Democrats who brought their fight to washington will tell us exactly what they want from congress. And days after being arrested at a Voting Rights protest, congresswoman joyce beatty, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, is here to tell us about the good trouble she got into. Im Jonathan Capehart, and this is the Sunday Show. This sunday, Texas House democrats are still here in washington, denying the republicans back home the quorum they need to pass yet another slew of Voting Restrictions and begging congress to act to protect the access to the ballot in the lone Star State and beyond. Complicating matters . Three of the texans all fully vaccinated, have tested positive for covid and are quarantining. One State Representative, Seal I Cant israel, has no regrets, noting in a statement, quote, i hope this intense highlights the sacrifices were willing to make for the cause of democracy. Earlier i spoke with House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina about what congress is
Held on wednesday ready or not. Schumer has already set wednesday as the deadline for senate democrats to finalize their separate larger 3. 5 Trillion plan which they plan to pass through budget reconciliation. It means that they dont need 10 republican votes. That is a lot of priorities to get in to that bill including extending the Child Tax Credit under the american Rescue Plan, more funding for clean Energy And Addition of a new dental, Vision And Hearing benefit to medicare to name a few things. Here is why senate democrats are in a time crunch. Their goal is to get both bills passed before congress scheduled month long August Recess. And so this is shaping up to be a very busy week capitol hill. Joining me now, Anna Palmer from punch bowl news, and she is the best Selling Author of The Hill to die on, the battle for Congress And Future of Trans America which may be the best Book Name ever. This is really a very, very busy week on capitol hill. Some argue too busy because we have
Confirmation. erinn haines, leigh ann caldwell, thanks to both of you. there is a bombshell developing overnight after the january 6th committee confirmed they have texts between a supreme court justice s wife and former president trump s chief of staff all about efforts to overturn the election. we ll dig into the fallout and possible consequences next.
Civil rights act, the g.i. bill. this is on that magnitude. listen, social security effectively ended poverty for seniors. this can do the same or at least make a huge dent in child poverty. and we would not have it if we had relied on the 60-vote requirement, as you know. this got through a reconciliation. yeah. and it just shows you how critical it is to unlock the non-democratic, small d, barrier to very popular, very useful legislation. and i think we ve gotten ourselves twisted up procedurally so we can t move the country forward in ways that are very bipartisan, very popular. erinn, to your point, it not only helps children, the multiplier effect, it helps women. this is a very big deal for women. it is a very big deal for families, ali. i m so glad you re bringing this up of because implementation is going to be key. the overwhelming majority of
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