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Daily Briefing.

There's a sentence you don't get to say every day. Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren actually

agree on something. Mitch McConnell backed down yesterday when he offered Democrats an

extension of the dead ceiling until December. McConnell backed down after Democratic threats of

nuking the filibuster for the dead ceiling started to become more real. At their Tuesday

lunch, Democratic senators discussed how McConnell's blockade on the dead ceiling was boosting

the case of filibuster reformers. Later that day, Joe Biden, generally

a skeptic of filibuster reform, said such change for the dead ceiling was now a, quote, real possibility.

McConnell took notice, our friend Manu Raju, and CNN reported, quote, McConnell told his colleagues

he's concerned about pressure on Manchin and cinema to get the filibuster in order to raise the dead ceiling untold.

He pointed to this as reason why he's floating short-term increase in order to ease pressure

on and push Democrats to use reconciliation.

The minority leader seemed skittish enough about where filibuster reform fever was headed

in the Democratic caucus, that he vetted his compromise plan with Senators

Joe Manchin and Kirsten Cinema. Politico's Burgess Everett, Marianne Levine, and Anthony

a Dragna report the minority leader seemed skittish enough about where filibuster reform was

headed, that he vetted his compromised plan with Senators Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema.

Democratic supporters of filibuster reform have taken note of how the issues

seems to have moved to McConnell. When Democratic Senator told Playbook, quote, the filibuster

is McConnell's instrument of obstruction. He wants to protect that at all costs. He was at real

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