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regnaD kciN

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1. He SHOULD...but CAN he?

Reply to 634-5789 (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 02:45 AM

Apr 2021

We're still going to need sixty Senate votes. Even if this could be passed via reconciliation, we've already got Manchin saying he won't go along unless the measure is "bipartisan."

I think Joe's only option is going to be to make some compromises and hope to peel ten Republican Senators away from the rest -- or, at least, make them say no to enough that folks like Manchin and Sinema will come to realize that you can't be "bipartisan" if the other side is going to say no to virtually everything.

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