But even LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-S.C.) is now back on board after telling us he’d have to be a “fucking idiot” to support a deal that Biden threatened to veto. Once Biden clarified that there was no veto threat, Graham returned to the table. “I think it had the intended effect,” he told us Thursday evening.
Next up: The 21 senators have divvied up the various spending (highway funding, airports, broadband, etc.) and revenue-raising (IRS enforcement, unused Covid relief funds, etc.) categories in the framework into working groups that are responsible for drafting legislative text.
Graham told us that he volunteered to be a lead on the pay-fors, which is the most fraught part of the plan. “It’s one thing to talk about the deal conceptually, and another one to write it,” Graham said.
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