basically lynn besting the presidents signature plan on student debt? i will not comment directly on anyone s comments. i will tell you what i m saying. about my district as i go up with other people in other districts. which i am doing. this is a great move. this benefits a lot of people. this is good for the economy, good for society. we want people to be able to get higher education and get into jobs that can continue to pay well, and pay taxes that support the overall government. there is no reason to take one idea down, when there are other guys ideas instead. when you talk about all the good coming out of the session in this administration. from the rescue plan to the infrastructure bill to the chips act to the inflation reduction act, and now something like this. we have done a lot to help people. let s to celebrate those things, that s my attitude. very diplomatic, answer congressman. i want to turn to tuesday s election results. we saw new york democrat path to ryan defeat
that to me seems perhaps like a better metric to be using as we look forward to november. maybe abortion is one of the reasons democrats may be closing the enthusiasm gap. they re obviously feeling a sense of urgency now. because of that. joe biden ran on being a guy that could reach across the aisle and get something done so much in the last year, that seemed not only impossible but foolhardy. i think if you take a step back it always what they have accomplished. it s a lot. objective li speaking. i think if you look at build back better, which is a signature plan, it was superambitious. it was kitchen sink ambitious. like everything
unveiled before his inauguration as his build back better spending plan. house democrats were expected to vote on the nearly $2 trillion social spending package today, along with a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed in the senate months ago. but there s been no vote on either bill. bottom line, the sausage making here in washington has ground to a halt. tonight, it is evident that the demodemocrats have turned the president s signature legislation into a pretty unappetizing process. so let s head over to capitol hill, where cbs kris van cleave has all the up-to-the-minute details. good evening, kris. reporter: norah, it has been a day, one that started with democrats thinking this was going to be the moment they were going to finally advance the president s agenda, passing infrastructure and passing that signature socialg spending bill build back better. by 10 a.m., that was all in doubt. president biden has spent the day working the phones, but, still, his sig