taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea
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and the build back better. and this comes as pressure is growing on theresident to be more personally involved and define the mistakes and try to bridge the gap between prressives and moderates who until now not only find themselves far apart and find themselves notble to trust. and that s wre nancy pelosi finds herself dling with, calling between the progressives who want to enact and the sent terrorists who balked at trillions of dollars. pelosi sent a letter calling it morally important to pass the act. senator bernie sande urged use democrats to vote against infrastructure until a deal was reached. my fear is, that if the dual agreement that was reached is broken, and we just passed the infrastructure bill, the
i think janet yellen s appearance yesterday was a part of that effort on behalf of the administration, to spell out what the catastrhic consequees would be of the republicans saying, no, we re nogoing to help. we re leaving you to handle this one. anna, this is a real adline, as the secretary said, with huge consequences if it s not figured out. what is left for chuck schumer? he s not getting help from republicans. theresident says, i don t want you to change the rules and use reconciliation in this se. what options are left for schumer? the hse is expected to take up aebt limit bill this week. they re going to try to pass that. it is unclear if pelosi even has the votes there. democrats continue to make this intellectual argument, that mitch mcconnell should help them out. he s not going to help them out. i don t quite understand why we continue to go through this process. as you said, we are three weeks from the deadline happening. this is going to be a big issue, and they r
bill is on the line until they get that, jeff. yeah. and on that point, shannon, we know that president biden m today with senator sinema. he s going toeet with senator manchin separately this afternoon. by my count this is the third time in as many weeks as these two democrats areoing to the white house to discuss the present s agenda. we know tt democrats in the house want to hear from these two docrats in the senate. how is president biden going to get some clarity from these two senators? well, and you mentioned the house. i will say theresident also talked last night to pelosi and schumer to talk about what they can do to get everyone on the same page here. it s interesting when you talk about the different relationships between the parties and the white house. joe manchin has been no stranger to this white house since the early days of this administration. there s been no shortage of phe calls and outreach to senator manchin as well as senator sinema. those two figures have b