It will be hard not for me not to hit her with it. Kevin Mccarthys Spokesperson was joking but if democrats Cant Pass Voting Rights Legislation this could be their future, and florida is seeing a Record Number of new covid cases so why is governor Ron Desantis blocking Mask Mandates . Good evening and im mehdi hassan. Any moment now the senate expects the final text of the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to arrive. Once it arrives the senate will finally have something specific to consider, and we could see a vote on the final bill later this week, but there is still a long way to go. Theres no guarantee this bill will pass muster with house progressives. Coming up ill be speaking to two progressive congresswoman who could hold the key to its future, but democrats wont be able to pass legislation like this beyond 2022 without free and fair elections. You cant say you werent warned. A few weeks ago we led this show by pointing out how Election Subversion, even more so than the attack on
Joshua johnson . Welcome to the week. The sun is working. Its Infrastructure Weekend on Capitol Hill, we heard from Kristen Cinema of Arizona And Rob portman of ohio. They just gave short speeches on the Senate Floor. They have been among those leading the negotiations on this bill. Now we still dont have the final text, but the plan is to file that bill is a substitute amendment tonight. The current bill is just over 2700 pages long. So far. The senate will then move to the amendment process, where we are told this should be completed in a matter of days. But the Bipartisan Bill is just half of the story. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promise once that legislation has passed, he will mediately move to the Budget Reconciliation instructions. Those blue principle at the senate begin working on a 3. 5 trillion dollar social health and environmental bill. Sometimes weve called it the human Infrastructure Bill. Using reconciliation to pass that, one would allow for a simple Majority Vote i
Thank you for watching tonight. it s time now to turn it over to my colleague joshua johnson. good evening, john what. good evening, mehdi, thank you very much. it is good to be with you tonight. senators are giving speeches on the floor after finalizing the text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill.marilyn cens live in just a. moment withdraws from another olympic event. t. how do you convince unvaccinated people you know and love to get the shot. how will the pandemic change the way people gather if we get together at all? we will get into that with preet parker, the author of the art of gathering, how we me and why it matters. i m glad you re meeting up with us tonight and nbc news headquarters in new york, i m