people i represent behind. so to be clear, now that speaker pelosi is saying that the build back better package, the $$3.5 trillion spending bill will be brought up for a vote on the house floor next week, maybe a couple of days after the infrastructure bill, because of that, you re willing to get onboard on minde s vote in voting in favor of the infrastructure bill, correct? we have not had the caucus meeting to get the details. as you know the budget committee finished the markup process. so i need more information on this as i ve been out in my district today working with the people here in georgia and so i m looking forward to having a conversation when i get back to washington on monday to figure out exactly where we are and how we move both of the bills forward simultaneously. so i m wondering, are you and your progressive colleagues having conversations with the moderate democratic colleagues about how to move forward this week on the bills? i mean on the markup you had a
make comments in support of their mendment. and then offer it up for a vote. and at that time folks do a voice vote and then usually a roll call vote are they actually press the the buttons or say ace or nay and the roll call is then tallied. are you aware of any democratic amendments that mouth be offered in the committee? might any democrat try to offer an amendment to add something, say from the mueller report as an additional article of impeachment or to add something about the president being named as having directed and participated in the crimes of michael cohen as an additional artical? i m not presently aware of such amendments. but the markup process is one that is basically liberal in the sense that it allows for people
article? i m not presently aware of such amendments. but the markup process is one that is basically liberal in the sense it allows for people to offer up amendments on both sides. and congressman, you mentioned the likelihood of a republican amendment to simply strike the articles of impeachment. i m sure that will be offered. i can t quite imagine what else will be offered. i mean, that amendment will be offered to the committee. it ll obviously be voted down on a party line basis, and after that i m shot sure what wording in articles of impeachment republicans would want to change because that s really all that s left available to you is changing the wording in the articles once you ve already tried to strike them. that s a very good point, lawrence, because it s possible although not probable that republicans might try to alter the wording in other ways, maybe
that s obviously the view of the senate financial committee republicans as well. during the senate markup process, democrats were questioning what does this obamacare individual mandate have anything to do with the tax reform bill? keep in mind, it was the supreme court that ruled that the obamacare individual mandate could exist because it was viewed by the supreme court as a tax. however, with senate republicans putting this in their measure, the courtship of senate democrats could be over. here s chuck schumer. to take away people s healthcare and to raise their premiums to lower the top rate, which is what president trump suggested, is so against what the american people want. that again, they are just headed for failure. all right, neil. when you look at the schedule, house republicans, the house side, they re set to vote on their bill on thursday. their bill does not include an individual mandate repeal. senior house aides tell box
hold very closely to the major principles, and i think that is what reconciliation is for, so they can come together. harris: it is interesting that you say they look very different. we have been watching this markup process, now we anticipated to get to see with that final version is, but they knocked it off last night, saying that there were some financial issues, so now there are major changes, and you heard paul ryan was saying that they are going to get it done because they need something to run on in 2018. think about that. my ideas that we need to get it done because people deserve to keep more of their hard-earned money. harris: he said that that was part of it. i don t look at it through a political lens, i look at it through a moral imperative length. the republicans, including a president trump and vice president pence have made, it is what americans respect the end of deserve. we have not had major tax cuts for the average american worker in a decades, and that is j