allowed, as you pointed out. but it s pretty clear that chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell are going to get this thing through the senate intact. they sure are. it s clear that tim kaine has a lot of his wounded, i think in many ways, by the way the white house put the mountain valley pipeline in the steel. but it sounds like the democrats need to be the adult in the room and set aside their personal concerns and ultimately say yes to something they never wanted to be a part of to begin with. democrats, of course, have the curse of responsibility. yeah. they are the responsibility party. the other party is the not serious party, and so, democrats frequently find themselves casting difficult votes in order to do the larger responsible thing. to save the u.s. economy. as hakeem jeffries said, team normal versus team extreme. correct. and i think you will see that on a bumper sticker somewhere in washington, d.c.. correct, thank you, alex. have a good show. th
you are not serious people. joe biden would love to have had that logan roy moment with republicans, democrats would love to have that moment. but joe biden can t do that. he can t walk out of the room like that. because republicans control the house of representatives. so, joe biden had to negotiate the debt ceiling agreement with the res publica speaker of the house. going to support the legislation that is on the floor today. and i support it without hesitation, preservation, or trepidation. not because it s perfect, but in divided government, we of course cannot allow the perfect to be the enemy of good. and president biden did an
incredibly good job under difficult circumstances in protecting some key priorities and values for the well-being of the american people. democratic leader of the house of representatives hakeem jeffries is one of the serious people who knows how to govern. some of his democratic members of the house who voted against the bill, and some democratic senators who probably will vote against the bill, are playing an important part in the ongoing legislative drama and house of representatives and in the senate. throughout his negotiations with kevin mccarthy, president biden had to repeatedly say things like i won t be able to get enough democrats to support that item. and kevin mccarthy had to repeatedly say i won t be able to get enough republicans to support that line. so, tonight, democrats voting
virginia, the fun at the atf programs that violate a second amount meant, hold fisa courts accountable for spying on more than 278,000 americans. none of those things will happen. even marjorie taylor greene knows that none of those things will happen. but on a day when she is caving and voting for an agreement negotiated by joe biden, the kind of thing she said she would never vote for, she has to camouflage that moment with all that republican craziness, the crazy stuff that will never happen. that s what at least one, that s what one of the least serious republicans in history, marjorie taylor greene, had to say. that s what she felt she must say in order to cast a vote today with the republican leadership, a traditional republican kind of vote, the kind of thing that marjorie
they did an incredibly good job. and i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden. in avoiding a catastrophic default, i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden and finding our way to an agreement that will avoid a hostage taking situation for the balance of the 118 congress. and i m thankful for the leadership of president joe biden and house democrats, who protected social security, protected medicare, protected medicaid, protected veterans benefits, protected education, protected public safety, and protected the american people from the draconian 22% across the board cuts that house republicans were trying to visit on every day americans. and as a result of that effort, that leadership of president