i will use all powers available to me in the senate to have amendment vote to undue catastrophe for defense. i support raising the debt limit for 90 days to correct this disaster for deference. maybe that s a good compromise increase for 90 days and come back to the table and maybe compromise and agree on what needs to be done. ralph norman also this morning said is he not buying the june 1st or june 5th deadline. he thinks we should push it farther that we can last longer than that. steve: ultimate game of chicken. brian: yeah. guys. listener, defense spend something absolutely a priority. it s never been a priority with democrats even when they are in power which to me i can t wrap my head around. wouldn t you want the strongest defense possible. china is building up a way we never seen possible. you can t have everything and what republicans should do is
now will be, i couldn t say because obviously a lot of these folks who refuse to get vaccinated have already left their positions within the military. there was an amendment vote put forward by republicans, part of the negotiations on this bill. they did vote last night on whether to add in a provision that would allow for members who were removed from the military because of their refusal to get vaccinated to be reinstated with back pay. that amendment vote failed but regardless of what we may hear from the white house, obviously, the ndaa negotiated on a bipartisan basis, and this is not certainly a surprise to the white house. this is one of the major policy prescriptions in it that they knew they were going to have to swallow whether they liked it or not. i think the president s comments on 60 minutes some number of months ago declaring the pandemic over became good fodder for those on the right to say if that s what the president believes, we ought to get rid of this mandate as
pretty straight line democrats have in the senate right now? reporter: nothing is going to derail this, but everyone hates asking that question, but i m asking that question to pretty much every senator i see. and i have just had a chance to talk to a bunch as they have been milling around the senate chamber. no one has any estimate. under the rules of the senate, you can offer as many amendments as you want, go as long as you want to try to change, scuttle, derail, parts of this bill because of the procedure democrats are employing here, which is trying to pass this along straight party lines with the budget process that cannot be filibustered. this is why this is so significant. dem democrats, if they keep their caucus in line, they can get this through. under the rules of the senate, any senator can offer any amendment they want, no time limit, a bunch of senators told me several hours to go, four to five hours at least. john thune, the number two republican, told me 19 more amend
kansas brave to the 100-degree august heat to vote against an amendment that would have stripped abortion rights from the state constitution. nearly 60% of voters stood up in favor of protecting a woman s right to choose. in a state that has gone republican every presidential election since 1964. the amendment vote is the first time americans have had their say on abortion since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade in late june. and it gives abortion rights advocates a clear sign this fight is not over. after all, kansas is not the only state where abortion access is going to be on the ballot. this november, voters in california, michigan, vermont,