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Terms of stimulating the economy. >> well, dan, it does seem like the only thing that could change the actions in washington is for the voters to speak. but i don't sense that the voters are ready to just sort of rebel full bore against everybody here in washington. >> no, it doesn't seem that way, chuck. we're clearly still in a period in which we're divided red and blue and everything as we watch heading toward november seems in those two channels. the republicans have seen this year all along as an opportunity really to take over the senate. it took, i think, the white house some time to re...

Focus the public on just how bad it is in washington, but it was striking to us going through this six-month report card, things have -- it's like watching a slow erosion and then you look from january to now and you went oh, my god, things really did get bad. >> that was a pretty bleak report you put together, i must say as you reviewed the whole year. i think the striking thing is, you know, we started the year with only, as you say, a little bit of optimism. i think things have gone much worse than people had anticipated. the congress shut down far earlier than we thought. the relationship ...

Matters richard engel is with us along with david ignatius of the "washington post." let me go with you, richard, what do you make of this? it didn't seem -- what's the right word? it didn't seem to be freighted right. he's quitting over an extramarital affair, but why is he telling us about this? it doesn't seem like the normal washington scandal developing here. what's going on? >> well, the timing, we may have some new indications about the timing based on the information i'm about to say. this is what we know so far and what we've been able to confirm and is reportable. of course, the cia ...

Right word? it didn't seem to be freighted right. he's quitting over an extramarital affair but why is he telling us about this? it doesn't seem like the normal washington scandal developing here. what's going on? >> well, the timing, we may have some new indications about the timing based on the information 50i78 about to say. this is what we know so the far and what we've been able to confirm and is reportable. of course, the cia director today resigned, and he cited that extramarital affair. also we have learned from law enforcement sources and law enforcement officials that the fbi is now ...

Capito, the president said he was willing to he also called for beefing up irs enforcement. >> raising tacks on the wealthiest americans who have done extraordinarily well during the pandemic. it would mean opposing the very enforcement of the 2017 tax law. >> $1 trillion infrastructure plan is about more than rebuilding the nation's crumbling roads and bridges. it's a test for whether washington can work in the biden era and the president is making it harder for republicans to turn down the deal. >> we're still hoping we can come to an agreement on a fully paid for and significant infrastruct...