AOC: Shortening funding terms could lead to deal on reconciliation bill

• Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) reiterated Thursday night that his preferred cost for the reconciliation bill is $1.5 trillion, far lower than the $3.5 trillion members were initially working with.

What she's saying: "[T]he compromises and options that we have before us is, do we shorten our funding programs—do you reduce the level of funding? Do you cut programs out together?”

• "I think that one of the ideas that's out there is, fully fund what we can fully fund, but maybe instead of doing it for 10 years, you fully fund it for five years," Ocasio-Cortez added.