you. according to university poll, and nearly six in ten americans disapprove. trace: all of this as congress barrels toward multiple deadlines that could hold up bidens massive social spending package. aishah hasnie live for us here on capitol hill. good afternoon trey sanded jackie, it s quite on capitol hill as congress is out for the week leaving the biden agenda kind of in limbo. the house finally last week synced up with the senate and passed that bipartisan infrastructure bill and it came at a cost. the house is now waiting to pass a bill to back better plan after until after they get the cbo score that s the true cost of legislation. this weight is a move to appease house moderates, but it s taking off some progressives and that s why six squad members voted no for infrastructure and 13 republicans stepped in to help pass the bill. there are caveats to the new deal. the timing is troublesome, and they may not come back for another two weeks. democrats already ha
delivered by voters and division within their own party. west virginia senator joe manchin sounding the alarm to democrats while speaking to fox news saying the disappointing result from tuesday s races should serve as a wake up call to all of us. sandra: wuwill it? house democrats are planning it to vote on both the social spending plan and the bipartisan infrastructure bill by the end of the week. kevin: fox news coverage. peter doocy at the white house. sandra: we begin with congressional correspondent chad pergram. house speaker nancy pelosi is not tipping her hand on when the house could vote but she did say passage of the infrastructure bill could have helped democrats in virginia. without saying what impact it had, it s always a positive message to have results that are understood by the public. but it was not a good night. republicans are ready to pounce if democrats forge ahead with their agenda especially after the rebuke at the ballot box. you saw i
fallout. chad? good afternoon. this was vintage joe manchin, swooping in at the last minute and looking for changes so he can claim victory later. he s long been concerned about the cost of the bill. if the house was going to vote mid week, there was no way they would have a price tag from the congressional budget office. what i see are budget gimmicks that make the real cost of the $1.75 trillion bill estimated to be almost twice that amount. it s obvious. compromise is not good enough for a lot of my colleagues in congress. it s all or nothing. their position doesn t seem to change unless we agree to everything. enough is enough. manchin is turning the tables on liberals. they said they won t vote on infrastructure until there s a deal on the social spending plan. manchin wants to disconnect the bills. liberals say everyone should embrace what the president endorsed. progressives seem ready to vote before manchin grand the hand brake. i would urge everybody to keep
starting with the president taking a trip to europe without awaiting congress. and a possibility that they won t get the win in virginia one is almost certain. a fox news poll after the virginia governor s race showing republicans leading over democrats likely voted by an eight-point margin, this is a dramatic shake-up for months and then the election that was seen as a snapshot of where voters stand nationwide, democrats say they have delivered there on capitol hill could spell trouble in 2022. hear from president biden s own party on the voting plan yesterday which leaves him to face world leaders overseas for his legacy hangs in limbo back home. anita: we have transcontinental fox team coverage, rich edson on the trail in virginia, but we begin with peter doocy with the president abroad from st. peter s square at the vatican. where it is just after 7:00 p.m. peter, hello. good evening, anita, defeated by democrats at home, president biden came here to europe looking fo
first, merrick garland grilled on capitol hill today. another rough day for this gentleman. over his memo that called for the fbi to assist with threats of violence by parents against school board members. now, since the last hearing, the national school board association who memo he admits was the basis for his action, they backed down. they said that it was wrong of them to suggest that these parents could be domestic terrorists in this context. so the a.g. was under pressure to do the same thing and to rescind his memo. either you run the department of justice or the department runs you. right now looks like the department of justice is running you. did you consider the chilling effect your medium random might have on parents exercising their constitutional rights? i think you can answer that yes or no. what i consider i wanted the memorandum to assure people that we recognize the rights of spirited debate. a national security division, judge. these are the peopl