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Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis predicted that the president's larger Build Back Better bill may now "die altogether" in the Senate.
The dance of legislation rarely is elegant. Democrats have made it messier than usual ... and Republicans have ranged from duplicitous to disgraceful.
Sponsored two family leave bills that languished in the senate. too many parents are forced to decide. there is a budget plan that would solve that problem. so where are the sticking points that have led to this last-minute blinksman ship. the sleuths had a field day showing some of her past progressive demands don't match her current positions. now, west virginia's joe manchin has been more consistent. he's never been a liberal, as he reminded reporters yesterday. as the sole democrat, manchin has been clear he would like to cut 2 trillion from the proposed budget, which is quite the flex. we...
Mean package because it's only a trillion dollars. the bipartisan infrastructure only package that nancy pelosi promises will get voted on monday. i wonder what that says about our times. that's considered responsible spending. george wills is here with us. the great conservative thinker. a brilliant writer and proven in his latest book. george, good to have you. >> good to be with you. neil, half a century ago dirkson the leader of the senate republicans joked. said a billion dollars here and there. it adds up to real money. now it doesn't. we only do it in trillion dollars. you know that the...
Mentality. >> they really don't. i must say, i don't get it. i don't get so much on so many fronts, but the wimp factor, i really don't get. that they allow themselves to be insulted and they don't push back. they don't fight back. they let themselves get run over by this guy, and they don't make him pay, too. you've got to make somebody pay politically, if they come after you. it's that simple. and none of them do. none of them have. and that's why he continues to run over them. you know, pete wehner, the thing i actually loved about the republican party back when i was a member, and you and ...