domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as the cap and trade bill. after a central provision in the legislation to put a cap or a limit on carbon emissions and businesses chain themselves their emissions capacity to each other. it wasn t the most far-reaching proposal that democrats were pushing for at the time, but it wasn t a half measure either. had it passed, the cap in trade bill would have been the single biggest legislative attempt under dressing climate change in u.s. history. and democrats appeared to be on track to get it done
suggests, tackles the current high inflation impacting marking pocketbooks. long term, it aims to lower prescription drug prices and a big one for progressives, addresses the climate crisis. it s the race to pass before the august recess begins. doing so could offer the boost they need to win the bet terms. here is senator schumer just last hour reinforcing the impact that the i.r.a. will have on americants the most. the time is not move forward with a big, bold package for the american people. again, this was a historic bill, this is store bill will reduce inflation, lower cost, for climate change. it is time to move this nation forward. the stage appears set for passing. all 50 democratic senators on board, including the critical support of arizona senator kristen sinema, who oked the bill after negotiating to drop a 14 billion dollar tax front increase on hedge fund managers and private the next step is overcoming republican roadblocks. here is democratic senator bri
it is evidence of tyranny, we re in a battle right now between liberty and tyranny. it what kind of a country do we want to live in? you have a department of justice headed by radical politicals. not just garland but names you problem never heard of before. deputy attorney general. lisa monaco. long time obama operative. vanita gupta. and u.s. attorney in washington, d.c., matthew graves. they make up the kabul. that is making decisions about the future of this country. and they are using the law in a way we were told would create tyranny. tyranny. he was one of favorites of ronald reagan, he wrote, the law perverted and police powers of state perverted with it the law i say, not only turned from proper purpose, but made to follow a contrary purpose, the law becomes the weapon of every kind of greed, instead of checking crime, the law itself is guilty of the evils it supposed to punish. that is what is taking place today. i want to read something to you. it is the soviet
joining us this hour. tonight, polls have just now close in new york. home to seven consequential primaries into special elections that may tell us a lot about the role abortion will play in the midterms. steve kornacki joins us at the big. board florida political girl, mark caputo is here as for the democrats choose their pick to take on governor ron desantis. plus, breaking news tonight about the top secret document trump had at mar-a-lago, information being called quote, among the most sensitive secrets the u.s. ole. donald trump reportedly wouldn t show some of the material, even to some top eight. one of the washington post reporters who broke that story, carol lanning joins us live. the jury finds two men guilty of kidnapping as the irs because of threats from the far-right. we start tonight with what you might call a quintessential new york moment. i will take you out. you can take me? out how are you gonna do that? watch. that would then republican candi
it is classified material. it was an unprecedented action that needs to be supported by unprecedented justification. the justice department needs to release the information about the steps they did take to try to cooperate with the former president. harris: we re also learning from our sources the d.o.j. does not want a review of the raid. that s almost laughable. the former commander-in-chief calls them corrupt and says the raid is all part of their played out attempts to undermine him. the white house is, of course, denying any political motivations. this is about the american people and doing what is right for the american people. the department of justice, when it comes to law enforcement, is independent and this is what we believe and what the president has said. this is not about politicizing anything. harris: the former president himself was talking with fox this morning and said he is willing to do whatever possible to help the nation after the raid saying t