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You look at the rescue plan in the last eight months, we wiped out the capital debt that hbcus had. we saw that covid-19 made it impossible for kids to come to school and therefore, we couldn t service the debts. we wiped it away. nobody talks about that. almost $6.5 trillion, $1 billion, invested in hgbcus and nobody talked about it. talking about the campuses, i hear you re cutting hgbcu, but they re not sure. at the end of the day, you have one leader of the party at a time. that leader is the president of the united states. he has more to do with this than anybody. what does he need to do? how do you recalibrate here? i think he will. i know joe biden real well. ....
It really will be historic. i think this whole thing that got off the track with fdr and bernie and $6.5 trillion, and now i think they ve got something if we were passing this package when i was in the senate, i would have been incredibly happy. we had many more than just 50 for most of the time that i was in the senate. so i think that with really narrow margins, this is a big deal. i also want to circle back to this trump thing. will he let the republicans get away with this? will trump let this go on? will trump take the fact we know the only reason youngkin won was because he didn t want to be seen with donald trump? i mean, this is not something that s going to sit well with the big guy down in mar-a-lago. i mean, he wants everybody to kiss as my friend david said last night his ample behind. the fact that youngkin did this without doing that, it should free up some votes in the senate ....
The president clear today that he wants a deal on his spending bill before he heads overseas, in just a few days. do you want a plan a deal by the time you leave for cop? is this something you have expressed to democrats? that s that s my hope. it s his hope. but is it a false one? and plus, the framework s really different than an actual deal, right? i mean, moderate senator joe manchin whose support could make or break the president s agenda said there could be a deal in just days. but what does that mean? the president initially wanted $3.5 trillion. that was a compromise off of 6.5 trillion. now, according to a source, it s down to 1.75 trillion but manchin hasn t moved a millimeter. he is at the same place he s always been. 1.75 too much for top line? is 1.75 too much? still 1.5, guys. i m at 1.5, guys. i haven t moved. you forget? i haven t moved one millimeter. ....
For biden s spending bill after sinema opposed them. this was the bill that was cut to who knows, maybe $1.9 trillion after sinema balked at the $3.5 trillion which was down from the wish of $6.5 trillion price tag. sinema is notching some big wins even though she s tight-lipped about laying out where exactly she stands. any comment on your stance on anything, senator? that was today. nothing to say. not afraid to have nothing to say. outfront dana bash. dana, sinema has drawn immense contempt from progressives recently but she wields a lot of power. she has been getting her way. maybe these tax hikes will be eliminated. senator durbin says that is likely. she has power. it makes many in her own party incredibly angry, but she has notched big wins. yes, especially this one. ....
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