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Medicare and combatting climate change. . >> this is all part of the build back better agenda, which is the president's agenda. so we've got the president's back here. >> we're eager to pass both of those bills. they represent the president's agenda. >> reporter: meanwhile in the senate, two moderate democrats are stalling moving forward. senator joe man chen saying he wants to slim down the cost of the infrastructure bill. the west virginia lawmaker proposing slashing the price tag to $1.5 trillion, keeping the bipartisan infrastructure bill focused on upgrading roads, rails, and bridges. >> ...

We'll move to the second story. a conservative lawmaker proposing to get out of washington d.c. and stay home with their constituents. steve pearce's virtual congress would let politicians attend hearings from their home state surrounding them with there can teach humans instead of lobbyists. the question is does they become the virtual slot. probably. clayton, over to you. transfer code when writing for a stay. eric holder coming back to send the doj had criticizing jeff sessions decision to order stricter sentences for criminals saying the policy announced today is not tough on crime. it's i...

Afford. you know you got to start somewhere. >> reporter: senators mccaskill and toomey want a new enforcement mechanism that would allow any senator to raise a point of order against any spending they see as earmark. the lawmaker proposing would have to publicly justify it. it would take 67 votes to keep it in the bill. that would make earmarks very, very difficult, if not impossible. back to you guys. jon: easier than getting a line-item veto out of the white house. >> reporter: quite possibly. jon: jim angle. thank you. >> reporter: you bet. jenna: we're less than five weeks until the first...

And school was spelled incorrectly. martha: everyone is texting and people dornts -- don't look carefully when they are doing this. bill: word check. bring it on. martha: you have to look it up, you know. bill: right. and, the u.s. military, absentee ballots, a problem sometimes the ballots don't make it home in time to be counted and there is one lawmaker, pushing for a high-tech approach to be sure every vote is counted, laura ingle is live, and what is the lawmaker proposing. >> reporter: good morning, we are talking about tom moriarity's proposal, that would create a secure internet based ...