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Assistance that normally travels with the trade agenda. unfortunately one does not exist. and then a healthcare space that to have some expiring provisions, what are some new opportunities in mental health, telehealth, issues like that that again we would like to find some common ground on. these are not big spending items at all. they are more policy than anything else. in a lame duck where the majority change is traditionally there has been an opportunity for common ground, will there be that ...

It. >> todd: white house correspondence association, a long quote, there is precedent here, the white house failed to commit to traditional post midterm press conference and they are not happy about it. is that a tipoff he is not running for re-election? >> joe: it is a big announcement, where does the joe biden presidency go from here? he will not be able to do anything in terms of big spending items. joe biden had three solo press conferences this year, donald trump in his final year had 35. s...

Have no idea up and down the country. some people are worried whether they will even make it through the winter. we have no idea what the support package will look like, whether it will provide anything for them. so the key thing will be for her to set that out in her first speech, and will be for her to set that out in herfirst speech, and it will be for her to set that out in her first speech, and it is coming very late, and what to watch out for will be is the big spending items all going to ...

To put these proposals together which bernie sanders wrote. he would transform america, make history, and delusional, it was given margins they have, 50-50 senate. house is has so thin margin they havent seen it since the 1hundreds. they tried to push it through anyway. joe manchin is the one democratic senator out front taking heat on all of this. but the media focuseds on one vote who are in tough re-election race. mark kelly from arizona, democrat senator, krysten sinema democrat also from ar...

Know a joke line during the last administration. they kept promising they were going to do infrastructure. it never came to pass. a group of us, ten of us, five democrats, five republicans, been working on this the last couple of months. this is the same group who actually put together the last covid deal under president trump so we know each other, we trust each other. and i think youre going to see whether its $100 billion plus for roads and bridges, whether its close to $50 billion for resili...

Those menus of spending items agreed to for weeks. what we have had to work you through because my republican colleagues did not want to use enhanced or actually making sure we follow our irs tax laws, so weve had to replace some of those pay-fors. were down to the last couple of items and i think youre going to see a bill monday afternoon. martha: what do you say to those -- there was that that dispute over whether or not the irs part of that deal would go through. theres also -- do you want to...

I was aware of another person going through the process. i was not aware of the amount that was provided or the process that was utilized to evaluate that. >> and i believe youve demonstrated -- or youve not demonstrated the requisite degree of good judgment required of an appointed executive branch official on some of these spending items. >> under some intense at times grilling from congress today, the man who is now constantly referred to in journalism as embattled epa chief scott pruitt chan...

Now, the issue of the two close aides who used to work for you in oklahoma and their pay raises, are you saying that you were not aware that those pay raises were provided to them until after the fact? >> i was not aware of one of those individuals even seeking a pay raise. i was aware of another person going through the process. i was not aware of the amount that was provided or the process that was utilized to evaluate that. >> and i believe youve demonstrated -- or youve not demonstrated the ...

Now, the issue of the two close aides who used to work for you in oklahoma and their pay raises, are you saying that you were not aware that those pay raises were provided to them until after the fact? >> i was not aware of one of those individuals even seeking a pay raise. i was aware of another person going through the process. i was not aware of the amount that was provided or the process that was utilized to evaluate that. >> and i believe youve demonstrated -- or youve not demonstrated the ...

Demonstrated the requisite degree of good judgment required of an appointed executive branch official on some of these spending items. is that a fireable offense as far as you are concerned? do you think that the -- his, in your words, not demonstrating the requisite degree of good judgment on those items -- does that -- that ground for dismissal or resignation? >> i did try to be documentic with it but i do think it is a serious issue that he hasnt answered the question to. i want to see his an...