kinds of things that have a massive, massive effect on an election in the future. and so i think that everybody s kind of trying to talk about this area that is generally popular, but, man, the hangover from it is going to be, i think, devastating. and it s going to be really devastating for nancy pelosi and joe biden and democrats if they continue on this path. mike: catherine, the house voted to authorize a january 6th commission to look into the attack. is there danger for republicans of this extending into next year and hurting their chances in the midterms? well, certainly it s a concern for some republicans, right, mike in they, obviously, would like to look forward. there s a lot of republicans and leaders who talk about how they would like to really focus on a message countering biden, countering democrats. some of the things that we were just talking about. inflation, for example, the economic argument they d like to make and the existence of this commission means that this
kinds of things that have a massive, massive effect on an election in the future. and so i think that everybody s kind of trying to talk about this area that is generally popular, but, man, the hangover from it is going to be, i think, devastating. and it s going to be really devastating for nancy pelosi and joe biden and democrats if they continue on this path. mike: catherine, the house voted to authorize a january 6th commission to look into the attack. is there danger for republicans of this extending into next year and hurting their chances in the midterms? well, certainly it s a concern for some republicans, right, mike in they, obviously, would like to look forward. there s a lot of republicans and leaders who talk about how they would like to really focus on a message countering biden, countering democrats. some of the things that we were just talking about. inflation, for example, the economic argument they d like to make and the existence of this commission means that this
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, greets Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday in Washington.
WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a public works proposal with a much smaller price tag and a narrower definition of infrastructure than what President Joe Biden has proposed, highlighting the stark differences between the two sides that will be difficult to bridge in the coming months.
The price of the Republicans’ two-page outline came in at $568 billion over five years, compared to the $2.3 trillion that Biden has called for spending over eight years. The lawmakers framed their counter proposal as a “very, very generous offer.”
“Everything we love is at stake, first-term Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., said Thursday, ticking off a list of House-passed bills gathering dust in the Senate. “Not just everything we love, but everything we need.
It would take all 50 Democratic senators plus Harris to abolish or curtail the filibuster, over the certain objection of the chamber s 50 Republicans.
But moderate Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., have opposed eliminating it, and Democrats say others in the party quietly oppose the move as well. Filibuster supporters cite a preference for seeking bipartisan accord with Republicans as well as repercussions when the GOP, inevitably at some point, returns to majority Senate control.
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