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Vaccinated or have a negative covid test. big day tomorrow. arthel, ive got to say, those -- the dads on duty, what a great, great group of men. arthel: excellent, outstanding. im so proud of them and what theyre doing. we need more like that. and more of us in an hour. ♪♪ david: welcome to "the journal editorial report," im david asman in for paul dwi go. chaos on capitol hill last night as democrats bustled through a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and what president joe biden...

Broken out here, things like meat and poultry, fish and age-- eggs up 10.5%, new cars, its just incredible, hotel prices 18%. what are your thoughts on the federal reserve is saying these are all temporary? >> doesnt feel that way. i was in business for 30 some years and it was like pulling teeth to get through a price increase and i talked to businesses now and price increases are just expected now and they are accepted so the expectation and lets face it we have all of the ingredients for stag...

Senate moderates already concerned about repealing the medicaid expansion.which is it? and do those concerned about the medicaid expansion have a real issue here? >> yes they have a real issue to grind. i am here in virginia with we did we are going to punish the state that were responsible for the state that expanded at the time we did not have the money to pay for the bills were passing. so it is a real going to pay. i think you encourage the behavior by rewarding good behavior not bad behavio...

It, thats where it should be focused on. these are interesting and in many ways distraction to a larger issue. what will we do with the huge entitlement package we have. >> we were talking about this earlier. when you look at the white house, obviously, our elected officials have to travel. but when you think of joe bidens one day in paris, limousines and hotel rooms, the president and the white house is defensive about this. did he have to go to florida and spend $78,000 just on the local law e...

Real cuts. democrats are just slowing down the rate of spending. not eliminating or reforming wasteful programs. the sad fact is that barack obama not gonna change his opinion, no matter how much data is presented. he believes the massive federal debt will not harm the country, period. and so he operates under that assumption and says this: >> my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is how do we grow the economy, put people back to work and if we do that, ...

Down the rate of spending. not eliminating or reforming wasteful programs. the sad fact is that barack obama not gonna change his opinion, no matter how much data is presented. he believes the massive federal debt will not harm the country, period. and so he operates under that assumption and says this: >> my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is how do we grow the economy, put people back to work and if we do that, were going to be bringing in more reve...

Down the rate of spending. not eliminating or reforming wasteful programs. the sad fact is that barack obama not gonna change his opinion, no matter how much data is presented. he believes the massive federal debt will not harm the country, period. and so he operates under that assumption and says this: >> my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is how do we grow the economy, put people back to work and if we do that, were going to be bringing in more reve...

Economy, put people back to work, and if we do that, well bring in more revenue, if we control spending and we got a smart entitlement package, what you have is balance, but its not balance on the backs of the poor or elderly or students who need student loans or families with disabled kids. not the right way to balance the budget. >> tom price is the republican from georgia. vice chair of the budget committee. nice to see you, sir. they call it a charm offensive. and the national journal quoted...

Economy, put people back to work and if we do that, were going to be bringing in more revenue. if weve controlled spending and weve got a smart entitlement package then potentially what you have is balance, but its not balance on the backs of, you know, the poor, the elderly, students who need student loans, families who have got disabled kids. thats not the right way to balance our budgets. >> joining us now, jason johnson, chief political correspondent for politics 365 at hiram college and ron...

Delta and us airways also proposed the plan. an effort is under way in washington to stop it. democratic congressman ed markey of massachusetts has introduced the no knives act, being co-sponsored in the house by republican michael grimm. new york. president obama returns to capitol hill later this morning for day two of his so-called charm offensive. he will be meeting with house republicans trying to find common ground on a host of issues, especially the budget and those forced spending cuts...