Schumer And Manchin Unveil Deal On Climate And Drug Pricing

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Wake me when it passes a cloture vote.

Until then, this is 100% vaporware.

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Monsoon (i.e. Shelia Chandra) did the best version of that tune back in the early 80s IMNSHOā€¦

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I think Manchin will come through behind this because Iā€™m sure that hidden away in there somewhere is a HUUUUUGE government payoff toā€¦Joe Manchin. The thing that could scuttle it is if Sinema figures out the payoff that Joe got and feels slighted that she didnā€™t get it too.

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Itā€™s not explicitly stated in the article, but this is referring to the reconciliation bill, so no cloture vote required. Just needs all 50 Dems (or maybe a Republican or two*).

* I jest of course.

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Gotcha.

Thanks.

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The tune goes to a whole other level of meaning.

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Because taking their tiny balls and running home worked so well with the J6 Committee?

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Why?
He gave his wordā€¦ oh right.
We will have to wait and see.

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I took a workshop with her during a WOMAD about the drone in music. She also gave a concert which was outstanding. Iā€™m a fan from way back.

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I like this cover version, to be sure, but nothing like the original, especially once you remember everything the Beatles did with pre-digital tech.

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https://politicalwire.com/2022/07/27/feds-obtained-warrant-to-search-john-eastmans-phone/

For you Carmen Sandiego fans:

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Before we get all excited just remember that Trump already made a drug deal. Sleepy Joe loses again.

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Hurry Chuck! Kick that football?

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Very cool. It is damn-near criminal that she no longer sings (throat damage).

That entire album (Third Eye) is fantastic.

Ever So Lonely is a great tune, as is Wings of the Dawn with Bill Nelson on guitar:

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The bill will invest $369 billion in Energy Security and Climate Change programsā€¦will allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and will extend critical Affordable Care Act subsidiesā€¦It will also put into place a 15 percent minimum corporate taxā€¦

(Wait for it.)

ā€œHereā€™s why thatā€™s bad news for Democrats.ā€

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You mean a deal that he could have made more than a year ago, and not undermined the President of his own party?

Letā€™s see if it is just another opportunity to undermine his own party, or if he follows thru.

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Wonā€™t somebody please think of the assault rifles!

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Altho the headliner here is the Schumer-Manchin discussion, this is big:

The deal was unveiled just after the Senate passed a computer chips bill ā€” a notable sequence, as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) threatened to kill the chips bill if Democrats didnā€™t abandon their reconciliation talks.

GOP being 100% willing to support a Chinese takeover of computer chip manufacturing just to score a political point on reconciliation (which they also use) is a huge story, and one I hope Dems bring to the 2022 elections despite this bill ultimately passing

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Thank you for clarifying that!

LOL He mighta shoulda considered how well that worked for McCarthy with the J6 Committee :smiley:

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Is that a monkey wrench Joe is massaging behind his backā€¦surely revisions on steroids are coming soonā€¦we wonā€™t embrace or recognize the new iteration ā€¦

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