political outsider in the vein of john mccain. let s be honest, if john mccain as a child had been dropped on his head and into a vat of acid, and you see why republican trying to change the conversation. mitch mcconnell knows that candidate quality really does matter. even when the political winds should be in his party s favor. look at the 2010 and 2012 election cycles. maybe remember delaware republican senate candidate christine o donnell, who after confessing she dabbled in witchcraft has aired a campaign ad saying she wasn t a rich. or caught todd aiken, whose lead in the polls came to a halt when he said there were legitimate forms of rape. when house democrats got walked and lost dozens of seats in couldn t win the senate for republican, and i couldn t do it in 2012 even. mitch mcconnell knows political losers when he sees them. and it s clear he doesn t have a lot of hope for his crop of contenders. joining us now is former democratic congressman, max rosa of new
deficit spending and options to pay for their infrastructure bill they re working on now. progressives are advocating for a wealth tax. the white house is reportedly focused on increasing the corporate tax rate, raising income taxes for those making more than $400,000 a year and other tax hikes that would impact the rich. biden president biden seems to realize that republicans are not going to get on board for this. i ll get the democratic votes for a tax increase. if we took the tax raise back when bush was president, 6%, that would raise $230 billion. because republicans have lined up against it, there s new pressure for democrats to strap the filibuster. moderates like joe manchin oppose nuking filibuster. president biden indicated he s open to the idea. republicans are calling it a power grab and they re warning democrats could use the change for immigration reform. they re prepare to steam roll the senate into a body like the house because they get in the way of
They just need tax relief and this is taking a tax burden off their backs but the stimulating nature is well designed so for example, i was at a Manufacturing Company not long ago and my constituents in suburban chicago. The company said this. Peter, were going to invest 30 million in our plant next year if that Tax Bill Plans with full expensing as we proposed, were not going to spend 30 million. Were going to spend 50 million its that type of approach that were trying to create here which is why there was so much enthusiasm about it among republicans in the house. You havent seen this in a long long time. Maria well you have enthusiasm sure but not so much from those 13 republicans who voted no against the house bill. God bless them and if youre chasing everybody all the time in terms of a Roll Call Vote youll be waiting a long time. To get 227 House Republicans to agree on something as big as this is i think incredibly
significant and a good milestone but we still have good work to
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