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This bill to pass. even though a number of members of his leadership team like jon thune, john kcornyn, all voted against this bill. but it came after months of negotiations between the white house, senate republicans and democrats, to put together this proposal to spend about $550 billion in new money over the next five years. now the same time the question remains, how quickly this can get moved through the house. the speaker nancy pelosi has indicated she will not move on this bill until the ...

Xavier Becerra, Who Sued Trump Over Abortion Access, Questioned About Goals As Bidens HHS Pick On 3/3/21 at 11:01 AM EST On Wednesday, Becerras nomination will face a vote in the Senate Finance Committee. Becerra currently serves as Californias attorney general and has continued to defend the states liberal policies on abortion, which has prompted concern from Republicans and activist groups opposed to abortion. During a recent questioning of Becerra, Republican Senator Jon Thune said, "It does...

By Staff A bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would provide federal support to small meat and poultry processors and help strengthen and streamline their operations. The legislation would give small food processors more access to information that is critical to food safety planning, allow more inspector-approved meat products to be sold across state lines, and funnel federal dollars toward training, education, and technical assistance grants. The bill is cosponsored by ...

I think thats what happened. mulvaney ultimately said no, mr. president were not doing infrastructure. you cant fund it its off the table. >> so the number 2 republican in the senate jon thune told cnn today the quote from him it seemed like it started when pelosi held the news conference. that made it difficult for the productive white house. it seemed like this was a conceived strategy. she had to know going in there that would light him up. she had to have known that. youre saying its staged ...

>> bill: i imagine it will get political and the russian matter will come up. do you expect any surprises in the 15 seconds we have left there? >> no big surprises than theyll try to play the russia issue to the hilt. there are lots of other issues that will come up and that well examine. >> bill: that from john thune last nie. chairman of one of the two senate committees that will question mark zuckerberg. he is meeting with thune and other top lawmakers. byron york, fox news contributor. how a...

Think that is the best way to just cleanse it, get it out there, and let et american people decide. >> more transparency? >> more is good, more transparent than they are now. i think there has been reluctance for whatever reason by the administration in some cases to get the information out there and i think theyre well served to do that, franly. i think they will find and the intelligence committees and others have not found collusion to this point, and i think the administration would be able ...

Legislation. now that you have not accomplished it on your preferred time frame, is it going to be the president that takes it over the finish line? is that his goal? >> we always anticipated the president would be very important in getting us to a conclusion. after all, under our system, hes the man with the signature. in the early stages, candidly it would have been kind of a waste of his time, in material stagth stages. we needed to get this far enough down the path to where there were a few ...

This? >> reporter: you know, its interesting. i just got a text from a democratic senior aide for a democratic senator who said do not underestimate the power of the phone call. thats interesting, because this morning, i was talking to a number of democrats about what was coming into their office. now, maybe not surprisingly, some of them were talking about 20 to 1 margins, getting thousands of phone calls from constituents overwhelmingly against these changes, but then, i ran into a member of t...

Depression. and elizabeth warren joins us on set. she answers critics who claims shes unqualified to take on issues beyond the financial sector. also on the guest list republican senator jon thune and andrea mitchell live from switzerland. that and much more coming up next on "morning joe."

straight into the buzzsaw. gabe gutierrez is in indianapolis and hes got some information on the laws not only in indiana but also in arkansas. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: joe, good morning. the governor says that hes working around the clock to clarify the language in this law by the end of the week possibly by thursday. the indiana governor mike pence blasted his critics, saying indianas new law is about religious freedom not discrimination. >> this law has been smeared. >> the ...