i've got senator ben cardin who will be joining me in just a moment but let's quickly go to monica alba, of course, our white house correspondent, standing by for us and see, monica, if you heard anything that jumped out at you that was either unexpected or just really the tone of the president. he's pleased. he didn't seem to dwell on the fact that this was a very, very close call. >> reporter: you're right, alex, and tonally and substance-wise, i think this is what we expected to hear from president biden, but there were a couple of top lines. two things that stood out to me. first, so many questions from americans about when these checks would go out if indeed this passed the senate as it did today. president biden saying those would start to go out in the next couple of weeks, this month in march, and then something else that really is striking, it seems that the president here is indicating he's moving up the timeline of when he promises there will be enough vaccine supply for any american adult who wants the shot to get it by the middle of may. this is a promise the white house ha

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joining us now is maryland democrat senator and member of the foreign relations committee, ben cardintor, welcome. >> mike, it's good to be with you, thank you. mike: what is your assessment of what we've been seeing at the southern border? >> we really do need comprehensive immigration reform. i've been to mcallen, texas, so i know what's happening there. we have a global problem in regards to displaced individuals, but clearly at our southern border we need to have a policy that reflects the values of america. we certainly do not want to see what happened during the prior administration, that's against our values, but we need to have a sensible policy to protect people who are at risk but also to make sure we have secure borders. mike: as you well know, comprehensive immigration reform's been tough to get across the finish line. are there some a la carte measures that might have common ground that are, perhaps if, more realistic in getting done? >> well, we're going to try to make progress wherever we can. obviously, we have the concerns on the southern border itself, on we've seen

democrat senator ben cardin caught on a hot mic monday telling transportation secretary pete buttigieg how they plan to jam in trillions of more dollars, this time for infrastructure, without any republican support. listen. david: woke up to the fact that there was a hot mic on. that's never a good idea. joining me now is "wall street journal" political reporter eliza collins. it didn't come as a real shock, most people expected this was how democrats were trying to get this bill through. on the other hand, you don't want to let your opposition know what you're doing, right? >> well, it's not a good move because right now democrats say that they want to work with republicans. there are a couple democratic senators who do not want to use reconciliation which is what they used on a covid relief bills which is what happened with just a simple majority. people like joe manchin have said they need a real bipartisan effort, soing something like this certainly doesn't help that. what it does do is carden might say they might ultimately get to reconciliation, but there's going to be buy-in fro

i want you to respond to this clip between senator ben cardin and pete buttigieg on monday. >> reporterrf parts of it, ultimately put together something similar to how the plan was put together. this will be with you up to a point. okay. shannon: could you hear that? could you hear that >> i couldn't hear exactly. i heard them talking. jillian: i will read part of it for you because i want you to react to this and this is the senator saying we have to use reconciliation. the republicans will be with you up to a point and he's trying to continue, pete buttigieg says let's clear this and they move off the path the fact they are having this conversation out in public and pete buttigieg saying let's move along what is your reaction to that? >> nancy pelosi is famous line obamacare, we won't know what is in it is a web we pass it, you don't know what the tax increases and impact on the economy will be until after they pass it and try to smooth it over between the houses. this is in a sense a progressive dream, what happened with the lockdown and the massive spending and now massive tax incre

ben cardin tipped his hand.ttigieg on a hot mike yesterday and said this. >> ultimately it's going to be put together similar to how the rescue plan was put together. has to be. most likely reconciliation. >> reconciliation meeting 51 votes. senator joe manchin said he doesn't think he's in favor of infrastructure bills through reconciliation. what are your thoughts on this? >> we just saw how reconciliation worked. it was primarily a one-sided deal there where republicans were not allowed to amend any of the legislation for the covid relief package. i can't think of a worst thing to do right now than raise taxes in the middle of a pandemic. washington doesn't have a revenue problem. we have a spending problem. for decades, our deficit and debt increases year after year and nobody is holding either side accountable. you talk about the corporate tax hike. we're in the middle of this pandemic. we're finally seeing economic recovery. jobs and employers are looking for employees. if we hike the tax rates the way joe

us the daily caller editorial director vince cogianese it's great to see you when you heard the ben cardinon a hot mic telling transportation secretary pete buttigieg they plan to use a weaker budget reconciliation process to gm through trillions of dollars of new infrastructure. are we going to see more cash for clunkers green new deal boondoggles, what is this? >> is amazing think about the united states senate and the founders built this a slowdown legislation and they delivered a process and is that what the people want and is what they need and the democrats are planning on doing and we already seen them start to do we don't need political support for this we just need a very narrow majority 50 plus one to pass anything that we want and that can include trillions of dollars of spending and honestly the behavior i see from democrats suggest that they don't think they will be in power in two years there sprinting into passing every single political giveaway that they can to the contributors, their donors and people connected to their party. this is the latest indication to be, on a hot

ben cardin and pete buttigieg talk about going alone to using senate rules to pass it with 51 votes. >> ultimately it's going to be put together similar to how the rescue plan was put together. most likely reconciliation. >> infrastructure was thought to be one of the few areas where republicans and democrats could work together. charles? >> it was. well, democrats planning to go it alone. what political price? reports say the new infrastructure and green package could cost up to $4 trillion and be revealed as early as may. oklahoma republican senator james langford is a member of the finance committee and he joins me now. thanks for joining us, senator. another hot mic moment. a lot of people probably felt that this was already part of the game plan. what is the response from the republican party? >> it's not shock. i can tell you that. publicly democrats will talk about unity and talk about bipartisanship obviously in private and then they say we're going to run over all republicans. >> we don't want their ideas. as you mentioned before, everyone knows that infrastructure is a basi

when you heard top democrat senator ben cardin caught on a hot mic telling transportation sector he petebudget reconciliation process to jam through trillions of dollars of infrastructure spending will we see more cash for clunkers green new deal boondoggles, what is this? >> it's amazing think about the united states senate the founders built this to slow down legislation and they deliveredea process and this is what the people want and what they need and when democrats are trying ta do we birdie seen them start tot do, whatever we don't need political support for this we just need a narrow majority 50 plus one the votive kamala harris surpassed anything that we want that o can intrude trillions of dollars of spending the behavior i'm seeing from democrats suggest they're not going to be power in two years are sprinting into every single political giveaway and their contributors and donors and people connected to their party this is the latest indication to be caught on a hot mic saying were not gonna bother this senate rules will use a special role passive filibuster in trillions and s

divide the republicans or, for that matter, even win over some people like robert menendez and ben cardin and the biden administration will say what the obama administration said which is that this deal or war. you don't want to escalate against iran in the renal, you better take this deal. and if we free up this cash, maybe we can seduce the hard-liners in tehran the become more prague matoff moderates and join the global economy. obviously, i'm deeply skeptical of that sell, but that is going to be the attempt by the biden administration. look, i think ultimately the biden administration wants to, quote-unquote, put the iranian nuclear program in a box and move on to other domestic and foreign policy priorities. they do not want to face down iran in the next four years, and i think they're going to try to use a new deal to sell democrats and even some republicans on the merits of that. paul: all right, mark, thank you. we shall be watching how that plays out. when we come back, as house democrats look to overhaul the american voting system, republicans are crying foul. why the just-pass

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provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ben cardin a senator from the state of maryland, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, april 1, 2021.

and we heard yesterday ben cardin on a hot mic at an event with pete buttigieg, transportation secretarys going to be one party only. it's going to be on a reconciliation package. and just the administration should be ready for that possibility, ready for that reality. so, i think -- listen, i'm looking at july 4th as a probable timeline, a probable deadline for this infrastructure package. but there's just going to be a lot of haggling between now and then. and there are people that are even skeptical that this will get done at all. and you and i, kasie, have lived through many iterations, not only in the trump administration, but also in the obama administration. infrastructure is bipartisan in the sense that both parties recognize that infrastructure is needed and needs to be updated. it's not bipartisan in the solutions that are proposed or the ways to pay for it or the contours of the bill like this. >> yeah, no, for sure. real quick, jake, what do you got coming up in "punch bowl a.m." today, anything good? >> yeah, we have a big talk about immigration. my colleague, john bresnahan

listen to this hot mic moment between senior democratic senator ben cardin of maryland and transportation pete buttigieg. >> is going to be a process. certain parts of it. ultimately put together similar. most likely tapped his reconciliation. [indistinct] >> sandra: chief washington correspondent mike emanuel is live with more. what does that tell us about what a be coming next? >> senator gardner was would likely be in a position to know the plan because his committee would be responsible for committing a surface transportation component. key senate republican said democrats have concluded the only way to get their ideas past is to ram them through congress. >> senator cardin got caught on an open mic and he pretty much laid out what the game plan is. anything they want to do they are going to try to force it through. the budget reconciliation process. >> it's been thought that a massive infrastructure bill was one thing both parties could get behind. there were expectations republicans and democrats would have gotten it done during the trump era and hopes it would be an area of biparti

. >> that was senator ben cardin, democrat, telling transportation secretary pete buttigieg how theyicans are concerned because after the covid bill was passed through reconciliation which republicans say isis them out completely, senator joe manchin said he would push for infrastructure, it could really be a bipartisan process, the filibuster rules democrats would have to work for at least ten republican votes to support that package because there is expected to be massive tax increases included in the package and some of those president biden campaigned on but there are concerns among republicans other things he didn't support during the campaign that could be added into it now. some of the tax increases on the table as part of the infrastructure packaging glued taxing capital gains and hire estate tax, higher income taxes, raising the corporate tax rate from 21 to 28% but also something biden did not campaign on was a wealth tax and there is already we are seeing some moderates on capitol hill be more open to the idea of a wealth tax. there will be a hearing on that this week in t

democrats hand tapping biden administration upcoming infrastructure plan maryland democratic senator ben cardiny different than what republicans would want you can assume that it is going to be a ton of special handouts to democrats states also going to be a climate change package, that is meant to cripple certain industries, benefit others this is a very bad sign, it goes against what president biden promising he would do work on bipartisan basis i think republicans are going to push back and say no way. >> i think hypocrisy is apparent with name, for example, 1.9 trillion stimulus we were calling it coronavirus relief we know substantial portion had nothing to do with the pandemic or reparations for that the administration calling it american rescue plan effectively changed the name. >> the absolutely, i mean again they are going to tour liberal strongholds to say look what we gave you what money handouts bhooilouts for poorly run democrat cities in massive spending bill looking out for reelection efforts in 2022 and 2024 but not what american people want american people want covid relief sch

through normal reconciliation because this is a budget item so to speak but if you listen to senator ben cardinte buttigieg. >> ultimately, when we put together similar to how the existing plan was put together. there has to be a reconciliation ainsley: let's clear this. let's walk over to the side and talk about that. >> lawrence: the bottom line is they get the support they need. both parties love the spin, and the moderates and the republican party are going to support this because they get to give goodies to their campaign done or donors so now the hawks, when it comes to fiscal hawks, they are going to be against this but they are going to get it passed and they love to spend. brian: but it depends on the project, republicans aren't going to be there and democrats will say fine, we're going to jam this through a reconciliation and ask if it's going to be allowed under the budget and if things are under budget and spending evidently you can get a simple majority and if it's on normal legislation like immigration you need the 60 votes unless you get rid of the filibuster that's why hr-1 will

and i'm thrilled to join my partner and senior senator from maryland ben cardin in recommending strongly to the committee gary guentzler to chair the securities and exchange commission. senator cardin has covered his maryland roots. gary is a good and dear friend. but for the purposes of today's hearing, the most important thing are his stellar qualifications and great judgment. gary guentzler is somebody who combines a brilliant mind with a good heart and excellent judgment. he does have the expertise to take on this important responsibility at this time. and i'm absolutely confident that if confirmed he will serve our country admirably and well in this position. in the state of maryland, mr. guentzler was the chairman of the maryland financial consumer protection commission where he earned a reputation for championing the consumers' interests with respect to students, veterans, and service members. and i must say he had a great bipartisan track record. he forged unanimous agreement by members of the commission and legislation that they recommended passed the general assembly on a bipar

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