MSNBC Ayman June 4, 2024 01:02:00
Senate democrats had two pieces of legislation that they wanted to pass before the midterms. one was the so-called chips bill, which provided funding for american made semiconductors and the other was a renegotiated slimmed down version of president biden's build back better proposal from last year. mitch mcconnell and a number of senate republicans supported the chips bill, but those same senators threatened to block its passage if democrats attempted to pass any biden's build back better plan do the reconciliation process. the once a year exception, one budget related legislation can pass wi...