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Republicans as well as democrats. its often forgotten that medicare and the voting rights act passed because of republican votes as much as democratic votes. 112 republicans in the house voted for the voting rights act. 60 republicans in the house voted for medicare. so the challenge for lbj was he had southern democrats who were not going to support him certainly on civil rights, but he could pull over republicans to make a governing majority. president biden, when hes differed with the progres...

Strong progressive wing of the democrats in the house. seeing the chair of the progressive caucus after president bidens speech finished up, seeing her be the first person on the floor today, not just talk to the president, but give him a hug, is a reminder of how much progressives are expecting from this administration and from this president. it is 11:00 right now on the east coast. president biden has wrapped up the state of the union address. the president used most of the will stay to showc...

Media, its challenging. echo chambers are laser focused on ukraine. a lot of things get overlooked. police brutality is an issue, people getting abused. voter suppression is still very much an issue. so i think what the american people want to know, especially as its a midterm year and democrats go out there and ask for another chance to maintain control of the legislative branch is what can congress get done? you know, voter legislation has died. police reform has died, and so when you ask the ...

Domestic agenda is pushed to the back barner with critical issues like police reform, and voting rights, how can the dems address the crisis abroad and take care of business at home. republicans are not off the hook either. joining me representative pramila jayapal. chair of the progressive caucus. thank you for being here. ukraine is sucking up all the oxygen in the room right now, understandably. what happens there will cast a wide net of influence across the globe. i understand that makes sen...

Alone. then we have lois frankel, another democrat sitting on the energy subcommittee, she snatched up two energy stocks in early january. tes and diamondback energy which have both jumped nearly 10% since. its so funny because frankel is a member of the progressive caucus which backs the green new deal and she is buying informs fill fuel companies in the run-up to a war. this is what we are dealing with. but its not just in the house the senate is getting in on the war profiteering trades too. ...

Different reason that aoc and joy behar. mad at biden because he has no immigration, border security national security think are mad at him and poll numbers reflect it that should be a democrat problem and not just a biden problem. the trick for every democrat to own and eat these bad biden policies and lack of goodwill. number two, the aoc and joy behar view is different. aoc and the other 96 people in the progressive caucus they are mad at biden because they think he has not gone far enough. s...

Instagram because you can spend a lot of time talking about moisturizer. >> jesse: joe biden is not the most eloquent person weve ever had, basically saying that he thinks the white house has to mop up every six seconds, so to her point at the top where shes warning judo, toast with the young base, was that a threat to joe, you better do something or we are not going to turn out for you are is that just a warning? >> take a look, its the entire progressive caucus in the house. the chair of the c...

Being evicted. and chuck schumer saying it wouldnt have been possible without the efforts of the progressive caucus. >> that is obvious for sure. and why washington always feels the need to wait until the very last minute when everyday peoples lives are hanging in the balance, i will never understand that. >> good question. >> jackie, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> despite being the wealthiest nation in the world, the united states is once again last in health care work rankings. 11 countr...

More moderate establishment democrats. that came with pushing pushing biden on the final cap and then this week with the eviction crisis. congress initially arguing that the white house had not given them enough time to extend the moratorium themselves when it became clear on thirst that that thursday that that is what they wanted him do. and so the progressive caucus which is getting more influential in congress, a 100 person caucus, and they have been organized about wielding their power. and ...

Hanif has been among those critical of Adams’ approach to his first budget plan, which included planned reductions in spending at many city offices and agencies but not at the NYPD,