deal."
"We'll try to get it to the floor asap."
Perhaps as soon as this week. Full deets on security supplemental here (1/2):
-$70M for USCP: overtime, trauma support, intel, member details, riot gear
-$300M for Capitol: hardening of doors/windows & cameras
-$521M Nat'l Guard reimbursement
-$42M in covid response reimbursements
appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Jul 27, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Searing moment from MPD Ofc. Michael Fanone:
"I feel like I went to hell and back ... but now too many people are telling me hell that doesn't exist or that hell actually wasn't that bad. The indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful." USCP Ofc. Harry Dunn said he confronted the mob at one point & said he'd voted for Biden. "Does my vote not count?" he recalled saying.
The response:
"This n***** voted for Joe Biden"
"Boo, f-ing n*****"
Dunn describes breaking down after & asking himself: "Is this America?"
Jul 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
>@GOPDoctors presser starts not with a plea for vaccinations ... but Scalise accusing Dems of a "colossal coverup" of covid origins.
"@SpeakerPelosi is refusing to investigate this....Why is she doing the work of the Chinese Communist Party in covering this up?" Now @RepAndyHarrisMD is encouraging vax, with caveats: "if you are at risk, you should be getting the vaccine." Encourages all Americans to consult their doctor "and come to a decision that's right for them."
Jun 16, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: @Sen_JoeManchin tells reporters he has delivered a list of voting provisions he supports and opposes in FTPA and did NOT today rule out voting for a modified bill Asked if this document includes any mention of the filibuster or any change in his attitudes thereon, he said no. but it does open the possibility that next week's vote could be a straight party line affair.
Jun 15, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: Senate just unanimously passed a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. @SenRonJohnson lifted his hold earlier today. House would still have to pass but a major advance. With @feliciasonmez: Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth, day commemorating the end of slavery, a federal holiday washingtonpost.com/politics/senat…
Jun 8, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Not even two months ago Biden was being compared to FDR and LBJ. On Sunday, @Sen_JoeManchin jolted Dems back to reality, illustrating the sharp limitations on their ambitions. w/ @WaPoSean washingtonpost.com/politics/manch… Inside the Senate, Dems largely held their fire and urged cooperation. “If we’re going to shut down the Senate and not do anything big between now and next election, we might as well hand the election to the Republicans,” said @ChrisMurphyCT. washingtonpost.com/politics/manch…
Feb 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: @SenBillCassidy seen holding draft statement indicating support for Trump’s acquittal; spox says he has not made a final decision.
washingtonpost.com/powerpost/impe… Needless to say, if @SenBillCassidy is voting to acquit, the final tally of GOP votes to convict is going to be in the low-to-mid single digits. washingtonpost.com/powerpost/impe…
Feb 4, 2021 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
Just about the only drama today surrounding the @mtgreenee cmte vote is whether she in any way says out loud what she told her colleagues behind closed doors last night -- that she regretted her past remarks. And we're now about to find out!
Feb 4, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
With House Rs now voting on Cheney, clear that @GOPLeader made the politically obvious choice: Keep the tent big, even if it's messy inside.
With majority just out of grasp, best to keep both the @mtgreene & @Liz_Cheney wings in the fold, even if it means a 2-yr high-wire act. FINAL TALLY: 145-61, @Liz_Cheney STAYS.
Feb 3, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
>@RepMcGovern kicks off Rules meeting on MTG with this:
"We have never had a hearing like this one before. ... The first reason is that we have never had a member like this before." Calls her rhetoric "truly sick stuff." More McGovern: "It is not about canceling anybody with different political beliefs. It is about accountability and about upholding the integrity and the decency of this institution. If this isn't the bottom line, I don't know where the hell the bottom line is."