Joining us this morning is jason deck. Dick, the Deputy Editor of Roll Call, here to talk about the week ahead. Both chambers are back in congress. What is on the agenda in the house . Guest a lot. This will be a busy month of june. The house has been out since before memorial day. They have a lot of catching up to do on the floor. The first thing on the agenda is a pair of bills. One would basically rescind the authorization of use of military force from 2002 and the iraq war. There is a growing consensus that this authorization of use of military force is not necessary and they will be able to conduct activities around the globe to keep the country safe, using the previous authorizations of use of military force. This one that specifically authorizes force in iraq military force in iraq is not necessary. There is legislation by juan vargas that would enhance transparency requirements for what is called esg requirements and proxy statements for public companies. This is saying this is what a company is doing to enhance their environmental profile. This has become a really big topic in light of some of the social justice movements we have seen in the country in the past year or so. This is important to a lot of investors who want to make better decisions, based on how a company behaves on issues that are important to them. Host we are talking about the week ahead in congress. Let me tea up the lines for viewers. What do you want to see congress working on . To republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. Jason dick, what about the upper chamber . What is on the agenda . Guest this is going to be a big moment in the biden administration for the judiciary, in particular. They will vote to confirm his first appellate judge, a District Court Judge in d. C. She would be filling the seat of Merrick Garland, d. C. Circuit judge the d. C. Circuit judge the second most powerful court on the land. She is thought of as a attentional supreme Court Nominee herself. President Barack Obama considered her for the seat of antonin scalia. He went with garland instead. Garland was never considered by the senate, who was led by republicans at sign at the time. She will be his first appellate Court Nominee to be confirmed. And we will see as the supreme court starts to wrap up its term, whether there will be any retirements. There is speculation about stephen breyer. Bill clinton nominated him to the court. It could be that interesting beginning of supreme Court Drama the beginning of supreme Court Drama for the summer. She would be the first black woman on the supreme court. And also, juneteenth. There is a lot of symbolic value to having this confirmation vote today. It also shows that the Confirmation Process for the judiciary is getting into high gear. Host the front page of Roll Call. Com, staffers inspect expect Infrastructure Bills to pass but little else. Where do the negotiations stand on infrastructure . Guest is moving forward on a dual track right now. The house later on this month, not this week, but probably the last month of june, the Senate Majority Leader will pass a Service Transportation Bill somewhere in the round of 500 billion to 600 billion. That is expected to be part of the eventual big Infrastructure Package that democratic leaders want to pass this year. In the senate, things are a little more mixed. They passed a different Service Transportation Bill last month that had bipartisan support. A lot of democrats are not happy with some of the things that were left out, like climate and so forth. On the other hand, we have this group of 10 senators, five democrats and five republicans, have been negotiating among themselves on the broader Infrastructure Package. They are looking at a 1. 2 trillion package. That is a little bit less than the president has said that he wanted and that he was negotiating. He said he would like to make sure the country is on the road to recovery and continues that way. But, it is getting closer to his number that was upwards of 2 trillion. The president is not going to get back from europe until later on this week. He will not have any meetings, necessarily, with any of those folks. The more support they can get on a bipartisan level for Something Moser to what he wants, that shows movement and that could move later this summer. Host where do i mean you talked about a dual track, who is involved in a bipartisan proposal . Guest is an interesting mix. On one hand, you have susan collins, someone who has been the at the center of a lot of these negotiations for decades. And mitt romney, a firstterm senator. He comes to the senate with a wealth of experience as a Gop President ial nominee and a former governor. Among democrats, you have people like jon tester, someone who comes from a republican Leaning State in montana and knows how to win elections and explain tough votes and work across party lines in his state and among some of his colleagues in the senate. Just those three names alone shows geographic diversity and shows an ideological diversity. And hopefully we will get some things going. Rob portman, a retiring senator from ohio, also comes with a wealth of experience in the house and working as a member of the george w. Bush administration and as a senator. This seems to show that there is some support. And also, when people with that sort of wide pallet get together, that gives cover to other people in their respective caucuses and sins a signal to the leadership that there is broad support here and we want this to happen. Host if you have questions on infrastructure, call in this morning. That is on the if that is on the top of your to do list for congress, we will take your questions and comments about that. Any other policy agendas as well. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. Text us, first name, city and state, at 202 7488003. Here is a text, any movement from Joe Manchin on voting rights . Guest not that i am aware of. Joe manchin of West Virginia is a democratic senator. He came out a little over a week ago with an oped in his hometown newspaper, the Charleston Gazette mail and said he was opposed to the current voting rights legislation, hr one and s one, because it is not bipartisan. Some people have said that you have to have partners willing to meet you in order to be bipartisan. But, it doesnt seem like there is a lot of movement there. What is interesting about this is there are a lot of items in the voting Rights Bill that Joe Manchin is supposed to. He wants to make sure that it is bipartisan so it can be a lasting piece of legislature. He has voiced support for the voting rights reauthorization act, named after john lewis, a democrat from georgia and a key figure in the civil rights movement. He got a boost from Merrick Garland on friday, who said this would be a good idea to pass it. We also he said we also need the broader package to set the minimum standards for voting rights in the country. Not a lot of movement with Joe Manchin. It does seem that there is going to be more pressure on him. We have both chambers back in for the first time in quite a while. The senate is still on track to consider Chuck Schumer on track. Chuck schumer said he wants the senate to consider the voting Rights Act by the end of this month, the end of this session. They have two more weeks in the senate to do it. We will be looking at it very closely toward the middle and the end of this week, to see where that starts coming up in the discussion. Host Jason Dick is with us. The Deputy Editor for Roll Call, here to take your questions and comments about the agenda. What do you want to see congress working on . Christine in richmond, virginia, democratic caller. Caller my question was about climate change. Where is that as part of the Infrastructure Bill . Guest right now sorry. Right now, this has cost a lot of consternation among Summit Senate democrats. Sheldon whitehouse has spent a number of years on the floor, trying to call attention to this, saying there is not enough provisions in the Infrastructure Package to assuage him about addressing climate change. This is one of the things when people say dont forget you need to get everybody on board on this with democrats. There is not enough going on with climate change to a stage assuage people like sheldon whitehouse. We will see where that goes. The president may have given him and democrats some kind of coverage over the weekend with the when the g7 said they wanted to stop supporting any new coalbased Power Generation and were committing to cutting emissions in g7 countries. It is not the same thing as legislation and an Infrastructure Package, wears where it is codified in the United States. Host the biden administration offers plans for unused Border Wall funds. What do they want to do with this money . Guest as you recall, the Trump Administration, during the debate over the wall, they could not get the money they wanted from the corporations committees to construct the wall on the southern border. One of the things the administration did is they reappropriated money from construction budgets to constructing parts of the wall. The biden administration wants to put that money back into military construction accounts. They want to repair some of the damage that was done to some of the areas, particularly in southern california and so forth , which dealt with erosion. One of the walls goes across the beach, separating mexico and california. In the military construction budgets in particular, these are the things, weapons are not going to warfare aspects of the pentagons budget. Housing this is how housing is constructed on basis. These are literally the building blocks of the military and how they rebuild Basis And Repair things bases and repair things. We are not talking about a ton of money but it was a symbolic move that biden wanted to make and will put some relief in areas that were feeling strained. Military construction has been a fairly popular Spending Line with congress, because they like to be able to report say they are replacing housing and infrastructure. It will replenish a lot of that. Host paul in mississippi, democratic caller. Good morning. It is your turn. Caller yes. I would like to know what that colonial pipeline the russian hackers shut down, i think it was snowden who played a part in that. Is he still in russia . Guest im not aware of edward snowdens whereabouts. Last i heard, he was in russia. I have not seen any News Coverage about his involvement in the ransomware issue. Certainly the u. S. Intelligence agencies and Law Enforcement has identified russian hackers as responsible for that. Host what more will congress do on the colonial Pipeline Cyberattack . Guest it looks like they are going to try to make sure that any time there is some sort of cyber hack of a pipeline, but also any infrastructure that affects peoples lives or their data, you will have to disclose that to the United States so people are aware and Law Enforcement is aware. One of the things that happened, the ransomware that was paid out in bitcoin to these hackers on the colonial pipeline was recovered, some of it was recovered by federal Law Enforcement in the United States. When the federal government gets involved in these things, it is like any kind of ransom situation. They are able to do a lot more than just a private company who would want to quietly pay things to avoid any kind of publish the. Publicity. Host mike in alabama, democratic caller. Caller yes. I want to know what the gentleman thinks will ever come of the search for what happened in the january 6 insurrection and the possible involvement of members of congress and the senate in the republican party. Guest right now, Chuck Schumer is in the legislation the legislation stalled in the senate. It got 54 votes and that was not enough because it needed 60 votes. Right now, it has stalled. Chuck schumer has said he intends to bring it up again. As we find out more and more about what happened on january 6, who was involved and so forth, i think the pressure will only increase. Whether that is enough to get a few more votes is unclear. During this vote in may on the january 6 commission, we had several absences. We dont know if it would have gotten us to 60. We know there were three more yes votes, getting us to 57. That is getting really close to getting that legislation passed. We saw the relief of a joint citic Committee Report Senate Committee Report that detailed the failures from a campus on a campus security level, particularly from the u. S. Capitol police. That is being conducted by current officeholders who are subject to a lot of pressure. I think we have not heard the last of this about january 6. There is a member versus member lawsuit, eric swallow is suing mo brooks, a republican in alabama who is running for senate. For his role in inciting the violence on january 6. This issue is not going away. At Roll Call, we have made sure that we are continuing to keep an eye on and report on a lot of the issues that are surrounding u. S. Capitol police. I would think we have not heard the last of it. Host Jason Dick, tell our viewers about the stories servicing about the department of justice under the Trump Administration, seeking data about Don Mcgahn. Guest this was a bombshell in the last week, where we found out the Trump Administration and the Justice Department had subpoenaed not just the records of generalists, we are used to maybe not used to that is something we have seen in history dating back to the nixon administration, where journalists are targeted for their reporting on things. But then it got to something we have not seen, which was the Justice Department wanted the metadata from phones, basically seeing where information was being sent and received, whether members of the intelligence committee, specifically Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell were leaking information. And members of the family, including one minor. It was this bonkers moment, where people in journalism have long had to tread this precarious line from time to time, reporting on national security and so forth, because that attracts the attention of who is giving them this information in the government and they may find themselves the target of a leak investigation. The first time we saw this with members of congress was this past week. The senate committee, headed by richard durbin, said they will look into this. If necessary, they would subpoena Jeff Sessions and William Barr to find out what was going on. The Doj Inspector General said they would look into it and find out what happened. As you mentioned, greta, Don Mcgahn was subject to a probe where the administration subpoenaed his records with apple. Several journalists have been targeted and members of congress have been subjected to a gag order. They could not share that information with Don Mcgahn. That is a huge violation because it goes beyond a political opponent. Don mcgahn was the white house counsel. It is unclear. What they were looking for was whether he was talking to the press or otherwise leaking information about the president during the impeachment investigations or what have you. I Cant Help but think there are more shoes to drop, we use the expression that there is one shoe and a second shoe. This seems like a closet full of shoes that may be dropping. Host Roll Call is reporting the House Committee has unveiled a bipartisan big tech antitrust agenda. These are five bills that would trend the monopolies of the technology firms trim the monopolies of technology firms like amazon, apple, facebook and google. Guest this might be one of the more bipartisan issues because it does not split evenly among democrats and republicans. A lot of democrats from California And Silicon valley, these are their constituents. They have to be careful in how hard they go after them. And then, on the republican side, you have people who, traditionally the publicans have been associated with more big businessis, these businesses. Josh hawley made his name going after big tech. In both sectors, i would think you could get some real bipartisan support on this. It is unclear how much of a priority this will be with leadership. It might be a situation where they have hearings, they may let people run off some steam on it. Let off some steam on it. We have such a busy year ahead of us with spending and the voting Rights Act in particular, i dont know where it fits into getting on the floor and getting into legislation. It is only june. Maybe that will pick up some momentum as we go along. Host nelson in redwood city, california. Independent. Caller good morning. Host good morning. Caller voting rights, which after four decades, going from republican to independent after they started censoring everybody, my thing is voting rights, there will be a march today, not just with africanamericans but with poor white folks in West Virginia, that they are going to stand up. Those poles are probably true polls are probably true, West Virginia is not this Farright State that everybody makes it out to be because they voted for trump. They voted for the most two liberal democrats, Mike Dukakis and david humphrey. 9 voted for wallace in 1968. They voted for Bill Clinton twice, along with tennessee. What people have done with this rightwing version of the word conservatism, they have made it a culture war. So now, they have gotten people who, the average white person in tennessee and West Virginia, they are not racist people. They voted for people of different parties. Newt Gingrich And Rush limbaugh have made everybody who is a democrat the enemy. But tennessee and West Virginia voted twice for clinton, even though he was for partialbirth abortions. It is a rightwing thing where they make everybody the enemy who is not part of their group. Thats all i have to say. Guest he brings up a good point. West virginia is a very individual place. I spent two years there as part of the i was working with the Americorps Program for coming to d. C. It does not fit into this Cookiecutter Mold of partisansh ip. Joe manchin has shown he understands his voters probably better than most people who have ever been familiar with politics in the state. Shelley capito was the Lead Negotiator for republicans with Joe Biden on the Infrastructure Package before talks broke down before Joe Biden headed to europe. West virginia is one of these places that is truly it does not fitly fit neatly into the box of rightwing or leftwing. Those labels dont really matter as much to people there. Host terrence in brooklyn, a republican. Caller good morning. This guy, Jason Dick, he sounds like Jason Dick, he sounds caller good morning. He is talking a talking point. Host what did he say . Caller he used the term we on several occasions. He is not a journalist, he is a democratic operative. Host lets talk adjacent deck before we say goodbye. Guest the filibuster every few generations, we get a big question about whether we are going to change the filibuster, change the way it operates. We are in a 5050 senate. There is a lot of pressure to pass legislation. If you keep your conference together, you get to lock things , particularly with the voting rights legislation. It is going to continue to be an issue, there will continue to be pressure on people like Joe Manchin. To change their views i dont see that happening anytime soon. Mention manchin seems deliberate that he wants to keep the filibuster the way it is. There is talk in the