This has been a big week that continues to be busy this weekend in the fight over democracy in america. Duelling democratic priorities are jockeying for attention on Capitol Hill. First, weve learned tonight that three Texas State lawmakers have tested positive for covid19. They left their state to try to block passage of new Voting Restrictions there. These are considered breakthrough cases since all three are vaccinated. Their group is In Washington to push the White House and democratic leaders in congress for action on Voting Rights. The Ideal Outcome for them is federal legislation to counter the bills that are on track to become law in texas. So far their efforts have yet to bear fruit. Case in point, more than a dozen of the texas democrats met with Senator Joe Manchin on thursday. Here is what he had to say about it afterward. It was a very informative meeting and its basically that weve all come to a total agreement that what we want is basically to protect Voting Rights, that
This has been a big week that continues to be busy this weekend in the fight over democracy in america. Duelling democratic priorities are jockeying for attention on Capitol Hill. First, weve learned tonight that three Texas State lawmakers have tested positive for covid19. They left their state to try to block passage of new Voting Restrictions there. These are considered breakthrough cases since all three are vaccinated. Their group is In Washington to push the White House and democratic leaders in congress for action on Voting Rights. The Ideal Outcome for them is federal legislation to counter the bills that are on track to become law in texas. So far their efforts have yet to bear fruit. Case in point, more than a dozen of the texas democrats met with Senator Joe Manchin on thursday. Here is what he had to say about it afterward. It was a very informative meeting and its basically that weve all come to a total agreement that what we want is basically to protect Voting Rights, that
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Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello. Im shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together columnists from leading journals, bbc specialists and the reporters who write, Broadcast And Blog for folks back home from the dateline london. This week biden s back and bibis out. What changes will follow from a united States Administration re engaged on the World Stage and an israel led by its first new Prime Minister in more than a decade . To discuss that and more, im joined byjeffrey kofman, who hails from canada and anchored programmes there and in the United States. Hes also served as a foreign correspondent in war and peace. Russian born Arkady Ostrvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as the whole of central and eastern europe, for the economist magazine. The bbc s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, also canadian by birth, is with me here. Still canadian. Youre still canadian still canadian by birth and by nationality, and a privileged guest here in
But we begin with other breaking news. We begin with the demolished Infrastructure Talks. Negotiations on President Bidens massive Infrastructure Spending and Tax Legislation with a group of republican senators have now broken off. Lawmakers described a, quote significant Speed Bump Today and Hitting A bring wall. Now those talks are dead. But senior White House officials say they have already begun new talks with a bipartisan group of lawmakers. We will talk live with West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito in just a moment. Senator capito has been leading the republican effort. Has been meeting with President Biden. We will talk with her live. White House Correspondent Peter doocy is live on the North Lawn with the very latest. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, bret. President bidens trillion dollarS PluS Plan create good paying Union Jobs has fallen apart because talks with the top republican negotiator for infrastructure Senator Shelley Moore Capito are done fo