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It up. i think we can get, and i've been talking to a number of my colleagues on the hill. i think it's clear that we would be able to get support for the 500 plus billion dollars for energy and the environment issues that are there. >> president biden made news this week that he's going to break up the big domestic agenda, the social safety net, the climate bill called build back better. now that is a combined entity, he passed in the house back in november after going through a lot of negotiations to get the votes of senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, now joe manchin no longer seems to...

The American Civil Liberties Union and other progressive groups have filed a brief in support of a Supreme Court challenge to California’s donor disclosure rule over First Amendment concerns, positioning themselves in opposition to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) and other Democrats who have decried “dark money” political activity. The rule in question requires all charities that raise money in California to disclose donors to the state attorney general, which opponents argue will deter prospective donors and members. Whitehouse has called on the Justice Department t...

Alex, you've got progressive groups, they sent nancy pelosi a letter expressing deep disappointment under democrats' unwillingness to hold president trump accountable. they're asking her to open an impeachment proceeding. what do you think is the end goal of these groups? >> so these groups are looking forward to impeachment. they're trying to push the party in that direction. i think the party, at least the progressive branch of the party is moving in that direction. you see on the campaign trail, impeachment is a big thing these candidates are talking bye. it's become a talking point at the ...

Effect july 1st. >> the trajectory they are on is almost certain to be in the middle of the 2020 election as these court battles are decided. aveh new effort on the left, democratic presidential candidate support drastic spending cuts at the pentagon. 2 dozen progressive groups have gotten together behind this push. defense analysts are warning about the military's ability to meet threats from russia and china. we will talk about this with doug shown and rob kaminsky. great to have you with us. they are going to 2020 defenders saying they are pushing for hundreds of billions of dollars annuall...

>> let's be clear. this is a group of self-styled activists, progressive groups. this is not every democrat. i agree this is a huge mistake for the democrats and substantively wrong on the merits, this is one part of the democratic party.ce our front runner joe biden doesn't buy into this and i don't buy into this. we saw earlier in the show the need for additional troops in the middle east which requires more spending. we have a space force, we need to upgrade our nuclear arsenal. all this means what congress is likely to do to upgrade and increase the defense budget and for these progressive...