infrastructure. that said, negotiations have been positive. negotiators have come out of every meeting optimistic. last night some of the democrats in the bipartisan group briefed senior white house officials who will brief the president today, we are told. it s going to be a tough decision for president biden how he chooses to weigh in here on infrastructure. he has been largely hands off while he has been out of the country. the fact of the matter is the top line figures about how much they will spend and where the money will go have never been the controversial parts. it s, how are they going to pay for it? this group made less progress on that issue. the president will have to be the decider here. let s turn to voting rights, garrett. the for the people act, the senate set to vote next week. senator mcconnell fighting this bill at every turn it would seem. he has said that there, quote, won t be a single republican who supports it. you are reporting there s a new compromise on th
the lawyers call standing. they have a beef, a legitimate problem with the law that harms them. that s what the ruling is about today. as clarence thomas said in his concurrence, we re not saying anything about the merritts of obamacare. we are saying the challengers can t successfully bring this case. the majority opinion seems to go further saying, you know, this theory nobody really could try to come to court on this theory because of the way congress structured the tax. there isn t a tax anymore. that makes it hard for somebody else to cobble together a way to bring this particular objection to obamacare back. it s not a decision on the merits. you can say it s the next best thing for supporters of obamacare. ari, you can pick up on that and talk about the implications of this moving forward? yeah. the big implication, pete walked
transformational the rescue package to make what s in there permanent in terms of affordability, access and quality health care for all americans. for the people, we will continue to work to lower health care costs by lowering the cost of prescription drugs. that is a very important part of where we go from here. we thank the court for its wisdom and declaring the cases against the affordable care act to have no standing. we are so proud of our president who is back from his bilateral trip, a trip to visit, to participate in the g7 talks, of course, the nato talks, eu talks and, oh the one on one with vladimir putin. he, i think, made a remarkable
comes to capitalism. plus jonathan turley, joe concha, and senator marsha blackburn all on deck. sandra: a rocking show coming up here with begin with the supreme court handing down a pair of major rulings in the last couple hours including a huge victory for religious freedom. hello and welcome, i am sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. look who s here. great to see you, i am trace gallagher and for john roberts. the justices siding unanimously with the catholic foster agency in philadelphia saying he could legally exclude same-sex couples. the court also upholding obamacare and a 7-2 vote. sandra: chief legal correspondent shannon bream has more. thank you for joining us. what do we know? what happened the last couple hours? let s start with the religious liberty case. advocates are celebrating unanimous decision in favor of a catholic social services group in philadelphia. working with the city placing
house will more formally release something on paper. in the meantime, we are hearing from the head of the democratic national committee who is also releasing a statement saying the aca is here to stay. also warning that this is not the end of the road for this fight. saying it s only the start. pointing to the need to actually expand on obamacare, bring more people into the process, something the white house is supportive of as well. garrett, as we came on the air for this show here on msnbc, we were listening live to nancy pelosi who was essentially declaring victory here, given the ruling. i spoke this morning with nancy mace who seemed to suggest, right now, that perhaps to ari s point, it is the legislative fight that will continue and perhaps not the legal one for republicans. what are you hearing? repeal and replace has been republican cannon since 2011 or so when it became really important on the campaign trail.