appear to be borne out by photographs from the white house bathroom. tonight with the context, the international trade expert rebecca harding, and former adviser to president george w bush ron christie. hello, welcome to the programme. president biden is defying expectations, and earning a reputation as a president who gets things done. despite the toxic nature of washington politics or maybe because of it senate democrats have been working through the summer to bring about an impressive list of achievements and a lot of that has come with the support of republicans. first came the pandemic relief $1.9 trillion, otherswise known as the american rescue plan. then in november the infrastructure bill. injune the first bipartisan legislation in decades on gun safety. then came the chips act, to strengthen semiconductor manufacturing. then new health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. a bipartian agreement on nato expansion admitting finland
numbers broken down in the president s plan, and 2.25 trillion dollar infrastructure plan, the traditional elements of infrastructure are in there 932 worth of broad banding power grid enhancements. then there are about 400 billion dollars in human care services. and 918 billion dollars in housing, schools, research, and development. how much it of that do you think republicans would be able to swallow? i don t think any of the real like what is social programs i don t think we re going to swallow that under term of infrastructure because you have $2 trillion on social programs. so it is actually more than that. look, we want, we want to work with the white house. we believe that there is a need for infrastructure in the united states traditional forms of infrastructure and things that may not be traditional like broadband and also how do we