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? look. a nuanced position can be tough in sound bites on tv and that's important part of legislating and we'll see what comes from it and what investigations will lead from your committee. i still sometimes call you congressman, and i am so sorry. senator, thank you so much. >> it's great to be with you. we're on to the budget battles in the senate just as we did in past years in the house. >> exactly right and much to discuss on that in the future. thank you, senator. tonight on cnn prime time, the failure of svb. how did it happen and what does it mean for the banking system now? cnn's poppy harlow, she asked the experts. it's called bank bust. what's next for america's money? that airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we'll be right back. it changes how you eat, how you feel, and how you enjoy y life. it changes your r smile and how otothers smile at you. clearchoice network doctorors have changed over 100,000 lives with dental implants,
cubious honor of having spent the most number of days under lockdown on the planet. 246 and counting. >> elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> duncan: president biden faces new pressure this week to unite his party. budget battles among democrats have reached new lows and tensions are high. cbs's christina ruffini is at the white house where the attention remains on two bills and really two democrats. christina, good evening. >> good evening, jericka. the senate passed that bipartisan infrastructure bill almost two months ago but it still hasn't become law and that's due to objectors in the president's own party. >> we want to make sure that we're fighting for all of us, not just for some of us. >> house progressive democrats are adamant they won't compromise policy goals to cut down a proposed multitrillion dollar social spending bill. >> i think that one of the ideas that is out there is fully fund
is the media slowing down and explaining it or speeding right by the basics? labels like $3.5 trillion, huge numbers thrown around. they can be incredibly misleading. we know there are multiple bills encompassing dozens of policy proposal but not a single abbreviation like obamacare or a sense of what this movement will be called. and countless headlines about the personal political drama. i think if you're an insider, you think all of the news coverage has been legally helpful. you're probably totally up to speed. for everyone else, i fear it's indecipherable and almost impenetrable. so can we do better? with me is catherine rampell, "the washington post" political columnist and cnn commentator. let's bring your expert opinions on television first. what is the one biggest thing you would change about the budget battles if you could
take power in 2024, we're pathetically naive. preparing for that and getting the facts out so people can prepare and prevent it what colleagues in journalism should be doing. >> that's the assignment. timothy snyder, thuchdank you v much for being here. >> my pleasure. coming up -- a lot. in the hour ahead, we will tackle white women missing syndrome. first, how to make sense of d.c. budget battles in this space. we will hear advice from josh best and catherine rampell next. go bowling. ♪ ♪ every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt. visible is wireless that doesn't play games. no surprise fees, legit unlimited data,
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Please verify your request* Advertisement President Joe Biden met Monday with a bipartisan group of lawmakers as he begins what will be a weeks-long push to win congressional support for his nearly $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. “I’m prepared to negotiate as to the extent of the infrastructure project as well as how we pay for it," Biden said at the start of his Oval Office meeting. As lawmakers return to the Capitol for the first time in two weeks, Biden’s plan already faces opposition from Republicans and even some members of his own party, and negotiations over the coming month or so will be crucial to determining the size, scope and ultimate fate of the proposal.
Please verify your request* Advertisement Democrats’ sprint to pass a $1.9 trillion Covid relief package ahead of the March 14 expiration of enhanced unemployment benefits is more akin to a relay race. The House of Representatives, as expected, approved the plan early Saturday morning, passing the baton to the Senate, where the legislation will face a fresh set of hurdles. The final vote in the House was 219-212, with two Democrats, Kurt Schrader of Oregon and Jared Golden of Maine, joining all Republicans in voting against the bill. Democrats can’t afford even one defection in the evenly divided Senate. They’re using a budget reconciliation process that will allow the bill to pass with a simple majority vote, but all 50 Senate Republicans are expected to oppose the package.
Please verify your request* Advertisement The $350 billion in state and local aid included in Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Covid relief package is proving to be another point of contention, even among Democrats. Several Democratic senators have reportedly pushed for changes to that portion of the legislation, fueled in part by concerns that states could respond to an infusion of more federal aid by cutting taxes instead of devoting the additional funding to pandemic-related needs. “We could distribute billions to the states, and they turn around and lower taxes — there are governors talking about that, and it’s not the point here … there should be a prohibition against voluntarily diminishing revenues,” Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with the Democrats, told The Washington Post last week.
Please verify your request* Advertisement As Democrats press ahead with plans to pass a $1.9 trillion Covid relief package by a process that would bypass the need for Republican support, more than 150 CEOs of large American companies are urging bipartisan backing for the plan. The latest: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced Tuesday night that Democrats plan to pass their relief bill through the lower chamber on Friday. “The American people strongly support this bill, and we are moving swiftly to see it enacted into law,” he said on Twitter. On the Senate side, lawmakers are awaiting a ruling from the parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, as to whether an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour can be included in the package under rules governing the special budget reconciliation process being used. A ruling is reportedly expected as early as Wednesday evening.
Please verify your request* Advertisement The new administration and new Congress in Washington are quickly running into the same old debates about Covid relief. President Joe Biden has called for a $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package, but Republicans have already dismissed the idea of delivering everything on Biden’s wish list. Democrats, meanwhile, face some internal differences about the best strategy for passing another relief package and on how far they should press their narrow majorities in the House and Senate. Biden’s plan a ‘non-starter’ for Republicans: “GOP lawmakers on Tuesday dismissed the argument by Janet Yellen, who’s awaiting Senate confirmation as Treasury secretary, that historically low interest rates mean major deficit spending isn’t a problem right now,” Bloomberg News noted. Even Republican moderates like Sens. Mitt Romney (UT) and Lisa Murkowski (AK), both of whom played a key role in enacting last month’s relief package, have questioned the need for another massive spending bill so soon on the heels of that $900 billion effort.