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	Open in browser It's Not Over Until It's Over A/K/A: Never say never (again)....A/K/A: Washington's best-kept secret revealed... Mark Halperin Jul 28 Please support my hard work. Become a voluntary paying subscriber or contributor to support Wide World of News now. Don’t put it off another day. I met a lady by chance yesterday who is a regular reader of WWoN, who acknowledged she has delayed kicking in…just because. Procrastination, in this case, is wrong. Subscribe now at fixed rates! Subscribe now Or pick the amount of your choice and send it via: • PayPal. markhalperinnyc@gmail.com • Venmo. Mark-Halperin-4 (telephone number ends in x3226) • Zelle. markhalperinnyc@gmail.com * Buying me a cocktail (at Gotham City prices….), tax and server tip included, by clicking here. * Buying me a cup of coffee (or a week’s worth) by clicking here. * Check: Send a simple email to markhalperintalk@gmail.com and ask where you can send the paper. Thank you for your support. Mark **** One of the laziest shortcuts to writing a daily news tip sheet is to put out a list of questions to which the writer does not know the answer. I try to avoid this trick. You pay me to answer questions, not ask them. Today, I am suspending my usual practice, in part because the most compelling political aspect of the Schumer-Manchin reconciliation deal is how many extraordinarily key pending mysteries are truly unsolved at this writing. I just read about 30 articles and too many tweets to count about the deal, and I can tell you that the best minds in the Capitol Hill and White House press corps and in the cesspool known as Twitter do not seem to have answers for these mammoth matters: 1. What’s actually going to be in both the main bill and the sidebar energy permitting legislation that was key to getting the deal done? (Here is a version of the chief package, but surely it is going to change – and how will the parliamentarian rule on the various provisions?) 2. Can the Senate really get this voted on next week, given that the world’s most deliberative body always likes to deliberate? 3. With 49 Democratic Senate votes seemingly in the bag(ish), will Arizona Senator Sinema be on board for a package that is loaded with tax increases? 4. What will the timing be on voting on the permitting bill and what will Republicans in the House and Senate do on that? 5. Did Schumer and Manchin time the announcement of the deal until after the passage of the Chips and Science legislation in the Senate – and, if so, did they purposefully just roll Washington’s ostensibly Unrollable Man, Mitch McConnell – and, if so, what is McConnell going to do about it? Related: Will House Republicans now withdraw their support from the Chips and Science bill – and, if so, can Speaker Pelosi find more Democratic votes to salvage it? 6. With so many corporate and individual rich people sacred cows suddenly imperiled, what will the Gucci-and-Lululemon-wearing lobbyists do? 7. With a narrow margin of error in the House, what will Democrats there who have claimed they will vote for no tax package without a fundamental change in state and local tax deductibility do now? 8. Will House liberals make the perfect the enemy of the Manchin-blessed on the main package? 9. If the bill passes, what will the impact be on the midterms and voters’ perceptions of Team Biden-Harris-Klain-Pelosi-Schumer? 10. How effective will Republican attacks on the main package be, given that it includes the doubling the size of the IRS (sensible but/and a longstanding boogeyman) and raising taxes (only on the wealthy and corporations, but/and Republicans have made those arguments stick in the past). **** Don’t believe me that none of these supremely vital questions are answerable at this hour? Read it all for yourself: Politico ‘Holy s--t’: Surprise Senate deal sets stage for record climate change package Manchin's latest shocker: A $700B deal What's in the Manchin-Schumer deal Here's what to know about the Manchin-Schumer tax deal Associated Press Manchin, Schumer in surprise deal on health, energy, taxes What’s in, and out, of Democrats’ inflation-fighting package Washington Post Manchin says he has reached deal with Schumer on economy, climate bill New York Times Manchin, in Reversal, Agrees to Quick Action on Climate and Tax Plan Republican leaders in that chamber said they would instruct their ranks to oppose [Chips and Science] after news of the deal. Surprise Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action Undertaken by U.S. Wall Street Journal Joe Manchin Reaches Deal With Chuck Schumer on Energy, Healthcare, Tax Package The announcement came at an opportune time for Democrats, just hours after the Senate approved a bipartisan semiconductor and technology package that proponents cast as critical to national security. Republicans had threatened to block that bill if Democrats moved ahead with a climate and tax bill, which they, like many Democrats, thought was dead. With the chips bill passed, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) lost a major form of leverage over Mr. Biden’s domestic agenda. Senate Approves $280 Billion Bill to Boost U.S. Chip Making, Technology A deal announced late Wednesday on a Democratic climate, healthcare and tax bill upset Republicans and might undercut GOP House support for the chips bill, which aides from both parties said would be needed to pass. Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi This afternoon, @SenSchumer and @Sen_JoeManchin announced a breakthrough in their negotiations on the Reconciliation bill. This agreement contains many of @POTUS Biden’s proposals and @HouseDemocrats priorities. July 28th 2022 1,291 Retweets6,954 Likes **** TODAY * GDP numbers released * Biden-Xi call * 2:15pm ET:    “THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks on the economy and meets with CEOs to receive an update on economic conditions across key sectors and industries; The Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce, and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers attend” * 3:15pm ET:  White House Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre **** Garland’s Gambits * Politico with a fine update on all the Trump probes. * If you are someone who believes Joe Biden is “The Big Guy,” the New York Post has not one but two stories for you today. **** Wide World of News is a reader-supported publication. 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