manchin called it fiscal insanity. that drew the ire of the left as they threatened to kill the infrastructure bill. mr. manchin is concerned about the national debt. he is right. so am i. i trust that he understands that this reconciliation bill will be fully paid for by in short a slimd down social spending package of $2 trillion may not be enough. there is concern these generational bills convert the u.s. into a welfare state. dana. dana: there is. thank you so much. can i bring up something? we wake up early and start reading everything. i noticed the pattern today. left wing columnist is and these are all three in the washington post today. are democrats repeating their obamacare mistakes? the democrats worrying. in reconciliation debate will the democrats left wing fight
accomplish in talking to the house democrats recognizing they are right on the cusp of the historic vote and there is still a possibility, they are a couple of votes shy and the democratic leadership and whip counters made it clear they are confident the votes will be there and there may be last minute deals to need to loom and be culminated but for all intents and purposes it is going forward and to give an idea of how resigned the republicans are to the reality, a rare moment of g.o.p. congratulations for democrats, in the house rules committee they decided they wouldn t use the deem and pass technique that would ultimately require only one vote, on the rule for the reconciliation debate, that would have deemed the senate bill passed onto the president. through the house, and that is not going to happen now. and, because democrats chose not to take that route, republicans are congratulating them for the openness of tomorrow s process which will actually involve a house vote on the fl
will continue to press. the more we push, push, push, it does generate movent in. a couple weeks ago joe manchin said he was publicly against for the people act but pressure and cajoling and conversation got him to engage. he asked for a few small measures and got to a yes position. all 50 democrats voted to debate and discuss the for the people act, not the 60 that were needec to overcome the filibuster but the more we continue the more we continue the momentum and shift in opinion not just amongst thei general public but our colleagues to either advance the policy or reform the filibusterl okay. i m glad that you ve been so outspoken on the filibuster. doesn t seem if manchin and sim sinema are listening. and joe manchin isn t just opposed to getting ridn of the filibuster and not r keen on dealing with climate change on carbon emissions in this reconciliation debate.