Playbook: “Speaker Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have now cut their third major bipartisan deal — setting the duo up as the center of action for legislating in this governing configuration. It’s a most unlikely role for Mnuchin, whose presence was not appreciated — being nice here! — during tax reform.”
“But Mcuchin has found a groove with Pelosi, and last night, they were able to work out a massively difficult technical issue with paid leave under extreme pressure. Pelosi also secured a commitment from Mnuchin that Trump would tweet in favor of the bill — that happened before noon Friday — but that commitment was contingent on solving problems on language that House Republicans had raised. Dems were skeptical of the issues Republicans raised, and saw it as foot dragging.”
“Pelosi and Mnuchin spoke 20 times Friday by phone, the speaker’s office told us.”
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