And hours long session on the critical measure that could pave the way for President Bidens 1. 9 trillion relief package. Jillian Griff Jenkins has a breakdown, you always win. Reporter more exciting than watching the super bowl you can watch your senate hard at work on votearama. Theyve been at this since 2 30 p. M. Yesterday. It is a timehonored tradition where the Minority Party forces the Majority Party to endure endless amendments putting senators on the record. Any senator can offer an amendment to the Budget Measure and so far 850 have been filed and as we have seen overnight more than 30 reached a roll call voice vote on the floor. Unclear when the ends. We are told maybe in an hour or so. We will keep you posted. Some amendments pass, others fail. When it did pass, senators todd young, proposal to block Illegal Immigrants from getting stimulus checks. It was adopted but 42 lawmakers voted against it and some of the issues which range from tax increases on Small Businesses to t
Mccarthy warns democrats the tide may turn against you in the future. You will regret this. You may regret this a lot sooner than you think. If thats the new standard, if people are held to what they have said prior to even being in this house, if the majority gets to decide who sits on other committees, i hope you keep that standard because we have a long list you can work within your own. Harris sooner than you think, he says. Also in focus this hour claims of hypocrisy against a major book publisher, rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel reacts. A new battle over whether taxpayers should be on the hook for 650 billion in student loan debt. Steve forbes will weigh in. First lets bring in florida congressman matt gaetz of the House Judiciary Committee to talk about our top story. I understand you did not vote with those 11 republicans to remove Marjorie Taylor greene from her committees, why . It wasnt an attack on Marjorie Taylor greene it was attack on the voerts. She got more votes than i
Because its 50 50. Putting Democrats O Step further to approving a final bill. The republicans went after that massive price tag and called the plan a wish list of far left policies. Thats not in line with bidens call for unity at all. You are watching outnumbered come on im a harris faulkner. My cohost, emily compagno. Host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy. Former white house to Communications Director under President Trump, alyssa farah, is here. An nfl player, Ordained Minister Command Spokesman for the National Association a Police Athletic league, jack brewer. Jack, great to see you, alyssa, great to see you too. Jack come i want to start with you on pushing ahead without any republican support. Ive heard that the clock is ticking, i know that and i know where the economy is for people. A lot of people are struggling to. At the same time, we have seen eight months go by with nancy pelosi to get to what we got to at the end of last year. Jack it adds to the divide. I think its u
jacqui: president biden touts the massive spending plan in oregon this weekend. we learned that president obama will be giving democrats much-needed star power at high profile events in atlanta, detroit, milwaukee in the coming weeks. we ve got coverage with dan springer in portland, but we ll start with the heated georgia senate battle. heated indeed. reverend warnock faced hershel walker running for senate as a republican. the two met in a debate in savannah last night and there were fireworks sparring on a range of issues, including abortion, take a listen. that a patient s room is too narrow and small and cramped a space for woman, her doctor, and the united states government. i just a neat talker, but did he not mention that there s a baby in that room as well? on the topic of election integrity, hershel walker acknowledged that president biden legitimately won the 2020 election. senator warnock dodged the question on whether he d support the president if he seek
ready to discuss a prisoner swap. former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul and the executive director of the wnba players association will join us to break down the latest. also ahead, democrats reach an agreement on their economic package helping president biden make good on a major campaign promise. we ll have the latest from the white house. that is because, and willie, my gosh, our economy later job numbers have just come out. you talk about a resilient economy, man. it keeps rolling. this is an incredible jobs number. the july jobs report is in and much stronger than expected. the u.s. economydded 528,000 jobs last month. with the unemployment rate ticking down to 3.5%. that jobs number notably higher than what we ve seen in recent months. economists are expecting gains to slow this month and in months to come. let s go right to nbc news senior business analyst stephanie ruhle. by my count, this is about twice as many jobs as most analysts expected to be added