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Bill to the presidents desk. and if the final vote tally was announced late last night the energy in the house chamber was electric. >> on this vote the yeas are 228 and the nays are 226. the motion is adopted. >> all right, so that cheering there signified passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill which will allocate $550 billion of new spending into transportation projects, the utility grid and broadband including $110 billion for roads, bridges and other major projects. $666 b...

Voted late last night to send the bipartisan infrastructure bill to the presidents desk. as the final tally was announced late last night, the energy in the house chamber was electric. >> on this vote the yeas are 228 and the nays are 226. the motion is adopted. [ cheers ] >> all right, so that cheering there signified passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill which will allocate $550 billion of new spending into transportation projects, the utility grid and broadband, including ...

Picture. despite economic growth, the budget deficit rose from 6$666 billion to $782 billion. it is the third con sesecutive increase since federal revenue essentially flat lined. tax revenue fell some 31% as companies took advantage of the new lower tax rates. government spending increased by an estimated 3%. lets turn to business for a moment. global markets were dragged down by china as the ongoing trade fight with the u.s. continues to stall its economy. what is the latest? >> so the chine...

Screen so you can see where its been. during the last year of the obama administration, the annual budget deficit, $587 billion. first year of the trump administration, went up to $666 billion. its probably going to be about 700 or 800 billion this year. in 2019, the congressional budget office is already projecting a $1 trillion annual budget deficit here in the united states. whatever happened to the conservative republican doctrine of a balanced budget? >> did you really have to rain on this ...

Schumer and pelosi to, if they showed up, not to be very relevant. i think thats kind of in the background. the real battle is in the caucus of the republican party. its going to be within the senate squeezing so that they dont lose johnson, they dont lose corker, they dont lose one other vote. theyre on a very, very thin margin. the battle is in the republican party, not in the democratic party and not even with the democrats. >> michael jgenovese, thanks fo coming on the show. we appreciate it...

You might get a temporary tax plan and the next congress might extend it or end it. either way it comes with a cost. the senate bill could increase the deficit by at least $1.4 trillion over the next decade. thats from the congressional budget office. what would offset that and our already $20 trillion national debt? republicans argue that cbo, the congressional budget office, is underestimating the strength of the economy and what will be unleashed by this tax bill. lets bring in cnns tom forem...

Means. >> more breaking news, house of representatives as expected has passed the tax cut bill. the legislation is very different than what the senate is now considering. its very much in up in the air, senate version in the u.s. senate, there are u.s. republican senators raising serious questions. so it passes the house. different version in the senate. at some point assuming it does pass, in the senate, thats by no means a done deal, theyll get together and try to work out some compromise. >> ...

3%. brian: probably drop a little after the hurricanes. >> the hurricane also affect it. you will see some pretty bad numbers in the immediate future. but then it recovers. you might get 4% growth next year. ainsley: and the dow? >> the bottom line is profits are very, very strong. on profits under pin the stock market. thats why youve gone up so much on the market. 23400. nobody saw this coming. brian: yet our deficit did grow, right? >> yes. brian: grow by 60 billion? >> no, in this fiscal yea...

Under cut their efforts to try to make this financially feasible when he said the 401 k is off the table. as far as youre concerned, is the 401 k off the table and if it is where is the money coming from? >> well, let me go -- you are right. im at the forefront of the stopping the spending spree. we are 20 trillion in debt. under the obama administration they doubled it. and i just showed you on the other side of the aisle they are raising taxes by 20 trillion. so its very hard to restrain spend...