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To senator joe manchin a few times today and he explained to me why he is standing his ground so strongly. he told me he's very concerned that if they go forward with this massive spending with a flood of new social programs, with no needs testing and no work requirement that society is going to progress into an entitlement economy. also breaking today, he did confirm that back in july he signed a letter and an agreement for a simply a memo with leader schumer indicating that $1.5 trillion is as high as he is willing to go. i asked him today if that 1.5 trillion is still as far as he's willing...

If this does not get done in the next couple of weeks, the treasury secretary says the loss could be catastrophic. as for those spending bills, the house is planning, key word planning to vote on that frut bill, but progressives are threatening to vote against it until they get their vote on that bigger, broader social programs bill first. in the past hour, top white house officials wrapped up a meeting with kyrsten sinema. and our team, the only woman with alexandria ocasio-cortez where she says this. >> some folks in our party have reneged on that agreement. and that's where i think that we ...

Progressive caucus from 20 all the way to 48 who were hard no's voting on this package before you get to the 3.5 reconciliation package, all that spending more new social programs. you only have and here is the question we don't really know, anywhere from 5 to 20 republican yeses. and the math is exceedingly difficult. one caveat on this, i guess i should say two, there is a coordinated strategy, the white house and the congressional lead r ship always have a plan to get this through that we in the press are not necessarily reporting. i talked to a lot of people in town don't understand how na...

Tens of thousands of Afghans who helped American forces over the two-decades-long war are now arriving in the U.S. as refugees, following what for many has

The sudden influx means resettlement agencies are rushing to secure a range of services for evacuees as they begin a new chapter of their lives.