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Struggled to advance biden's agenda. unfortunately many of the key programs biden promised to pass have been cut out. the new family leave program, that would have given moms and dads 12 weeks of leave after the birth of a child is gone. it was chopped down by four years but even that wasn't deemed acceptable by senator joe manchin. when the demise broke earlier in the week, joe manchin said he wanted to quote, research what other countries do. joe, america is one of only six countries not to have some form of it. the global average for paid maternity leave is 29 weeks and it's 16 weeks for pa...

Watch. >> we have a deal -- >> i'm sorry, that was a clip of biden back in june when he announced the, quote, bipartisan infrastructure framework. four months later, though, we still have no signed legislation on that front. the senate voted in favor of the $1 trillion bipartisan bill in august, but the house has refused to vote on it so far as democrats argue over the build-back-better act which has been pared down to $1.75 trillion over ten years. the result of significant cuts to popular programs favored by the democratic base and the one that actually put them into power. and so on thursda...

That were in the house bill, but senator sinema says she doesn't like those. so senator warren, senator widen, we all put together this billionaire's tax and senator sinema said she was okay with that. then senator manchin said he didn't like it. so this is what we're dealing with. >> this is indeed what we're dealing with, another potential revenue source for the federal government programs forcing corporations to pay their fair share. well, today president biden and other world leaders voiced support for a 15% global corporate minimum tax. stephanie ruhle explained earlier this week why a de...

Who represent -- who are represented by the 96% that you're referring to that actually want to see this done -- >> dude, dude, joe manchin, dude, joe manchin represents 40% as many people as live in metropolitan detroit -- >> i'm with you, i'm with you. that's why i wanted to spend time talking about the process. you got to reform the process. >> you are right on. no, are you right on. >> appreciate it. congressman andy levin, appreciate you spending time with us. appreciate you. coming up, texas gained two congressional seat thanks to the census. how the new voting maps are already facing l...

Leave. there's still a lot of really good stuff in this bill and i don't want you to think that we're trying to belittle it. you have universal preschool, expanded child tax credits, affordable housing, expanded medicare benefits and hundreds of billions in funding to fight the climate crisis. all of that, really important things that the democrats should be proud to deliver to the american people. but let's get real here for a minute. it's an absolute embarrassment that democrats were forced to drop paid family leave from their social spending plan. it's fair to question at this point why dem...