Last month the legislation could create close to a half million jobs by 2024. Its no wonder 65 of americans support the Infrastructure Bill according to a recent poll. Much of president Bidens Agenda is equally as popular. The same poll found 62 of americans support the 3. 5 trillion dollar democrats only reconciliation bill. Despite the broad popularity of the biden economic agenda, the chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee, new York Congressman sean patrick meloni, he is warning democrats ahead of the 2022 midterm elections that the party is in trouble. Political reports at a closed Door Lunch he warned democrats that they would lose the majority if the midterms were held today. He followed that Leak Forecast which was confirmed by multiple people familiar with the conversation, with new polling that showed democrats falling behind republicans by a Half Dozen points on a generic ballot in battleground districts. Baloney advised the party to course correct ahead of
well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. we know, all day yesterday, top-white house aides were working the phones including the president, himself, for a portion of it. to try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. but clearly, that didn t work. that wasn t enough. so they had to release this very lengthy statement. more than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. but to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. while also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesn t require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. so, he is saying, to the two parties, this w
with her defense of the senate filibuster. however, democratic leaders, like south carolina congressman jim clyburn, not giving up hope. he sent this message to senators this afternoon on msnbc. we re going to be steadfast here in this. this is worth doing. not just for african-american voting rights but hispanic american voting rights. i don t understand how any senators can look at what s going on in georgia and florida and texas and 16 other states, and not know that this fragile democracy of ours is teetering on collapse if we do not stop this foolishness. meantime, in a column for the washington post, former-vice president mike pence accuses democrats of attempting a, quote, federal power grab over state elections. the truth is the real power grab is coming from republicans at the state level, and it s not just ballot access. gop-led states have passed new laws to control the process of counting and certifying votes. republicans are also proving unfair district map
this hour, honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. fight for voting rights in washington and state capitals throughout the country, where does it go from here. also, follow the money. new details about the billionaires behind the brain trust. plus hopeful signs the omicron variant may have crested. but that doesn t mean america s hospitals are out of the woods. and from box office hit to owning the internet, the magic of disney s encanto. imagine today, 296 days before november s midterm election we re actually having a conversation about expanding ballot access. tomorrow, martin luther king jr. day, the family will lead a march for voting rights in washington. they want congress to pass the freedom to vote act that would make election day a federal holiday and expand mail-in voting and early access to the polls. this legislation would truly double down on our democracy. but instead, republican-led states want to make it harder to vote. 19 states have pass
for the reauthorization of the voting rights act in 2006 and now will not vote for it. our democracy is fragile as you have said but it only change in democracy that occurs is when the american people demand it and we must continue to demand it. this as a republican party trying to explain why not one of the 50 gop senators appears willing to support the actions necessary to protect this right this time around. when the senate reauthorized that law a decade ago it passed 98-0. why don t republicans including yourself support restoring the voting acts now? the supreme court decided, the supreme court decided that the conditions in 1965 are different than they are now. imagine that. we have had an african elected president out united states and to the vice presidency and elected to the senate in south carolina. now anyone can t see the circumstances have changed they re not believing their lying eyes. in a moment i m talk to congressman and house majority whip jim clybu