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And hes telling his party that they will still have to move towards joe manchin a little bit. they will have to cut down from the over $3 trillion spending s a safety net. one of the leaders is offering a peek into this conversation and what it will take to fund their priorities. >> were not thinking about the number, and the president said this to us, too. he said, dont start with the number, start with what youre for, and thats what hes asking for, and then well come tie number. >> so if were ...

That allows them to increase the debt ceiling with a simple majority, only takes 51 votes but requires democrats to put in the legislation how much more money theyll be spending. thats a difficult vote for moderates which is why democrats dont want to use that option. you heard that from schumer and house speaker nancy pelosi but potentially that may be the only tool at their disposal and they only have a couple of weeks left before this deadline coming up in mid-october which means they have to...

Puts -- >> im sorry? >> leader schumer said he wont raise the debt ceiling through the reconciliation process, if push comes to shove and senator mcconnell does not change his position, what is more important, that position senator schumer has or raising the debt ceiling? i also have a question on ethiopia. >> lets stick on the debt so we dont confuse the american people. number one, the issue of reconciliation, which is like code to the american people, whats reconciliation. there is a process ...

Deals are done kind of in secret and nobody gets to know what was actually agreed upon until the very end? >> you know, i actually dont agree with the fallout from that letter. i think people are being way too hard on the majority leader. the fact is, joe manchin, just like sinema, voted for a $3.5 trillion budget resolution after that acknowledgement was signed by both manchin and schumer. of course, at the bottom it talks about how manchin is not guaranteed to vote for something larger than 1....

Redrafting and working through this. there is no rush to get this done. i absolutely think senator manchin, senator sinema are going to work and find a compromise with the president, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and get this done because they think its the best thing for the country. but just because the progressives wanted $6 trillion or $10 trillion or $3.5 trillion doesnt mean its whats going to get done. they have to find the programs most important to fund, find out the people that need t...

A student of the game. to say the democrats are in charge of the senate is to ignore its a 50-50 vote and we need 60 votes. i think hell come to his senses. i hope he will if hell listen to the people back home and around this nation who warn him of the dire consequences of his strategy. >> okay, but this is a man who held up president merrick garlands nomination for many, many, months and unprecedented. he is known to say something and stick with it despite the pressure that is on him so im gue...

Lets talk about this memo between senators manchin and schumer. people have been hammering him for weeks where he stands on this top line number on this bill. why do you think were only just hearing about this agreement now? wouldnt it have made sense, and wouldnt it have been so much easier had he been from the very beginning saying, look, i could go with $1.5 trillion, lets try to cram as much of that in as opposed to having everyone wonder what his position and then publicly releasing it a co...

Years. its now out in the open. well see how it plays out. you know these folks are going home for a week or two. theyre going to hear from their constituents. my guess in some of the districts like gottheimers district, theyre going to say we dont want this horrible package that aoc wants. whats good in aocs district is bads in our district and wont play here. i dont know if some of the moderates dig in deeper and some of the progressive dig in deeper and make it more difficult. this is going t...

Need 60 votes. i think hell come to his senses. i hope he will if hell listen to the people back home and around this nation who warn him of the dire consequences of his strategy. >> okay but this is a man who held up merritt garlands nomination for many, many, months and unprecedented. he is known to say something and stick with it despite the pressure that is on him so im guessing you understand him. youre a student of mitch mcconnell as much as anybody and thats not going to happen and the re...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats were unable...