at 928 billion, most of that, the vast majority of that is re-purposed covid relief funds or money that s already been appropriated. and they haven t agreed on the pay fors. the republicans say don t change the 2017 tax cut bill, and democrats in the white house say we want to raise taxes on corporations and people over $400,000 to pay for this. so i think there is still really really far apart but, yes, i think joe biden sincerely would like an infrastructure deal that s bipartisan. i just don t know if they are going to be able to get there. bret: what about that talking point part of the kabuki theater as mara describes ben republicans like talking to president biden but not sure his staff wants him to be where he is. mara is correct that this is kabuki theater. one thing we shouldn t pass by in this is that, you know, the reports are that joe biden s budget, that his proposal includes the expected sun setting of those trump tax cuts, not just for high earning
whitaker should. second, if that doesn t happen, we democrats, house and senate, will attempt to add to must-pass legislation. in this case, the spending bill, legislation that would prevent mr. whitaker from interfering with the mueller investigation. that legislation has had bipartisan support. two democrats and two republicans introduced it. as you mentioned, there are a number of republicans who have spoken out that we cannot allow whitaker to interfere with the mueller investigation. so there s no reason that legislation shouldn t pass. right. and be added to the bill. the majority leader of the senate at mitch mcconnell has expressed zero desire or willingness to have this be voted on in the full senate. you have the power, because of the 60-vote threshold, to force this legislation into the government spending bill or some
states rights, states rights, that s about all that the republicans have talked about and local governance. now the federal government is telling california, what laws they should and shouldn t pass. it s an interesting point there. how much leeway do the states have though? well, you know, there s a rule about the supremacy and having federal laws enforced within the state. the question will be here are the california laws actually specifically opposed to the federal law? do they cause it to not be enforced within the state or is it the state s efforts to deal with some of the immigration issues that they have internally? so i think ultimately at the end of the day obviously the judge will make that call but historically we do think that states have rights to pass laws affecting their local law enforcement. that s what it sounds like is happening here. again, this administration has been fascinated with guns and gangs and immigration and we re back to talking about street crimes i
kro kraut hammer has been saying it goes to people s belief in the ability of government to run massive programs like this one, at least in 2013 and the way america is right now. let s separate two things. on immigration the mayor isn t saying it shouldn t pass. he s a strong supporter of it passing as you ve seen from bipartisan leaders across the sector. on the obamacare front, there were very serious concerns about the website. the website is getting fixed. there were very serious concerns on this show and elsewhere about the back end. insurers say that s being fixed. they re concerned about the cancelled plans. that s increasingly being fixed. as people look at this as a failure, there will be rep cushions. if people look at it as an example people are trying to solve a problem that they experience at the kitchen table and they see mistakes were made but efforts were made to fix it,
kro kraut hammer has been saying it goes to people s belief in the ability of government to run massive programs like this one, at least in 2013 and the way america is right now. let s separate two things. on immigration the mayor isn t saying it shouldn t pass. he s a strong supporter of it passing as you ve seen from bipartisan leaders across the sector. on the obamacare front, there were very serious concerns about the website. the website is getting fixed. there were very serious concerns on this show and elsewhere about the back end. insurers say that s being fixed. they re concerned about the cancelled plans. that s increasingly being fixed. as people look at this as a failure, there will be rep cushions. if people look at it as an example people are trying to solve a problem that they experience at the kitchen table and they see mistakes were made but efforts were made to fix it,