economic legislation through the senate. the inflation redaction act represents what would be the largest investment in energy and climate programs in u.s. history. it would extend health care subsidies and give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices. senator schumer says it will close tax loopholes and reduce the deficit by $300 billion. cnn s sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill with the latest on the deal. reporter: good morning. this is certainly a big breakthrough on capitol hill and democrats and the white house certainly breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning. senator sinema coming out and announcing that she is on board, that she s going to move forward with this bill, meaning that democrats very likely have the votes to get this passed through on capitol hill, and this is a major piece of the biden administration with major investments in climate, energy and health care, as well as tax reform. it was on that issue of tax reform where senator
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istanb istanbul. eric cantor plans to step down on july 1st and a handful of members are looking for power. it is following his loss to the tea party challenger dave brat. so creigh sy, what s next for the gop? trying to wrap up this leadership issue quickly because they don t want the scenario to be a big split in the republican party going into the fall election. they have this vote coming up one week from today. as one member put it, we ve got to get this train back on track as fast as we can. reporter: after losing his seat in congress, eric cantor says he ll step down asthma j my leader next month. he d make an outstanding majority leader. two texans are also in the running. i think we work very well together.
temporary extension. as one conservative member put it, that is one of the only tools they have left to get this done in the remaining days. it s not immediately clear that a daca deal has gone away either as much as the daca deal appears to be looking like it has prospects for the 19th. the president made a surprise appearance at a panel event on opioids and healthcare. he said he saw he talked about the economy and other issues. he did see a deal at some point on immigration and on the daca issue. but again, that wasn t saying it s close. it wasn t saying it s this week and it wasn t saying it s a sure thing. shepard: thanks, louise, from the wall street journal. thanks so much. nice to see you. thank you. shepard: lawmakers are fired up over last week s white house meeting on immigration, the one we did cussed. one senator said he s fed up over a lack of answers. you don t remember, you can t remember the words of your commander-in-chief. that s unacceptable. shepard: