inch closer to a legislative victory. after hours of debate they are voting on the glacier production act. it would be the largest reduction in climate in u.s. history, i would also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans, among other things. earlier today millions of americans join us on msnbc to discuss the significance. vote after vote after vote, we have done this. 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about climate change. lifted the ban on negotiating less expensive drugs under medicare. and then, as the name of the bill, says bring inflation home by 300 and $75 million in deficit reduction. i think the american public is watching with this overdue, see that they re making progress on issues they care about. legislation needs all 50 democrats to vote in order to pass it. the senate republicans are making their opposition known anyways. so, the american rescue plan, remember that one? that was su
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with us. quote, perfect as the enemy of the good. we have heard this time and time again when discussing this bill. especially when it comes to the deal struck by senators biden and sinema. is it your overall sense that this is a very delicate matter to keep all democrats on board here? it is, cory. i think that three weeks ago, most democrats did not even think this was a possibility, to have a resurrection of the spill, when senator joe manchin in the majority leader chuck schumer announced a little over a week ago now that they had a deal. it took a lot of people by surprise. including nearly all senate democrats, and also senate sinema, who s really been crucial in the closing days of the negotiations, ensuring she got her priority in those bills as well. but there are a lot of democrats that recognize that this is not the bill that they wanted. the initial build back better package was roughly 3.2 trillion dollars. on the other provisions that