citizens. i think at that time that was the right thing to do and the democratic congress and senate had said border security. that was the deal that was made in the 1980's. when jefferson was the first secretary of state and we did the first census there were only 16 states. today, my concern is that our elected officials understand that representation in congress is based on population and i'm afraid in states like california where there are 25% noncitizens and las vegas county has 279,000 noncitizens that the elected officials are realizing if they don't repopulate their state -- mr. grothman: i can tell that

your listeners realize what is true, immigration is the most important issue facing the issue and shouldn't be if we were enforcing the laws. she raised an interesting point and that is the current census she is trying to point out encouraged localities to have illegal immigrants come in and not enforce the law so they keep high. good mr. san nicolas: -- n.p.r. with a report on their website of about what's inside the bill and elements for transportation, 312 billion including public transit, passenger and fraggete rail and $7.5 billion.

and they talked about broadband and updating the broadband the largest of legacy pollution in america as well. that is from n.p.r. utah's mitt romney, let's hear what senator romney had to say. >> one of the big surprises i had everybody was fighting with

each other. this group gets along very well. my colleagues in the senate work together. and we have been talking about the infrastructure needs of our country and we know that. this group came together and got the job done. i don't know how far. we have the president behind it. but we are going to keep working together. we have other projects. america works and senate works. host: senator romney says, your thoughts on bipartisanship on capitol hill. this is the capitol journal column. deal tests new bridge in d.c. and the picture that emerged thursday of the president to stand with senators with both parties to announce agreement

shouldn't be startling. now it selldom does. mr. biden promised that such scenes could reappear and has been difficult in a hyper polla rised where it jut strips and political penalty for compromise is a death sentence. he writes that reaching this agreement required maneuvering. getting the deal required the spending on human infrastructure, education, health care, child care, anti-poverty programs that democratic progressives demanded and slimming down some of the president's demands. many on the democratic left will go along only if there is a parallel bill with many of those health and family programs that

can pass with democratic votes under so-called budget reconciliation rules and that is what mr. biden happened even declaring he would not sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill without getting a parallel bill. that is from its "wall street journal." host: this is about the collapse

at the towers in surfside, florida. this is the headline. catastrophic. 12-story building sinking for years, a florida high rise that collapsed was determined to be unstable a year ago according to a researcher. the building which was constructed in 1981 had been sinking since the 1990's according to a study according to a professor at the department of earth and environment from "usa today." they have watched this sink displacement rate. it's a study that has been done by this professor over the years from january of 1993 and observe this inland displacement and

satellite imaging of that condo complex. one dead from that, 99 are still missing. we will keep you posted on any further details and reporting from there as we get that. let's go to our topic and ask you about things on capitol hill and bipartisanship and announcement of the infrastructure deal. good morning to theresa. said ho reconciliation on the second part, so why does he even need, that's or republicans -- need republicans to pass this infrastructure bill? it is going to be one and the same. republicans cannot claim only the infrastructure part of the bill and get away with saying, we had nothing to do with the

reconciliation. are they just doing this to give joe biden a pass of being over $4 trillion? i don't understand the endgame. he said he is not going to accept it. so why did they go through all of this trouble and this bipartisanship just for him to smack him in the face yesterday and say, well, thanks for your help, but, no, we are going to do this part? and he is so held hostage by the progressive party, he cannot do anything. they have him wrapped around their finger so much, he cannot do anything without the progressives writing a script and telling him what he is going to do. that is why he switched. in the morning he was on the television praising about bipartisanship and republicans, and then two hours later, after progressives yanked him a new one, he was on there saying, oh, but i will not do anything, i

have to do the reconciliation progressives one. the man is so owned. he cannot do nothing. i can we talk about his whispering yesterday, too? he looked like a darned fool. host: to robert in minnesota, democrat's line, hello. caller: yes. hello. i am a big believer in bipartisanship. we need to fix our nations infrastructure. -- nation's infrastructure. i was in mexico recently, and they have much better infrastructure than we do in the u.s. i am a big fan of bipartisanship, a big fan of senators joe masten -- senator joe manchin. i think my party needs to return and we need to state our progressive values, that i think there are some things we can work with republicans on. i want to complete banning

abortion and i think my party should stop children being killed. we need bipartisanship. host: this is "the washington times'" headline -- "pelosi gives ultimatum on infrastructure," she vowed thursday to block any infrastructure package until the senate passes along party lines, if necessary, a "human infrastructure package filled with bro priorities, such as job training for felons and lima change regulations." "let me be really clear on this, we will not take up a bill in the house until the senate passes the bipartisan bill and reconciliation bill. if there is a bipartisan bill, then we will just go in the senate passes a reconciliation bill." let's hear from sharon, kingston, illinois, is bipartisanship back on capitol hill to mark dependent line. go ahead. -- capitol hill? independent line. caller: i agree with the last caller, marsha blackburn should

do something about abortion in tennessee, but mitt romney is a rhino. where is sarah palin when you need her? newt gingrich -- she needs to go eat ice cream because it is dark because of her not anyone else. host: this is from "politico," reporting on how the deal got done. watermarks and a farmers knowledge and a farmers legend how the infrastructure deal got done. nearly every day over the last week, jon tester insisted the bipartisan alliance had the seal of infrastructure deal for the next morning. case managers paid off. -- his magic is paid off. -- his nudges paid off. he urged >> to publicly and privately wrap things up. you have to push positives -- "you have to push positive bobs if you get a positive result."

you have to talk about success if you're going to achieve success. they push forward the largest of the structure proposal in u.s. history, after helping quench $900 billion coronavirus package late last -- clinch $900 billion coronavirus package late last year. they try to make ambitious aisle crossing laws. here's part of the president's announcement yesterday in the driveway of the white house. [video clip] pres. biden: we had a really good meeting, and answer your question, we have a deal. i think it is really important. we have all agreed that none of us got all that we wanted. i clearly did not get what 18 -- i clearly do not get all that i wanted. this reminds me of the days that we used to get a lot done up in the united states congress. we had a bipartisan deal.

bipartisan deals mean compromise. one thing i made clear, i signed on, and i will let them give you the detail, and you can ask them, and i will talk to you all later in the next hour or two, but i promise i'm not going away, but one of the things that we agreed on infrastructure, we made serious compromises on both ends. they will give you the numbers. but we did not, they did not, and i understand their position, republicans and this group did not want to go along with my family plan issues and childcare tax credit, the human infrastructure are talk about. we will see what happens in the reconciliation bill in the budget process, if we get compromise there. if we cannot, see if i can attract other democrats to a

position, but they will move on the dual track. that is all to say, but i would like to thank each and every one of them. a lot of us go back a long way, where we are used to doing one thing. give each other our word, that is the end. no questions. they have my word, i will stick with what they propose, and they have given me their word, as well. right come from, that is good enough for me. [end video clip] host: you can text us your thoughts on the infrastructure deal and the overall issue of working the bipartisan way on capitol hill, that line, (202)-748-8003. we hear from pam in north dakota, "bipartisan conversation, negotiation unproductive debate ensures a range of perspectives are involved in the problem-solving allows for the next financially stronger problem for outcome. today, i am. set those strong leaders have connected their efforts? bipartisan cooperation offers

much hope for democracy. it is about time some consensus is happening that it took so long. cooperation is key for lasting legislation on moving our country forward," says william in middletown, connecticut. b.c. tweets let's see if mcconnell kills t? kathy in georgia, "president biden has shown he will make concessions for the greater good, even when he does not get all that he wants." your thoughts, republicans, (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000. all others, (202)-748-8002. we go to the independent line and hear from joe in summit, new jersey, good morning. caller: all i have got to say is that all the democrats are trying to buy votes. that is all they do, try to buy votes. they are a bunch of crooks. i am on a whim that the democrat

people are going to get smart and vote them the heck out because they don't know what they are doing and have no common sense. and they talked about guns, heck, the guns don't kill people, people kill people. do not talk about guns. you have to get rid of crime, and you have to put some of them in jail and don't let them out, like all these democrats are doing. host: mariana in conroe, texas, hello. caller: hi. i am very much in love with our president biden. he is a wonderful man, he always has been. he has integrity and principal. not just a person who pretends to be religious. we have had enough of that through the christian organization. i have been a christian all my life. i had no idea that they hated other people and the bible really moves the truth. -- really lives the truth.

we are taught lies. the people who are holding up everything are the republicans, and i pray that god that they stop being afraid and hold onto life and start doing what we sent them there to do, and that is to help us. to help the people help themselves. we have enough money in this country for everybody to live well and not read is the worst thing we have. president biden is a magnificent, magnificent man, and god bless him. we pray for him every day, like the scripture says, and god is going to raise him up and raise us all up because the greedy people are theh ell people -- the hell people. host: on the independent line from new york. caller: good morning, c-span. i give kudos to the lady i just heard from texas.

i agree with what she is saying. as far as bipartisan, it is going to be good up until the end of the year because now democrats and republicans are going to go into the mode of the next election, 2022. i hope this continues, but it is very shaky at this moment. you will have mitch mcconnell mccarthy sitting in trying to map out from before, trump to get back into office. thank you. host: this is from the morning consult, a poll they did on bipartisanship that was released earlier in the month or early june, voters largely believe biden wants bipartisanship but they don't agree with the white house's new definition of the term. we have some of the takeaways, and they found 43% of voters say something needs to happen across the party, with party support from both parties in order to be

considered bipartisan. 53% say biden cares about getting bipartisan support for major pieces of legislation more than any other leader in washington. 59% of republicans say no action in congress is better than action led by one party, compared with 37% of democrats. they say that the white house introduced a new definition of what the concept of bipartisanship means in washington during the first few months of joe biden's presidency. "if you looked up bipartisan in the dictionary, i think it would say support from republicans and democrats, it does not say the republicans have to be in congress." after the administration's covid-19 relief administration faced unified opposition from gop lawmakers, despite widespread support from democratic and republican voters. let's go to a republican line and hear from bob in texas, dallas. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to speak about the

nice lady from south texas. she may, it's about mr. biden's religion. i am a roman catholic. joe biden is already excommunicated, not officially in the catholic church because four years as a senator and our president, he has supported abortion issues of and down across the board. -- issues up and down across the board. that in the catholic theology aborts in from the church, and from god and our thinking. how can you stand up there and say, i am a good roman catholic? it just drives us nuts. you know? i think in a lot of ways, he is a good man. there are a lot of issues, i don't think so. and i am a conservative republican and have no my life -- have been all my life. i am in my late 60's, and i would like to work with him, but there are some issues i cannot

and will not. and the same thing -- no, i am not when you say that. it is too controversial this morning. i like the bipartisan issue from thursday. i think it is great. i want to read more about it. it is an interesting idea. host: thanks, bob. this is the headlining "the new york times," "$1.2 trillion deal is reached to fix infrastructure, biting ties feet of compromise to a broader social programs plan." here is an announcement from senator rob portman and democratic senator kyrsten sinema of arizona. [video clip] >> we do not get everything we wanted, but we came up with a good compromise. this is about infrastructure. every president over the past four or five has talked about an infrastructure package. president trump proposed a $2

trillion structure package. today we are announcing the framework for an historic infrastructure package. this is for roads, ridges, and others, including broadband, and our water system, all which is good for the economy. this will lead to more efficiency, higher productivity, higher growth, this is about the long-term. it is something that traditionally has been very bipartisan. i am pleased to see the day that we come together on a court of the structure package. these are nonofficial sure items, and without taxes, and with a commitment from republicans and democrats that we will get this across the finish line. i appreciate my colleagues behind me. this was a team effort. everyone was equally involved. kyrsten scountry faces, we can e

bipartisanship to solve these challenges. [end video clip] host: eye-opening conversation is about bipartisanship in washington. rob portman, the ohio senator, is retiring after this term. thoughts on social media, send as a tweet at @cspanwj.

caller: hi, good morning, c-span. my name is oka, two or three decades we have been talking about infrastructure and no progress has been done because the republican party is a stumbling block. any time we talk about infrastructure. but when trump gave tax cuts to $2.9 trillion and republicans jumped at that. that is board money. $2 trillion went to the richest americans and the rest were crumbs. i can't see the hypocrisy of the

republican party. last two or three decades, the middle class and the poor have been stagnant. the wealth that has been created has not gone to every day americans but only to the very top. when someone is trying to correct that anomaly, republicans said no, no, no. no. i want people to understand the hypocrisy of the republican party. you can call him left wing but he is doing the right thing. why can't give a little help to the mothers so they can go to work? what is wrong with that? if we are the richest country on earth, people shouldn't have to work two jobs. host: tulsa, oklahoma, frank on

the independent line. caller: i thought the subject was bipartisanship and you let these people complain about this, that and the other. but here's my take on bipartisanship. the reporter and camera man and pushing him and see susan collins and i haven't heard about any other republicans agreeing with this. to get one or two people and they call that bipartisan. i'm sure because the senate is so closely split. but this is pretty crazy. but thank you any way. host: another story from this morning and this is in "washington times." and giuliani is suspended from

suspended from practicing law in the state of new york. 33-page order yesterday from the supreme court of the state of new york said mr. giuliani former prosecutor violated rules of professional conduct with his advocacy of claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. he was admitted to practice law in new york in 1969. there is uncontroverted that he made false statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former president donald j. trump in connection with trump's failed re-election. these false statements were made to improperly bolster respondent's narrative, victory in the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client.

the court concluded that mr. giuliani's continue threatens the public interest. good morning to jim on the republican line. caller: so here we are again, giving the hope of bipartisanship. and everyone has their hopes up that something bipartisan is

happening, we can get together and be a nation together. and what happens? joe biden says he is not signing it unless the nonbipartisan part of the democrat party bill gets passed. so you talk about hypocrisy? how about outright lying, how about bait and switch. how about going back -- showing what's behind the curtain. that's what the democrats specialize. i'm bitter, i'm very bitter. host: this is from "washington post," biden claims victory on deal. president biden signed off on a bipartisan depreement that would pump hundreds of billions of dollars in new infrastructure projects. handing him if it passes, a significant cross-party achievement and top goal of his administration but biden pledged

to abandon the compromise if democrats do not send him a sweeping package of democratic spending priorities opposed by most republicans to shore up the nation's social safety net. if this is the only thing that comes to me, i'm not signing it. shortly after announcing the deal with republican and democratic senators outside of the west wing of the white house. quote, it is in tandem. from washingtonpost.com. and those from you on bipartisan in congress. the line for republicans and line for democrats and independents and others. in arkansas, brad on the independent line. caller: bipartisanship is a joke.

tell me one time in the trump administration when republicans offered bipartisanship to democrats. it's a joke. they should overturn the electoral college. they should overturn the 60-vote majority and make something happen in this country. host: this is from politico this morning, in a rare bipartisan move, senate approves a bill to help farmers profit on climate action. the senate overwhelmingly passed a bill on thursday, yesterday, to shore up private agriculture and forestry carbon markets 92-8. a rare example of bipartisan action on climate. ask the agriculture department to create a certification program to help farmers, ranchers and foresters navigate private sector programs and make

money by selling carbon credits so owners can change their operations to cut emissions or pull more carbon dioxide from the air into soil and trees. it is not all like that on capitol hill. yesterday there was a hearing oversight and reform committee looking at federal employees and things got a best testy. >> if you do a study comparing the private sector to the public sector, the private sector is really doing within their companies. on-campus day care. most of them have all kinds of services for employees and the federal government needs to keep pace. we can't pay the same salary as

the private sector. we have to find people that are committed to public service but we have to help them balance their needs with the work that they have. i now recognize -- >> with all due respect. >> reclaiming my time. >> you went way over your time. madam chair, [ [talking over one another] >> someone get the chair in order. >> sick and tired of giving more benefits to federal employees because they have to pay for those benefits. >> you want the taxes even lower. host: part of that hearing

yesterday, most of it done virtually and all of that at c-span dorgan happening on the same day that the group of senators republican and democrats announcing a bipartisan deal on infrastructure with the white house. we are talking about bipartisanship on capitol hill. your thoughts. host: the spending on other items in the deal is offset by a hodge podge of revenue raising measures, economic assumptions and projected savings. it's the result of weeks of haggling over where to find

hundreds of billions of dollars without reversing the 2017 tax cuts, a red line for republicans or increasing levys on household, a democratic priority. part of what bloomberg is writing about. let's hear from aaron on the independent line from westminster, massachusetts. jen: good to see you, happy pride celebrating here today. i'm going to give you a quick overview. on monday, the president will welcome the new israeli president. it will high height the enduring partnership between united states and israel and deep ties between our people. the visit will honor the dedication he has shown to strengthening the friendship between the two countries over the course of many years. on tuesday, the