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Local officials are looking for input into how to best spend $1.7 million in federal funding that's been allotted towards homeless and vulnerable populations in St. Louis County.
Local officials are looking for input into how to best spend $1.7 million in federal funding that's been allotted towards homeless and vulnerable populations in St. Louis County.
And guaranteed paid family leave. john, that es just the surface of -- that's just the surface of it; right? >> there's also expansion to medicare benefits to include dental and vision, expanded services through medicare. these are a lot of things that democrats have wanted to get done for some time, and the issue has always been how are we going to pay for it? the friction is not just between democrats and republicans over this issue. the friction is also between moderate democrats who have to go back to a constituency at home and explain it to perhaps a generally moderate or conservative dem...
Word we heard in the 70s. you may have to get used to it again. >> bill: we're waiting for the president to see how he frames the numbers. joe manchin, "wall street journal" his headline. why i won't support spending another $3 toin 5 trillion. instead of rushing to spend trillions on new government programs congress should hit a strategic pause on the budget reconciliation legislation. a pause is rity on the trajectory of the pandemic and allow us to determine if inflation is transitory or not. your take? >> you have to start with politics here. west virginia voted 68% for donald trump, okay?...
>> look, i think you nailed it. i do believe that the way we work and how much we work and how we work has been changed probably forever in terms of this virus. my goodness i used to see you every other week. i haven't seen you in person in 16 or 17 months. you don't have the interpersonal reaction. i did see sandra this week, though. great to see her. >> bill: my big point it's a psychological analysis. we need somebody like krauthammer to explain it to us. one point i want to make. joe manchin, "wall street journal" midday yesterday. why i won't support spending another $3.5 trillion. it is ...