what to do, are concerned about their own political futures. members from swing districts trying to save their political hides, concerned about the direction that people on the left are going. she has been able to keep the caucuses keep caucus together through much of her time. this past congress has been a real challenge for that. they had a difficult time trying to get the build back better bill through, for instance. but they did pass that version of that in the house. it didn t pass in the senate. they ended up passing the inflation reduction act, which is also a significant achievement in and of itself. but that has been the one reason why so many democrats including joe biden today, jerry nadler, the house judiciary committee chairman told me the same thing today, that they want her to stay, it s hard to imagine a democratic caucus without her. but that s also the reason why a lot of democrats want something new. some of the younger ones want a new fresh leadership, a different
it is interesting because the democrat pushed back, obviously, the republican pushback it is hard when you are trying to paraphrase everybody. but the pushback is that, you know, democrats don t want to list a number and they don t want to associate a time frame. john: they don t want to say 2024, no restrictions. gillian: this is a toe in the water for the republicans to coalesce. i think lindsey graham s plan that 15 weeks at least gives republicans to say to democrats, would you support this and where s your number, where s your line? to force them to give articulation where there places. they tried to pass quantification of roe v. wade. it didn t pass but republican said, there were no limits. it is basically saying up to nine months, there are no limits when you can stop abortion. so lindsay, this measure is supposed to be a counter to that, but this is an issue republicans don t want to talk about it. the more they talk about it the better it is for democrats.
says, oh, no, no, no, no, we re not going to do that, and secretary yellen sent a memo to the irs saying you can t do this, you know, when you get this money, fact of the matter is there s going to be a lot of small businesses, a lot of taxpayers of moderate are means who are going to be audited. and i have to say this is only one impact, you know, tax impact of this bill, david. if you look at the taxes on big corporations, this is going to have a downstream impact on many small businesses and small business suppliers. so this is a tax increase on all america. david: and, you know, it was tried back in december before manchin gave with it the go ahead, and it didn t pass. first of all, a sixfold increase in the irs is just enormous when americans are trying to tighten their belts because of the stagflation. but the joint tags sayings committee taxation committee, found that up to to 90 percent
an odd position for them to be in. it suggests they are letting hurt feelings over a process of a separate piece of legislation determine how they vote open policy in a different piece of legislation. the first time in recent memory that i can recall that mitch mcconnell seems to have been outmaneuvered. they let the chips bill pass and then announced the deal. it does strike me as untenable to whip against a bill you have come out in support. keep in mind, there s another piece of legislation in limbo which is legislation to address veterans who have been harmed by burn pits, which is near and dear to the president s heart. it came it a vote yet in the senate. it didn t pass. the question then becomes, will republicans hold up these two pieces of legislation because they feel burned by the fact that manchin came to some climate agreement with chuck schumer and the white house? god forbid there be a climate agreement.
new york and los angeles. you ve got the area covered. accounts are slowly trickling out of the night trayvon martin was killed. we heard from george zimmerman s father and last night zimmerman s brother. he spoke to piers morgan exclusively and an actual witness spoke to anderson cooper. we put together a play-by-play of their accounts. george was trying to get his head off the concrete, trying to move with trayvon on him, into the grass. in doing so, his firearm was shown. trayvon martin said something to the effect of you re gonna die now now or you re gonna die tonight something to that effect. he continued to beat george and at some point george pulled his pistol. where was the gun? the gun i believe was in his inside tucked inside his pant waist. right. in a waist hollister. has pulled it out and he has fired it. well he has taken control of his firearm. he prevented his firearm from being taken from him, and used against him, and that s called sav