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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

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It's Friday, December 10th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we break down

the arguments for and against Democrats getting the build back better act done before the end of the

year. Number two, the final judgment on Mitch McConnell's debt limit drama.

And number three, more behind the scenes lobbying among Republicans for the top slot on the powerful ways and means committee.

All right, Jake, let's get into it.

Happy Friday, everybody.

We had a brown bag lunch with our premium members yesterday afternoon if you're not a

premium member please become one because these are really fun but basically we

went back and forth on the billback better act was it going to happen why wasn't

it going to happen and this morning's newsletter we lay out in quite you know

detail the arguments for or against why don't you take the

arguments for Chuck Schumer getting the Billback Better Act done before the end of the year to

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