US Senator Manchin says he believes a deal on Biden's plan might be reached Thursday

The earlier post on what is happening Thursday (US morning):

• US House Democrats have added an extra meeting for Thursday morning - said to be a key for Biden's hopes

If anyone else said he (or she) "believed" a deal "might' be reached on Thursday it'd be bordering on meaningless. But, Manchin, and his colleague Sinema, have been the key roadblocks to Biden getting his agenda through, so Manchin's comments does have a slight degree more credibility.