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It but as steny hoyer said today, part of thats the presidency. david just mentioned a moment ago, leverage. presidents do have leverage. they have this ability and it doesnt always work. but you get people into your room. you heard him doing it today. people from both sides of his party and you work on him. one of the things he doesnt like to do is tell people what their politics are. tell them what their -- what their room is, what -- what they have to worry about. whats going to get thenl the...

Journalism, and really good for passing the bill. i think thats right. and i think that what you have here is a bit of an imbalance, because the progressives are insisting that they get the big bill first, because moderates dont want as much as the progressives do. and that inherently strengthens the moderate position. so that the progressives want to pass the big bill before they pass -- as you said its pretty big the smaller bill on a physical infrastructure. because they want to keep their le...

Agreement among themselves on that. the question for nancy pelosi heading into monday is will she ultimately decide to delay that monday vote. she has said theyre moving forward over concerns that progressives may sink that infrastructure bill as leverage to try to get the moderates in the party behind that larger package. its a very delicate situation for the speaker, who has insisted shell go forward, and if she does dlae v delay it, that could cost her moderate support for the democratic-only...

For example, the debt ceiling was raised 18 times under ronald reagan. the national debt almost tripled to $2.1 trillion. back then, democrats controlled the house and they invoked a common sense measure known as the gephardt rule, stating that congress automatically authorized whatever borrowing is needed to fund the budget that they passed. makes sense, right? when republican speaker newt gingrich took the nauhouse in 1, they ditched the gephardt rule, using the debt ceiling as leverage, leadi...

Senate. and democrats still havent said what their plan b is. really the options come down to either reversing what their original strategy was, or trying to tack it onto this reconciliation package which would enable them to pass it without any republican votes. but that has its problems as well. i mean, its a lengthy process. they would have to go back and amend the budget resolution, moderates also dont be want to go down this route because they would have to name the price theyre raising the...

Is been our position two months ago, it remains our position today. now in the senate passed the bipartisan bill, senator sanders, senator warren, and many other progressive senators only voted for that by cartersville because they were given the commitment. by the senators in the democratic party, and the president, that we wouldnt move these two things together. the reconciliation bill, the build back better act doesnt calm, and the bike artisan bill. so becoming to the house, and all of a sud...

They defy the leadership they do have leverage. depends how this plays out, unclear. progressives saying they are not going to sproet for the infrastructure bill. pelosi promised it would come to the floor next week. we could have a scenario where this bill comes to the floor and does not pass. now, biden is going to the hill today. he is expected to talk with a number of different democrats. hes going to try to play peace maker, you know. him coming to the hill could have some sort of influence...

Education and paid family medical leave and community college. the moderates want that as well. i think ultimately, as ive been telling them for four months, and my job has been herding democratic cats. i said you can posture all you want and you should because you can stand up for your principles and priorities, but youre all going to vote for this. by the way, have you met nancy pelosi? are we going to get it done next week? no, theres virtually no chance of getting it done next week. we dont ...

Youre absolutely right that it includes money thats already been spent. it includes future money. money is fungible, you can count it in either direction. mitch mcconnell is not going to raise the debt ceiling. it seems like he has most of his republicans behind him. that means democrats are probably going to have to figure out a way to do it. they have a way to do it in reconciliation on a party line vote. government funding absent the debt ceiling is an easy lift. mcconnell and republicans wil...

Relief for your new jersey constituents who lost their state and local tax deduction under the trump tax cuts, because president biden is now talking about raising taxes on people who make more than $400,000 in order to pay for the social spending in the reconciliation bill. northern new jersey, i dont have to tell you, has a high cost of living, $400,000 doesnt go as far in jersey as in other places. as both sides position for leverage, is the leverage youre trying to get making taxes lower, no...