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Expansion of social programs. essentially saying what the democrats are proposing is not needed given the economic state were in. there needs to be more means testing and raises concerns about spending trillions of dollars in new money. says he cannot and will not support trillions in spending or an all or nothing approach that ignores the brutal fiscal reality our nation faces. this is why this is important, jake. in a 50-50 senate, every vote matters. one democrat like joe manchin could tank t...

All the stuff about procedure, i want to sort of center things a little bit. the problem for president joe biden and democrats here is pretty clear. with the narrows possibly majority in the senate, they need all 50 democratic senate doctors to agree. again unanimously on legislation. and to democrats have emerged in the face of opposition in the partys agenda, there is west virginia joe manchin and arizona sinema. say what you will about senator manchin but he represents the state dold trump wo...

Strong policies to help our communities. to do that, we have to talk about what those policies are. people might spend a little bit more if were doing a great job on a policy side or a little less. the policy has to drive it and i feel like there hasnt been enough discussion on all sides and definitely for members of congress about what their policy priorities are to bring us together and get a bill passed. >> i think, congresswoman, youre right. that is part of the problem. i think people gener...

Have dialogue, we need to have debate and we need to disagree, but then we need to understand that every dollar you give to child care equals $7 in terms of growth it improves education and economic outcomes. let me say one other thing this is not 3.5 trillion tomorrow, this is 3.5 trillion over ten years, and we have policies that will be offset, so the actual cost is zero. >> can i quickly nerd out with you for one second, but speaker pelosi has said it is self-evident that that social spendin...

>> lets talk about one of them. some moderates have suggested that the means testing, meaning only providing for people moderate to lower income for the child tax credit, for child care, for tuition-free community college, that that would be an idea instead of just providing it for everybody. somebody who makes what i make doesnt, or makes what you make doesnt need free child care necessarily. >> right. the thing about that is, lets look at the rental assistance bill, just as an example. we had ...

Through this. >> do you think its possible that the price tag will come down? ive heard the number $2 trillion floated as a possible end point. >> first of all, as i said to the president and i heard him say, this is a zero dollar bill, because its all going to be paid for with taxes on the wealthiest corporations and the wealthiest individuals which makes it more popular than it was even before and its already very popular. but ultimately, i think it depends on what we put in there. we put our ...

Meaning that they can go to pretty much anyone and there are some phaseout that are very tough but these are fundamentally, these are not as a president said, only for the working poor are the people work struggling to buy groceries companies are middle-class entitlements in the commute an example the look of the child care provision, it did have some form of means testing that was tied it to meeting the income around the country originally they got rid of it. so under a low throttle, people ear...

What exemptions apply. to me, the means testing is its really a question of how quickly do you want to get the money out, and how many people do you want to be able to benefit? so that doesnt make sense to me to put a bunch of requirements on there or even exemptions for that matter. you have to fill out a 25-page form that takes three and a half hours if you have someone to help you and you happen to speak english. theres all kinds of ways we need to simplify and make programs universal and mak...

Given the resources to do it. if you dont have any work requirements, no means testing on so much of this. >> if 3.5 trillion is agreed to by -- are you going to be the lone vote? >> i dont think im the lone vote. i think you know that, too. >> would you be willing to be the lone vote? >> ive said if i cant go home and explain it, im not going to vote for it. >> the vaccine mandate, are you supportive? >> the president has done what the president is responsible to do, hes looking out for the mos...

Potentially even a little higher but also the long list of demands including some of the key items that democrats particularly progressives have been pushing. whether its things like the child tax credit, something that the democrats wanted to make permanent, potentially or at least extend it, expand it. he raised concerns about that. limit the child tax credit, universal pre-k, the means testing to ensure that the limit the eligibility of people who could be -- who could get universal pre-k an ...