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Right now on the democrats agenda. according to david scientist, david shore, who worked on obamas reelection campaign and consult with progressive groups, the most popular policy is allowing medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. it is the number one policy of 194. it is in the multi trillion dollar bill that the democrats are proposing, the big reconciliation package with the climate change and safety net stuff. but three house democrats, kathleen rice of new york and others are threa...

Be unpopular. then there are things that are good policy that are popular and part of politics, but part is for politicians to sort of figure out how to bring those two things together. to find stuff thats both popular and good. take the most popular policy right now. according to data scientist daft -- data scientist david shore, the most popular policy is allowing medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. its the number one policy of 194 that he has tested. its in the multi-trillion doll...

Budget proposal. so thats realistic. there will probably be some kind of attempt to pass tax cuts in the budget. theres that. republicans have also talked a lot about reforming welfare and other social services. you heard paul ryan, the house speaker, make this part of his budget, he talks about it all the time. president trump has incorporated work requirements for food stamps. i wouldnt rule out seeing that in a budget. what you probably wont see though, elizabeth, is these big cuts to, you kn...

Have high school educations and about half of them are on means tested welfare when they get here which means thats not social security or medicare, thats, you know, im not going to use the word handouts but thats safety net stuff. all right? >> right. >> so that the statistics say that its a lower economic person coming here. would you agree with that? >> i would agree with that i would also say its part of american history. the irish the italians were down on their luck, high on ambition and o...

Huge difference. theres a spectrum about the safety net stuff. its different constituencies. one of the things federalizing it does is ensures a basic guarantee of safety net. democratic governor from the great state of connecticut, a pleasure to have you. please come back. the world east most liberal marijuana regime is about to begin here in the united states. the world east most liberal. thats next. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf.