the definition of fiscal insanity. here s manchin speaking with reporters shortly after he released that statement. in your statement you mentioned trillions of dollars. what s your response to that? we all agree on doing tax reform. and here s how progressives reacted to those comments. he needs to either give us an offer or this whole thing is not going to happen. i can tell you that his statement has probably created at least a bunch more votes on the house floor against a bipartisan bill. i m not quite sure what s going to happen tomorrow. my understanding from friends in the house is that bill will not pass. and at the end of the day you have 95% of house members, democratic caucus, 95% of the
i m not quite sure what s going to happen tomorrow. my understanding from friends in the house is that bill will not pass. this comes as fox has learned that center parliament elizabeth mcdonough has nixed for a second time and effort for democrats to stuff immigration reform into the social spending plan, that is a blow to the left. and liberals could incinerate the bipartisan info structure built tomorrow, that s due for a vote thursday in the house. will that affect the timing of the vote if the senators [indiscernible]? the plan to go forward. president biden went to the congressional baseball game tonight. he wantedid to generate support for his agenda. president obama did the same thing six years ago on the eve of a big vote on trade. the baseball diplomacyye failed. now we will know tomorrow if biden s outcome is different. moderate democrats will walk if they don t vote on
will be fully paid for. i m not quite sure what s going to happen tomorrow. my understanding from friends in the house is that bill will not pass. this comes as fox has learned that center parliament elizabeth mcdonough has nixed for a second time and effort for democrats to stuff immigration reform into the social spending plan, that is a blow to the left. and liberals could incinerate the bipartisan info structure built tomorrow, that s due for a vote thursday in the house. will that affect the timing of the vote if the senators [indiscernible]? the plan to go forward. president biden went to the congressional baseball game tonight. he wanted to generate support for his agenda. president obama did the same thing six years ago on the eve of a big vote on trade. the baseball diplomacy failed. now we will know tomorrow if biden s outcome is different. moderate democrats will walk if
now, and i push on this in the senate. i ask my friends in the house to push on this. we need to pass a bill that says the special prosecutor cannot be fired. he has a right, he will be protected, so he can finish his investigation without interference from democrats, republicans, independents, anybody, and not interference from the president of the united states. you know, he s already this investigation has produced more than two dozen indictments or guilty pleas. this is a serious investigation. our job in the senate and the house should be to protect that special prosecutor so he can finish his work and make a full and fair report to the people of the united states. now, i have to press you a little bit, because it may surprise people, people who really look up to you or look up to donald trump, that there is an overlap here, apparently, because in march, you did say, quote, we need attorney general
practice. this notion that he can t bring something to the floor also the language of we re not going to vote on something just because the senate passed it. yes, let s take a moment and say this is a moment where we finally see the senate, which has been so incompetent, it feels like, so unable to move forward, actually moving forward with what is at this point a striking bipartisan commitment. some folks typically the mavericks of their party are being the leaders. they are also saying, our friends in the house, because they recognize how unlikely it is for this legislation to move forward. they re also begging saying please, take up our bill. doesn t legislation emerge from the lower chamber, go up to the senate? this is where the shous saying we ll pass a bill, then you think about it. the house can t get anything done so you have to figure out pressure points to get them to act. in this case, if you get enough bill with senate support the public opinion would be behind