nearly a decade in a russian prison. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are now just waiting for the sign-off from the senate parliamentarian. majority leader chuck schumer says the final version of the bill will be introduced on saturday. the senate will take today off before a long day tomorrow a rare saturday. even rarer one in august. there will be up to 20 hours of debate after the first procedural vote. and then comes what is known as a voter-a-ra mr. a where senat
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manchin he was so mad and he carries a flip phone and calls 20 to 30 senators a day, talks to everybody all the time and sometimes they try to hide from schumer because he talks to them so much but he kept working on them, and in his own style, he just kind of, he kept the lines of communication open, and he was able to get a deal with manchin and once he got manchin, key get sinema. think of this in a 50-50 senate, has a big deal, the bipartisan infrastructure deal, a chips deal, gun control, these are big wins for democrats, and you know, in a tough place, in a tough margin and an unpopular president, and a very small minor control of, very small control of congress, and schumer in his own way, you know, in his own style, which can be grading on people, you know, but he just, he keeps plugging away and keeps plugging away, and he s going to get the wins for them, and look, they may not be able