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The entire world perhaps into an economic crisis unless you give us i hear what you re saying about the differences right now. but over the past many years democrats and republicans in charge, funding the government has just not happened. we ve been at this crisis point at the end of the year so many times, but i want to move on to a couple more issues that i know you care about. one is the record-breaking $858 billion defense funding bill. the house passed that this week. the senate is going to vote on it. you voted against the ndaa, the defense bill last time around. will you do so again? yes, i think i will. look, we have 85 million americans who have no health insurance. we have 600,000 people who are homeless. we have a dysfunctional health care system, dysfunctional child care system where working parents are paying $15,000 a ....
Military officials and expert. s are sounding the alarm over what could happen if the u.s. military s covid vaccine mandate is repealed. under the national defense funding bill that passed the house yesterday, servicemen and women would no longer be required to get their covid shots. joining us now is cnn s oren lieberman. what are officials most concerned about now? reporter: officials we spoke with can t think of an example and certainly not in recent memory in which a military vaccine requirement has been undone or rescinded in its entirety. there are certain vaccines that are required only for certain areas such as the anthrax vaccine, but the officials we spoke with can t remember an example in which the military or its civilian leadership in congress has simply said, this vaccine mandate is no longer required. now the military is waiting to see what the final wording here is, and that s because slight changes to the wording as it goes through the amendments process could change ....
Holding the presidencyie in the majority is in the house and senate, 2021 group pretty disappointing politically for democrats. key pieces of legislation put on hold over disagreements within their own caucus. but with the new year comes new priorities. here is congressional correspondent. with razor thin majority in the house and senate this year and a lot of infighting i can t commit to passing something that i don t even know what is yet. we need a little bit more than an i/o you. congressional difference of wrapping up 2021 put just a handful of big legislative wins, including a $1.9 trillion american rescue plan they pass alone. and the bipartisan infrastructure bill along with the national defense funding bill, they got done with the help of republicans. the list of failed much like ....
Proved pretty disappointing for democrats possibly the worst of it a hard fail when it comes to biden s signature social spending bill. aishah hosni is live in washington with the latest. democrats are hoping to revive the bill in the new year. they will try their hardest. their darn hardest. good morning. democrats have razor thin majorities, hard to get anything done in a 50/50 senate but also had a lot of interparty fighting going on between progressives and moderates. at times it got very personal. it has been a tough year to get anything done. here is a look at the democrat wins this year. three big ones at the top there. they passed the 1.9 trillion american rescue plan alone. and the 1.2 trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill and the national defense funding bill. they got those two done with the help of republicans. a list of what democrats failed ....