other hand 17 voted for it, it was the best example of bipartisan we ve seen in a while. a week ago we were afraid this deal was almost dead so i was thrilled it s going to be infrastructure will do a world of good for districts like mine. and what about the reconciliation package that is being put together in the senate budget committee, also will be done in the house budget committee that will be an even larger infrastructure package, how does that look tonight in relation to this bipartisan deal? i know that there are senators who have stated that they wouldn t vote for it. all i can say to that is we ve come a long way in just a week. i think that the power of discussion and negotiation compromise which sometimes seems like a lot of art in washington it has been resurrected and i think we re going to be able to get to the point where we can get this thing across the finish
meant to come forward and say, this is something i cannot accept. and it sounds like in the meeting with the present yesterday, all of the democratic send senators, really in effect, accepted all of this. we i think you have to understand why, and i really appreciated the way he put it. there is so much need out there. today, lawrence, 60 million families families of 60 million kids are going to get checks somewhere between 300 and $350 per child. and that incredible need that we are addressing, with the child tax credit, is the same kind of thinking that went into whatever the demands of this bill. it is for people to go to community college for two years, for three, to have hope and a higher education. it s for people to be able to retire at 62 and still get medicare benefits, get their dental, vision, and hearing paid for as well. it s also for people to be able
professional legislators talk to each other. they don t make demands. they make their case, and it was as the representative who spoke on camera there said, everyone in the room knows, they know completely that that rule is in the way of getting this done. we have two jobs here. one is to tell our story of how limited voting access already is in texas. that is well timed, toddler. oh, come on. she can come on camera too. what s her name? this is lark. what s her name? lark like the bird. okay, lark. let mama talk. we have two jobs. one is to tell our story, tell how limited voting access is already in texas and to tell how much worse this bill is going to make it, the real harm it s
like it in the years i ve been watching this. and that s the only way it s going to happen if the hold that together just like that. and, zerlina, it s watching this combination of experience, the experience of bernie sanders, all of his time in the senate putting this deal together, joe biden s experience, absolutely unparalleled in the presidency in terms of legislative experience and expertise. nancy pelosi, it does feel like they have their hands on these controls in a very steady way at this point. we are going to hear people say, i m not voting for it yet. we will be some of those things. but it looks like chuck schumer, which he has a schedule in mind, and nothing with it looks to me like experience matters in governing. and that s what s becoming very clear. especially after four years of donald trump. and essentially, any deal that was struck in the oval office or elsewhere was blown up by a
for our children. and of course if people get child care and they get paid leave, imagine how different life would look for anyone across the united states of america. that is populist policy. it is popular policy, whether you re in montana or whether you re in washington state or whether you re in georgia. so i think that is really the need is so great, and he is absolutely right when he says, we can absolutely and we need to spend this money so we can give americans a way to feel different about their lives when they wake up every morning. congresswoman pramila jayapal, thank you very much for starting us off tonight. we really needed your perspective on this. really appreciate it. thank you, lawrence. thank you. and joining our suggestion now, john heilemann, executive editor of the recount, where he hosts the hell and high water podcast. also with us, zerlina maxwell,