Aug. 10, 2021: The latest Democratic feud to watch

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🗓️ 10 August 2021

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It’s about time. After months of haggling, the chamber is expected to pass the BIF today at 11 a.m., then move fairly quickly to consider Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated late Monday night that he thought both sides would agree to forgo the 50 allowable hours of debate. That would allow the chamber to start their vote-a-rama today and get out of town ASAP. But, it’s the Senate, y’all. And all it takes is one senator to slow things down. And, Jewish Insider’s Matthew Kassel has picked up on a really juicy dynamic playing out in Democratic districts across the country: a war between Justice Democrats and Democratic Majority for Israel. Per Kassel, the faceoff between the two groups is “unusually personal” and “has animated several high-profile contests in recent cycles, particularly amid growing divisions between the hard left and moderates over Israel.” We saw this playing out last week in the election-night speeches of Shontel Brown, who benefited from contributions from pro-Israel groups and thanked “my Jewish brothers and sisters,” and Nina Turner, who complained about “evil money” from outside groups. The Democratic Majority for Israel super PAC spent nearly $1 million to boost Brown. Raghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Amazon.
0:02.4	Hey, good morning, Playbookers.
0:04.3	It's Tuesday, August 10th.
0:05.8	I'm Rugumonovalin, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.
0:14.3	Okay, I don't want to jinx it, but after months of haggling, the Senate, it's expected to pass the BIF today at 11 a.m.
0:22.3	No time for Champaign, though.
0:23.7	They'll move fairly quickly to consider the Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
0:29.5	Majority leader Chuck Schumer indicated late last night that he thought both sides would
0:33.6	agree to forego the 50 allowable hours of debate.
0:37.0	Don't allow the chamber to start their voterama today and get out of town ASAP.
0:41.3	But it's the Senate, and all it takes is one adventurous senator to slow things down.
0:47.3	Here are just a few of the amendments on the infrastructure bill that Senator Josh Hawley has filed,
0:51.3	and you'll see why this could still be a doozy.
1:00.3	Ban critical race theory in federal workplace diversity training, and restrict federal funding for K-12 schools that do not resume in-person instruction, mandate COVID-19 vaccines for
1:06.0	students, or mandate students wear masks.
1:09.3	For comparison's sake earlier this year, the Senate debated for about 24 hours on the budget resolution that unlocked reconciliation for the $2 trillion pandemic relief bill.
1:19.6	About 12 of those hours were because Senator Joe Manchin demanded last-minute changes.
1:24.6	We'll see how long this session goes. Where has it. People are tired and grumpy.
1:29.4	Senators. They're just like us. All right, while you're waiting for the bipartisan
1:35.3	infrastructure bill vote to go down, we have a couple great reads in today's playbook. Wanted to
1:40.6	highlight this one in particular from Jewish Insider on the latest internal democratic
1:45.0	view to keep tabs on.
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