Joe Manchin learned all of the wrong lessons from the Capitol riot DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to Navy Vice Adm. Michael M. Gilday, director of the Joint Staff, before his confirmation hearing for the position of Chief Naval Operations at the U.S. Senate Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2019.
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Those of us who ve been watching politics for a while knew that the 50-50 Senate was going to be a challenge for the Biden administration. Yes, it s much, much better to have the majority and be able to set the agenda. But passing legislation with such a narrow margin is always very difficult. It s usually worse for Democrats because the small, conservative, rural state advantage in the US Senate makes it impossible to gain a majority without at least a few right-leaning showboaters who feel the need to demonstrate their independence from the libs who dominate the party.
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On this edition of Your Call, we re discussing how the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill will benefit families and children. The bill includes a historic measure of expanding the Child Tax Credit and making it a monthly payment.
Low-income families would be the biggest beneficiaries. Today, four in 10 children in the US live in households that struggle to afford basic expenses. Advocates say it’s the most far-reaching anti-poverty legislation in more than 50 years. What questions do you have about the child allowance and what will it take to make it permanent?
Guests:
Arthur Delaney, senior reporter for HuffPost covering politics and the economy
Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, called out Republican members of Congress on Thursday for demanding a permanent repeal of the estate tax a move that would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans while simultaneously rejecting the new coronavirus relief package as partisan and wasteful. While Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class, the Vermont senator said, they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax which would provide a $1.7 trillion tax break to the billionaire class. Total hypocrisy! Republicans are obsessive about delivering massive tax cuts to their super wealthy friends.
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âTotal hypocrisy!â Sanders rips GOP for pushing estate tax repeal while rejecting Covid relief as too costly
âWhile Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class, they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax.â
Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, called out Republican members of Congress on Thursday for demanding a permanent repeal of the estate taxâa move that would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americansâwhile simultaneously rejecting the new coronavirus relief package as “partisan and wasteful.”
“While Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class,” the Vermont senator said, “they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax which would provide a $1.7 trillion tax break to the billionaire class. Total hypocrisy!”