this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
was very carefully negotiated it to get 50 votes in the senate. then, it will be able to come over to the house and pass with democratic votes. we are looking at the floor of the united states senate, where they have been in that chamber for 12 hours and three minutes, voting on a host of amendments. you can see right there, the bottom of your screen, senator ted cruz of texas. i wish i recognized the person he is talking to, but that is senator ted cruz. we ve heard senator amy klobuchar in the previous hour talk about the fact that he was doing what he does, trying to hold things up. one more question for you, and this has to do with senator sinema. a week ago, we were all talking about, well, joe manchin has a deal, but senator sinema has not said where she stands. one of the things that was in the inflation production act
senator amy klobuchar, from minnesota, joins us now live from capitol hill with a gigantic cup of coffee. i just noticed on twitter that you open at it for more than an, hour no sleep. how close is the senate to making the inflation production act a pass pisa logistician out of the senate? jonathan, we are literally one or two hours away. we have very few amendments left. something like of them, eight of them, all republican amendments. senator cruz is still hanging in there. like what s the amazing story is is that our caucus has struck together, defeated these amendments with no margin. there is 50 of us. vote after vote after vote, we have done this with no sleep. 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about climate change, bringing
deadlines, mail-in voting options, and what to bring with you on election day and more head to nbcnews.com/planyourvote. coming up, the inflation production act could slash u.s. emissions by 40% by 2030. next, we will talk with a member of president biden s cabinet, energy secretary jennifer granholm, about what that could mean for climate change. don t go anywhere. don t go anywhere. t s hear about this #7 pick, from a former #7 pick. juicy rotisserie-style chicken. you should ve been #1. this isn t about the sandwich, is it chuck? it s not. the new subway series. what s your pick?
and giving us that on everything that is happening in the ignited states senate, as they continue to vote on amendments, continue to vote on amendments there, to get the inflation production act passed. now with less than 100 days until the midterms, democracy is on the ballot. election deniers across the country are winning their primary races, setting up a dangerous scenario in november. in michigan s third congressional district, republican congressman peter meijer lost his reelection bid to trump backed candidate, john gibbs. you might remember, meyer was one of only ten republicans who voted to impeach donald trump after the january six insurrection. and get this, his loss could be due in part to the democratic congressional campaign committee funding adds to boost his far-right opponent. in other races, we have seen democrats vote in republican primaries, in an effort to give the democrat an extremist opponent.