all these different pro grams for temporary amounts of time, will ultimately amount to not much in the medium term because it will be just destroyed by incoming republican congress, these people in the argument, why not focus on fewer legislative priorities for longer periods of time. in the latest piece for slate, jordan weisman argues prioritizing fewer items making them permanent is a much more reasonable way to go ensuring the safety net of the longer term. joining me now is weissman, senior editor for slate. so just take manchin out of the equation. back when democrats had to deal with the idea of how do we get a $3.5 trillion bill to 1.75, one of the choices we take a lot of the stuff we want, paid universal leave, universal pre-k, which includes elder care, obama care fixes, expanded