in the black and hispanic community are troubled with this disease. and co-pays for insulin can be as much as 600 bucks a month. now, the political cost to stay alive. now, the political divisions we mentioned in the open have fueled plenty of violent rhetoric in your state of wisconsin. this week, you voted in favor of censuring arizona congressman paul gosar for tweeting a cartoon video of him killing a democratic lawmaker. there are certainly examples of overheated talk on both sides of the aisle. but it seems as though republicans have been pushing the envelope further and further, especially post-january 6th and the big lie. they have been pushing it since both of them. what can we do about it, congresswoman? oh, my god, rev. you know, this is so frightening. you know, this is real.
ali, we re going to pass this bill, whatever changes are made in the senate. whatever we do is going to be historic. think about this. $35 a month cap on cost of insulin. i had so many members of my family succumb to insulin. and it can cost as 5, 600 bucks a month down to $35 a month. child care. really kept women out, mothers out of the work force. paid family leave. wisconsin, we are one of those states where we are expanding the affordable care act. it is hard for me to think about which one of these things wouldn t be enough to propel me toward voting for it.
todd: treasury secretary janet yellen defending president biden s proposal to spy on your bank account saying it is aimed at high income individuals. does this mean the government is trying to peek into our pocketbooks if you want to look at $600 transactions? absolutely not. this proposal has been seriously mischaracterized. there is a lot of tax fraud and cheating going on. todd: here to react executive vice president at the kings college and associate professor of business, what do you make of yellen s comments? every time she s asked about this she has to say this is not about snooping on you and the obvious response everyone gives, the mainstream media, you re looking at accounts of 600 bucks, that sounds like snooping, doesn t it? she can protest all she wants
later and a third bite and a fourth bite later down the road. democrats face a backlash about mushrooming irs powers to attract routine bank interactions of a mere 600 bucks. treasury secretary janet yellen says the public curiously seriously mix characterized the idea. it involves no reporting of individual transactions. we have a tax gap, mainly a shortfall in the amount that irs is collecting due to a failure of individuals to report the income that they have earned. there is one plan where democrats would double irs funding to pay for enforcement. it s the same as spending an extra 10 billion over the next five years. bret. bret: chad pergram live on the hill, thanks. up next, time one threatens to respond as china escalates its show of force in the region. and along the ride, you ll have many questions.
tucker: s of these stories come in every single day and you read them, they are not always written in a very straightforward manner, ap style. this is what is happening today with the biden administration style and you think, wait a minute, that has never happened before, this is a massive departure, this is a new president, this is scary. here s the latest, the biden administration has directed the internal revenue service to dig into and scrutinize every bank account in this country with a balance of more than 600 bucks. that is essentially everybody. not because there is evidence you did anything wrong, but because they are the government, they can do whatever they want. the treasury secretary janet yellen really is responsible for a lot of the economic devastation in this country, says the plan is completely routine. do you distrust the american people so much that you need to