today when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. prior to that vote politico reported when asked if the gop would needd democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip tom emmer said republicans are the ones running this place, and republicans will pass thean bills, and that s wh we are doing. but in the end republicans did not have the votes to pass that measure on their own. they needed 52 democrats to bail them out. now, both sides have faced opposition to voting to this deal. conservatives say it does not go nearly fars enough. progressives have argued the bill s impact on the poor and working class is too severe. but the character of that opposition is remarkably different. take for instance marjorie taylor greene, the fringe conservative for this now landed herself a place as one of speaker mccarthy s top allies. told she told reporters she was leaning towards voting for this b
amendment votes in a day. there s going to be some republican amendment votes in the senate, i believe. if we will allow republicans to offer amendments, i want an amendment on my on my voigzs to strip the mountain valley pipeline, and i ll live with the result. you know, if i can convince my c colleagues, great. if i can t convince my colleagues, that s on me. but i don t think anybody should cut a deal that affects virginians particularly in the hardest hit part of our state on a really important and controversial project without reaching out tove us. and i also think stripping giving a green light to one project in the united states and saying it doesn t have to go through normal permitting rules, that just opens the door to really big problems in the future. any big corporation that is unhappy with the pace of their approvals in a regulatory environment, that s unhappy with what courts are doing, can just go toin congress and say, hey, t