One senior Democratic senator said there’s “no question” the bill could pass the Senate by Christmas — Schumer’s goal — if Manchin cooperated.

“We know we have 49 votes,” the senator said, referring to near unanimous support in the Democratic conference for acting in the next two weeks. “We have 49 people, all we need is Manchin.”

A second Democratic senator said “there are a couple more things to negotiate, which we could complete I think relatively quickly just to get it done and then the question is whether Manchin is willing to go forward.”

“SALT’s not holding it up,” the source added, referring to the disagreement among senators over how to address the cap on state and local tax deductions, which Republicans implemented under former President Trump to extract more revenue from Democratic states.