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Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer is drawing a line in the sand and saying budget reconciliation is absolutely not an option for when it comes to bypassing the Republicans and their filibuster and raising the debt limit.

This comes with senate minority leader Mitch McConnell writing directly to Joe Biden to tell him get Schumer and Pelosi to essentially get behind budget reconciliation because Republicans aren't budging.