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They re concerned also it would not get done in time to avoid a default. moments ago when i talked to joe manchin he made clear democratic leadership reconsider that and go down that budget reconciliation route even though they have rejected it. schumer has ruled out using reconciliation to we can t rule anything. we can t let the debt ceiling lapse. does that mean you re open to killing the filibuster to basically we have other tools we can use. and if we have to use them, we should use them. that last point critical. joe manchin is also rejecting calls to gut the senate s filibuster rules to lower the threshold from 60 to 51 votes to overcome any stalling tactic. he made clear he still is holding firm to that position. he will not agree to change those senate filibuster rules to avoid debt default so all which points to major questions with less than two weeks left before the u.s. hits that deadline. how do they resolve it? not clear yet because the two ....

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