conspiracy theories about voting machines, that they were baseless. that s on top of reporting from a new book peril that a conservative lawyer tried to convince then vice president pence to overturn the election. let s discuss all of this and more now with democratic congressman adam schiff. he is the chair of the house intelligence committee and sits on the house select committee investigating january 6, the january 6 insurrection. good evening to you. thank you so much for joining. this is a critical moment, congressman. if democrats can t unite around these infrastructure and these budget bills, is the party at risk of losing out on biden s entire domestic agenda until at least the 2022 midterms? look, we can t accept anything short of passing these vital bills for the country. and i think we will, because it s just that important. the country desperately needs this investment in physical infrastructure and human infrastructure, this long overdue investment in our
so there is new evidence of the former president s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election. the new york times is reporting the trump campaign was aware of pro-trump lawyers conspiracy theories about voting machines, that they were baseless. that s on top of reporting from a new book peril that a conservative lawyer tried to convince then vice president pence to overturn the election. let s discuss all of this and more now with democratic congressman adam schiff. he is the chair of the house intelligence committee and sits on the house select committee investigating january 6, the january 6 insurrection. good evening to you. thank you so much for joining. this is a critical moment, congressman. if democrats can t unite around these infrastructure and these budget bills, is the party at risk of losing out on biden s entire domestic agenda until at least the 2022 midterms? look, we can t accept anything short of passing these
us to allow to sail by. budget bills are reserved exclusively for money and taxes. the senate can t pass immigration the regular way because of the filibuster, but it is different if democrats can jam immigration into this bill, so they re working the rest. our fate is being decided by the senate parliamentarian. i think we have a strong case. i hope she agrees. the senate parliamentarian determines what is in and out. if democrats persuade her it is a money issue, it could be in. even senate minority leader mcconnell admires the audacity of the democrats and he s resigned to an eventual mcdonough decision. you can t blame them for trying. abiding by the rule of the parliamentarian is essential to the function of the senate. democrats could use revenue from new citizens as new taxpayers to cover the cost of
much of the budget bills exclusively for money and taxes. democrats are already using the special process to avoid a filibuster. the senate can t pass immigration the regular way because of the filibuster. but it s different if democrats can jam immigration into this bill. so, they are working the ref. our fate is being decided by the senate parliamentarian. i think we have a strong case. i hope she agrees. elizabeth mcdonough determines what s in and what s out. if democrats persuade mcdonough that immigration is a money issue, it could be in. even senate minority leader mitch mcconnell admyers the audacity of the democrats. he is resigned to an eventual mcdonough decision. i can t blame the other side for trying. that s always the temptation of the majority using the reconciliation process but abiding by the ruling of the parliamentarian is essential to the function of the senate. democrats could use revenue from new citizens as new
mea meacham. thank you, good to see you. good evening to you. in the next 2 1/2 weeks, president biden needs to get his infrastructure and budget bills over the finish line, while dealing with covid, the recovery from multiple deadly storms, the fallout from afghanistan. give us some context on the significance of this month to the biden presidency. what is second prize? it s the businessest est agenda imagine. august is almost always a terrible month. there s something about august. and lord willing, september and october and november and going forward will be better. you know, it was 90 years ago this weekend that franklin roosevelt gave a statement