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Infrastructure. lets pull out the core infrastructure that everybody wants to do. that was $550 billion out of the 2.65 trillion and lets take all the tax increases out of it. we did. thats what this is right now, this bipartisan package represents. the reason marc thiessen thinks its good in terms of saving the filibuster is right now the 60-vote margin is necessary to get things done. under a filibuster it would go away. the democrats would be able to pass all sorts of bad legislation includin...

A big thanks to awful you. we are keeping an eye on capitol hill for another reason as well, because d.c. mayor, mural bowser testifying at a hearing that is all about making d.c. the 51st straight. we will get to the latest on that fight. also this morning, new warnings about the fast-spreading delta variant, and its more contagious than other strains of the coronavirus. we will take a look at the risks and also a historic moment in professional sports. >> i just want to take a quick moment t...

Off-ramp. hes made strong comments about not wanting to get rid of the filibuster. kyrsten sinema is an enigma even to people in her state. shes going to be subject to some of the same restrictive voting laws that arizona is passing. ultimately shell need to decide do i play a role in keeping my own job bypassing the for the people act or making d.c. a state. do i play a role in that? i think ultimately neither of these two will want to go down in history as the two very specific people that blo...

By a majority party propelled by its extreme right and design to change the reading of the constitution. >> the fact is to move forward as contemplated by the majority is moving towards breaking the rules to change the rules. thats improper. it will change the senate forever. thats not good. that this is a slippery slope. once you have a rule changed illegally, then you can do it again. al hunt, we hear back in 2005, we hear charges of right-wing extremism and republicans rewriting the constit...

Resolve it. its plausible john boehner and barack obama could come to a deal. whats not plausible is they come to a deal the tea party signs off on. thats what makes it so hard to solve. its not just obama care weve left. remember the other big thing that ted cruz was on, making d.c. listen. that was the two things. the big point was you got to make d.c. listen. ted cruz is now personally less popular an obama care. the republicans in congress are less popular than obama care. the shutdown is wi...

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And i would also say that you looked at just one side of this. you also have a cultural discussion, if you will, within the democratic party. i mean, youve got, you know, your blue dog democrats, and we saw with a number of members of congress, house and senate last year, sort of pining and wrenching themselves back on the question of abortion and what they were going to do on the democratic side as well because those issues are now closer to people at home, being discussed, whether its gay marr...

This played out. and i would also say that you looked at just one side of this. you also have a cultural discussion, if you will, within the democratic party. i mean, youve got, you know, your blue dog democrats, and we saw with a number of members of congress, house and senate last year, sort of pining and wrenching themselves back on the question of abortion and what they were going to do on the democratic side as well because those issues are now closer to people at home, being discussed, whe...

Looked at just one side of this. you also have a cultural discussion, if you will, within the democratic party. i mean, youve got, you know, your blue dog democrats, and we saw with a number of members of congress, house and senate last year, sort of pining and wrenching themselves back on the question of abortion and what they were going to do on the democratic side as well because those issues are now closer to people at home, being discussed, whether its gay marriage, whether its abortion, wh...