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so ron, listen to the house minority leader. it was all about feel, right? it wasn t necessarily true. the house minority leader kevin mccarthy today talked about today s job numbers and the biden agenda. that s great for america. well, to the bidens, i don t know. they ve been utilizing their poor job numbers to say why they need build back better. so if this was the case today, why would you need the bill? okay. making my point, right? go for it. heads i win, tails you lose. well, look, it is interesting. the build back better agenda, the reconciliation bill that has just been hung up predominantly by the resistance from joe manchin and kyrsten sinema and also a handful of house moderates, you know, that is really about the long-term economic competitiveness of the country and is the long-term financial stability of kind of middle income and working ....
Quick. it did not turn out that way. just hours and hours of negotiations kind of dragging on as various factions of the party wanted different things. a handful of house moderates holding out for a cbo score on the build back better act and then the congressional black caucus offering a compromise idea to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and a procedural vote on the build back better act while progressives balked at that at the beginning but in the end everyone came around with moderates offering up a statement to commit to vote by november 18th the and chairwoman of the progressives saying the bulk of them would vote for this which is what ended up happening which is how they were able to get to those magic numbers and get this bill to president biden. that heads to his desk to become law. as for the build back better act it has topaz the house and then goes to the senate. we ll expect a ton of changes to be made. we know a number of senators, ....
Expected morning votes and and something that would be rather quick, and it did not turn out that way. just hours and hours of negotiations kind of dragging on as various factions of the party wanted different things. a handful of house moderates holding out for a cbo score on the build back better act. and then, the congressional black caucus offering a compromise idea to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and a procedural vote on the build back better act. well, progressives balked at that at the beginning but in the end, everybody came around with moderates offering offering up a statement committing to voting for the build back better act by november 15th. and then, progressives, the chairwoman of the progressives saying the bulk of them would vote for this, which is what ended up happening and that is how they were able to get to those magic numbers and get this bill to president biden. so, that heads to his desk to become law. as for the build back better act, it now ....
Of the party. one of different things. handful of house moderates holding out for a cbo score. the congressional black caucus offering a compromise idea for the procedural vote on the build back better ac. while progressives balked at that in the beginning. but in the end, i have been came around, it was moderates offering up the statement committing to voting for the build back better act by november 13th. the chairman saying the bulk of them would vote for this, which is what ended up happening. that s what got them to these numbers to get this bill to president biden. that head to his desk to become lawsuit. as for the build back better ac, it has to pass the house. it will go to senate, where we expect a ton of changes have been made we know senator man ....
Of those democratic proposals. it s the craziest thing i have ever seen these people are governing like they have a mandate to radically remake the country. it s build back socialism. reporter: tonight top house democrats are scrambling to secure the votes to pass both bills but some house moderates remain hesitant. now we have learned president biden is making phone calls to try to win over those democrats. lester kristin welker at the white house. thanks. there is breaking news from the justice department filing a lawsuit against texas over its new voting law. the law signed by republican governor greg abbott in september limits drop boxes and requires voter id for absentee ballots among other provisions the suit alleges the law violates protections for civil rights and voting access texas has yet to respond. in georgia, a controversy on the eve of testimony in the murder trial of three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery, the young black man who prosecutors say was joggin ....