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on a long stalled climate and social spending package that would also reduce health care costs that would only need 50 votes to pass. this is the reconciliation vehicle. there were 50, votes it was sort of dead, and more, abundant of bringing it back. they wanted to get it done. in response, mitch mcconnell said, oh, well then if you do that, i am going to block this bipartisan bill we all agree on, which will increase domestic production of computer parts, particularly microchips. then, democrats senator joe manchin appeared to, once again, for like the tenth time, kill the democrats build back better deal on his own. lots of headlines announcing that it was kaput, a lot of-ing anger, rage directed at mansion direct from democrats and people who care about the climate. ultimately, mitch mcconnell got his watch. he threatened that democrats, if you revive, this i will block this bill, and the democrats, joe manchin killed it. so republicans thought they won. yesterday, the senate passe
could be passed through using a reconciliation vehicle. some of them will need to work with congress to get republicans and democrats to support. but we re at a moment right now, where if inflation is a top priority, which it is for this president, then there is going to be a question and a choice. are members of congress going to step up and help support measures that would clearly help on this issue or they stand on the sidelines. that s the case that the president is going to be taking to congress and to the american people. joe manchin, just real quickly, joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, they have given you assurances they re good with the reconciliation vehicle? we are not going to have those conversations here, not going to have those conversations in public, and we are partnering with them, with other members of the democratic caucus, to try to how are you partnering with them? we are in ongoing conversations that i am not going to read out and not going to get specific ab
political news for democrats, we ve got an nbc news poll from march may surprising good news in it. so, we know the part of the clothes ballard and the presidency will always have an uphill battle in the midterms. when you add to that the covid pandemic, the biggest disruption to ordinary life in 100 years, that were still mired in the fact that inflation is high, you would expect here is a surprising good news, two of the main priorities for president joe biden social safety net environmental justice plan, build back better, happen to be two of the most popular candidate positions in our nbc poll. 62% of those polled, or more likely to support a candidate who wants to expand clean energy production 62% are more likely to support a candidate with biden s proposal to lower health care and prescription drug costs. but here s the thing, democrats still stand for both those positions, and even better news is that they still have a reconciliation vehicle that
they can ultimately get large chunks of his agenda done. how, though, appears unclear. that s where the strategizing comes in, and we know democrats are still considering a variety of ways they can push the agenda next summer. are democrats open to scaling it back even more or passing various pieces of standalones, maybe attracting senator manchin and even the gop on some of these issues? that s a strategy decision that s being negotiated. we are hope to a way to reach the finish line. we want to make it as comprehensive as possible because the needs are just there. ultimately, though, democrats have to be clear out here. it s going to be difficult for them to break this up into different parts, particularly if they want to use that reconciliation vehicle with a simple majority to get this through. those conversations will have to be ongoing for the white house to find some path with senator manchin to bridge the difference there. we also heard today from an