K1052
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- Aug 21, 2003
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You do realize - reconciliation or not - they STILL need ALL 50 of their senators, right?
That's not exactly an easy task with Manchin and a few other fiscally-mindful democrats.
Again, what was the purpose of negotiating? It served none. It simply wasted American tax-payer time and money.
I mean politics? The Rs have to kill the deal they made and look like the bad guys. Manchin, Sinema, et al got their shot at bipartisanship so they're largely going to be satisfied and vote for a large reconciliation package. Republicans had their eyes open going in that the Dems would move reconciliation too despite what they're all about to say. It also remains to be seen if there are even 10 R votes for what they negotiated in the first place.