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states where abortion is not legal because of the overturning of roe v. wade, and to see if they can travel to states where those services are legal, and to have an ability to transfer the kinds of benefits that include transportation in certain circumstances, and the medical care to allow those women to have access to abortion. to look at how could that be done under the law. so this is really the president signing an order that directs hhs to set up a program to do that. so with the stroke of the pen that the president did in just the last half-hour or so, there isn't a new power t...

I think that is significant. in mid-term elections, usually the side that controls the white house and ends up controlling capitol hill, if you have unified control over washington, you often end up having a drop-off in enthusiasm. your side has gotten complacent. the opposition is the one. and all the polling i've seen into the biden presidency so far, the republicans have been the ones thug. if we see what happened in kansas last night, and in other polls where democrats are closing that enthusiasm gap, that does matter for november and might be the biggest thing and the biggest sign we end ...

Conservative movement and republicans who have control over washington. some fantasy baseball that democrats have the massive upper hand. don't hold your breath. what is interesting to see is if any democrats start to work with the president to address the problems with the aca. otherwise known as obamacare. is there an attempt to reform? the deal emotionally republicans are attached to repeal and replace with the emphasis on repeal. the idea of reform could seem small ball. >> democrats too passive? do you think they have to step up and say more than the aca needs fix. >> i understand they wi...

Won. so if this is a campaign that we've seen before, hasn't republicans been winning this argument at the ballot box? >> i think what's key is they've been winning it in the mid-terms and losing it in the general. what the republican argument for a mandate is complicated by is almost a 3 million vote popular margin. but the fact is they have unified control over washington. repealing obamacare, ripping it out root and branch, has been an article of faith for conservatives over the course of the obama presidency, therefore they have to do it. but as sanjay and dana pointed out, the devil is in...