harris making administration case on wednesday. there s no question we still have work to do but it s important to note these numbers do not fully reflect the recent drop in gas prices. average national gas price have fallen everyday nearly 30 days. since mid-june, prices are down 40 cents a gallon. paul: republican constant kevin brady of texas, top republican on the house ways and means committee. welcome mr. chairman. you heard the vice president say this is out of date, the numbers are out of date, what do you think that? they have no good news to talk about, maybe that s their effort but the fact is, most americans are learning joe biden s economy is a cool economy and we got to double down and inflation is raising both for families and mainstream businesses. it s getting worse, accelerating. you are seeing significant pay cuts for families, mainstream businesses already struggling with shortage and high prices. this tells inflation staying high for an extended perio
think that maybe this is finally done? this whole build back better is like a version episode of walking dead. the zombie bill that refuses to die but one thing i noticed, i m not buying that because that report in my view didn t come from senator manchin, i think it came from democrat leadership, offices i think it s an effort of pressure, senator manchin excepting nearly a trillion dollars of devastating tax hikes, democrats are destined for the ability to spend more beyond obamacare, big enough for price controls, it is dangerous long-term but september 30 is the day the reconciliation closes. for those of us opposing the tax hike, i think we need to stay on and continue to that day.
and get the president s signature. the bill is called the first step back and aims to reduce the federal prison population. lighter sentences for non-violent offenders. jeremy diamond. you ve been covering this story from the beginning. you wrote an article detailing how this bill was dubbed by opponents a zombie bill because it would not die. tell us how it finally made it to the finish line. allies and opponents alike call this the bill that would not die. opponents called it the zombie bill for that very reason. it was the product of this unlikely coalition that emerged. president trump, when he was elected in office, private prison stocks soared because he had been talking about bringing back these tough on crime policies during his campaign but the president s son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner, pushed this effort from within over the opposition from several key administration officials including at the time the attorney general jeff sessions,
criminal justice system. 87 to 12 vote in favor of this. it has been long sought. it aims to reduce sentences for nonviolent offenders, reduce recidivism in terms of giving them the ability to thrive when they are out of prison. you have a fascinating piece this morning on the bill that wouldn t die. so many people and administrations have pushed for this. it s the trump administration that got it. van jones, koch brothers. who moved mitch mcconnell s hand on this one? it was the bill that would not die. in fact, so much so that opponents of the bill and supporters started to call it the zombie bill. this is something that has gone through this winding journey through congress, through the administration. in both of those bodies there
jeremy diamond is with us with some incredible insight on how this whole thing game together. let s start with the fact that they actually refer to this as the zombie bill because it refused to die. that s right, brook. there were so many moments where both supporters and opponents of this legislation thought that this bill was going to die. even before it got to the floor of the house of representatives in may, there were some poison pills that were being put in by officials at the department of justice according to our sources. and after that in august you ll remember the president actually tabled this measure and said we re going to hold off on this until after the midterms. and there was a final push to get mitch mcconnell to bring this to the floor. all of this was propelled by this unlikely coalition of democrats, republicans, even some celebrities like kim kardashian west who came in to help encourage the president to move forward with this. now the senate has passed this over