and finally, republicans were willing to stiff millions of service members, people that serve the united states military would go unpaid. remind me again why this party should be taken seriously? finally, according to reports, mcconnell, the grim reaper was also worried, this is another reason he blinked that his reckless behavior might actually force senators joe mansion and kyrsten sinema to blow up the filibuster to raise the debt limit god forbid. like most things in washington, there is no deal until both parties, both major party leaders, chuck schumer and mcconnell agree to it and if they do, we ll be right back here at the poker table in december. perfect. joining me now is former senator al franken of minnesota, host of the al franken podcast who is on a comedy tour across america aaron haynes. we actually called you and we
development overnight in the intra-party struggle between the democratic party on the issue of the bipartisan infrastructure bill and president biden s domestic agenda plans. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, pretty much broke with proguessivegressives in the par says she s going to forge ahead with a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill at this point without tying it directly to the larger social spending bill. this is a break from her previous position. this is a break from what chuck schumer has talked about before, and a break from what president biden has promised before. let s talk about this, what it means and where it is going. al franken, host of the al franken podcast, and you re on a comedy tour right now, as well. i am. thank you for mentioning that. i don t think you view what s going on in congress right now as particularly funny with these negotiations having to do with the infrastructure it is slightly hair-raising, but i m optimistic.
defeat for republicans so far with trump nominees bret kavanagh and amy copy barrett agreeing with the majority to preserve the law in a 7-2 decision. now this decision does not permanently guarantee the affordable care act and protect it going forward. they re not sure how to gut it again. the decision is a victory, nonetheless. former minnesota senatorial franken was one of the key votes in the passing of the aca. he s host of the alfranken podcast and joins me now. thanks for being here. thank you. your senate yeah. 312 votes in minnesota possible i apologize. there s a slight delay. let me ask the question and i ll let you give your complete answer. what are the lessons learned, in your view, in terms of how to pass progressive legislation that will be upheld in court?
kavanaugh and amy barrett agreeing with the majority to preserve the law in a 7 to 2 decision. now this decision does not permanently guarantee the affordable care act or protected going forward. republicans, they re not sure how to get it again. but the decision is a victory, nonetheless. i ll franken was one of the key votes in the passing of the aca he is now the host of the al franken podcast and he joins me now. thank you so much for being with me, your senate win made obamacare possible. yeah. i apologize were on a slight delay. let me ask the question and i will let you give your complete answer. what are the lessons learned, in your view, in terms of how to pass progressive legislation that will be upheld in courts? that is a tall order to
few months ago. joining us now our al franken former democratic senator from minnesota and the host of the al franken podcast and also with us norman ornstein congressional historian and a meredith scholar at the american enterprise institute, also from minnesota. senator franken s it s like it felt like joe manchin reap read your op-ed piece today or whenever he said that and just put it down and said it to these people. i wouldn t get overly excited. he says he s open to modification and he s kind of said that all along. he won t get rid of the filibuster but what mormon i have proposed is a modification as you ve outlined that instead of requiring 60 votes to end the filibuster, you would require 41 from the minority to