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item for his administration. so i think there is some interest to hold this together. but let s talk a little bit about the timeline here. lawmakers in the senate are in a two-week recess now. i m told behind the scenes the next two weeks are about writing legislative text. because this bipartisan agreement is a framework. it is not a bill. and that is another key test over the next several weeks. when lawmakers return in july, they ll have to start work on the budget resolution. that is the very first step in passing a democratic only bill and that is key because the budget committee is made up of joe manchin and bernie sanders. chuck schumer wants them to come up with a unity budget in the next several weeks so they could move on that when they return in july. then another recess around the corner so this will take some time to play out. this is not something that will happen in july. we expect it later in the fall. now we should know that

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