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medical issues she has acknowledged his issues. she is still able to summon the energy and concentration to vo vote. she has continued to work. i think she deserves an opportunity to make a decision about her career. i had the opportunity to serve it was 100 years old when he retired. their people back then he said he should go. but not with the same kind of intensity today. again i think this is something senator feinstein should consider make a decision from swiss et cetera have a wonderful time have a wonderful graduation ceremony thank you sir. thank you shannon. cap next two big-name republicans officially joined the 2024 race this week. what is it mean for the dynamics of the race question fermenter send a group in just a minute how these candidates might ve taken on former president trump.
community of el paso. we re a very caring community. mayor, thank you. so the senate is racing to pass its massive $1.8 trillion funding bill to beat the winter storm coming. manu raju is on capitol hill. what s the latest on timing on this package vote? reporter: that is really the big question on capitol hill. we do expect that this bill will eventually become law. the question is, when? even though this bill juswas unveiled just yesterday morning, 1:20 in the morning, and it was drafted by a handful of members, it encompasses $1.7 trillion in federal spending, and encompasses more than 4,100 pages. it is still expected to pass the senate as soon as today. now the question is, when? because all 100 senators need to agree on the scheduling of a vo vote. if not, one senator can delay things, and they re negotiating an amendment package to give
so what is the timeling here then? when do we expect this framework to move towards eventually a vo vote? we, pamela, we will be turning it this week into legislative language we can use on the floor. i am cautiously optimistic we can get this passed out of the senate in about the next two weeks before early july. in senate terms, that lob rocketing a law. but for the average american who has been waiting and watching in the weeks since the horrifying tragedy in buffalo and uvalde, they want us to act before the attention of the nation turns to something else and they want us to act before the pressures that schprevented comprehensive gun reform legislation in the past begin to work to this 20 committed to each other and this project.
into law would fail this week that was a given going in. what was the take away of that vo vote? did it serve the democrats? chuck schumer wanted to create the contrast between democrats and republicans and try to paint a picture for public of which party is on the side of women s rights and abortion rights. that s a reason why there are two republican senators, two female republicans who do support access to abortion just not in the way just not in the way this bill was written. that s susan collin and lisa murk murkowski. we asked why not come up with a compromise that could get them on board. he made it pretty clear that this is a messaging bill that is meant to show that distinction between the two parties when et