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With the idea of a 15% global minimum corporate tax. there was some hesitation the u.s. was not going to get its act together with its economic agenda, some of the countrys that lowered corporate tax rates were not going to be so keen to do that with action at home. thats whats so critical about the president making progress at home before he gets over here. of course weve been talking about the climate summit in glasgow, the president needing to get the $550 billion as they put it in the framew...

Am i disappointed on things that are out? yes. but if you look at what is in, i still think its making progress. >> make of that what you wish. theres plenty of disappointment to go around, truth be told, as more and more provisions are going over the side. and theres a chance biden will delay his departure for europe tomorrow after spending time with those democrats. joining us, eugene robinson and mark mckinnon. gentlemen, great to have you back. eugene, this is the editorial board down the ha...

White house officials can join and discuss this framework. so everybody on capitol hill is learning about this in real time. im j joined by the congressman from new jersey. what did you hear from the president today? what stuck out from him in terms of making progress on moving all of the agenda items forward? >> thanks for having me. its a big day here. and the president made clear to us as reinforced by the speaker our leadership he wants us to vote on the infrastructure bill. the importance a...

Wait and see whats in the final bill before we look at what senator sinema did or didnt do. >> and senator sinema, as she was leaving a meeting with white house officials, reporters asked her how the talks were going. she said four words, "doing great, making progress." cal perry, appreciate you being with us. next hour, the chair of the congressional progressive caucus, congresswoman pramila jayapal, will join hallie jackson. coming up next, the investigation into the capitol riot. the lawy...

And costs about $2,000 to home school your kid. not everyone can afford that. if we can get every american starting out in universal preschool like in france, every 3-year-old goes to preschool and you see in france you have an equal starting point by the time you get to first grade would be transformational. thats a significant policy thats in there. the child care and having that in there will make a difference for many families. the fact well have over $500 billion of climate investment will ...

It doesnt make sense to me. i just cant do it. >> reporter: progressives outraged. much how much of a setback would that be? >> oh, if paid leave is not in the bill? it would be devastating for working women and working families. >> if we go down to zero paid family, thats not okay. thats unjust to the people. >> reporter: but manchin is dug in. hes also made clear hes not on board with a plan to pay for the massive package by taxing billionaires on assets like their stock market gains. >> i don...

President biden is set to meet with senator joe manchin and majority leader chuck schumer at his home in delaware this morning to discuss the build back better package over breakfast. its a very hopeful sign the democrats could be making progress on terms for a spending bill that can actually get out of the senate. another senator and huge proponent of that multi-trillion dollar plan is joining my friend jonathan capehart today on "the sunday show." you are speaking with senator elizabeth warren...

Is too important to just leave to chance. this pandemic has made the last couple years incredibly hard for a lot of virginians. but thanks to leaders like governor northam and president biden, weve been making progress. the national unemployment rate is the lowest its been since the pandemic started. in virginia, its even lower. schools have reopened. jobs are coming back. businesses are starting to recover. were moving forward. now weve got a choice. we can go backwards, we can plunge right bac...

It tells you he walks the walk. and that record matters because the work we need to do is too important to leave to chance. now, look. this pandemic has made the last couple of years incredibly hard for a lot of people including folks here in new jersey. lets face it. its been tough. i mean people were cooped up. you had families who lost their jobs. you had people who got laid off or were furloughed, werent sure if they could pay the rent. youve got schools closing. so now people who have to wo...

Do is too important to just leave to chance. this pandemic has made the last couple of years incredibly hard for a lot of virginians, but thanks to leaders like the governor, president biden, weve been making progress. the national unemployment rate is the lowest its been since the pandemic started. in virginia, its even lower. schools have reopened. jobs are coming back. businesses are starting to recover. were moving forward. now weve got a joyce. we can go backwards. we can plunge right book ...