Chrysten Sinema News Today

Analysis. dana bash. whats your take? >> a lot of news. a lot of news. things we have been trying to gather in reporting because a lot of the discussions have been very opaque. well, the president just confirmed a lot of source reporting and also revealed some new information, like the fact that the way that they are going to pay for whatever deal this is, well have no tax increases because kyrsten sinema refuses not just to raise taxes on corporations but also on individuals. thats a pretty big...

Important thing because as chrysten sinema, who supports this points out, hearing is directly related to dementia. when you cant hear, you have a problem. and it impacts on dementia. so were able to -- and its cheaper to be able to take care of hearing. but i think ive been able to take care of that without changing medicare because whats happening is now you have these hearing aid companies, you no longer are going to have to go to the doctor and spend five grand and get an appointment. you can...

Just begin to pay their fair share. not a lot. how we get there, were down to four or five issues where im not going to negotiate on national television, as you might guess. >> wed be interested in hearing them if you want. >> i know. but all kidding aside, i think we can get there. >> you talked about the environmental piece. you said senator sinema is on board with that. certainly senator manchin is not. it gets to our next question. this is from kobe kong. hes originally from anaheim, califor...

Of dollars in there. but didnt have what i wanted in it. but we made a bipartisan deal. now whats coming along is this reconciliation, a fancy word for the other pieces, that have the childcare pieces, have the economy that relates to allowing people to -- women to go back to work. it has about $450 billion for environmental remediation and so on. and thats the one that is the issue. >> let me ask you, just getting to his question, weve talked a lot about senator manchin and senator sinema. you ...

I hope you can be a millionaire or billionaire. but at least pay your fair share. chip in a little bit. >> let me follow up. because kyrsten sinema who you pented, senator sinema, is opposed to any tax rate hikes for corporations and for high earners. speaker pelosi suggested today she could accept that. the question is, a, would you accept that? no rate hikes, tax rate hikes for corporations or high earners. and if so, how would you pay for this plan otherwise? >> because you dont have to -- lo...

They dont have to be there 24/7. so theres a lot of things were doing. in addition to the process were going to be able to train up those home care workers, usually minority women, women of color, as well as immigrants, and they have the capacity to learn more as they go along to move to the point where they can become practical nurses and things like that. so it makes a lot of sense and its cheaper, cheaper than it is to not do it. >> one of the other things that democrats are looking to do is ...

Terms of salvaging our ailing democracy without at a minimum making an exception to the filibuster for purposes of securing the fundamental right to vote in this country. >> i mean, there are certain things that joe biden has fairly unilateral power on, certain things he just does not. right? huge parts of the immigration infrastructure of the country enforcement, theres a tremendous amount of executive latitude. things like clemency. there are certain things the president really can do. but thi...