their democrat legislation. and let's be very clear about the nature of that legislation, mr. president. democrats would like to present this as a covid bill. it's not. yes, there are a handful of true covid priorities in this legislation like more money for vaccines and coronavirus treatment come something i think everybody on both sides of the aisle supports. but the bulk of this bill is either non-covid related or ostensibly covid related but actually either unnecessary or excessive. on the non-covid front there's the $86 billion bailout for multi employer pension plans. the billions for climate change and other environmental policy issues. a new taxpayer-funded l.e.a.d. program for government employees with no requirement that it be used for covid-19. and i could go on, mr. president. the version of the bill that came over from the house contain such a non-covid related measures as $100 million for an underground rail project in the house speakers home state. $1.5 million for a bridge in the democratic leade

now the democrats do control the senate, democrats are warning they could see the same result even though they are in charge of the senate now were house democrats passed all these bills that are top legislative priorities that then go over to the senate but then don't become law. they are doing how can we go back to voters who gave us control of both chambers on the white house and say we control all congress and the white house but we still couldn't get everything done because of the senate rule. that is weighing heavily on democrats right now and starting to move the needle a little bit in the senate where there is talk of changing the filibuster rule because otherwise they do risk effectively seeing the same results as they did while republicans were in control of the senate. host: that caller also managing -- mentioning the minimum wage. there's a push for a bipartisan conversation on the minimum wage. what is next for the minimum wage? >> progressives are calling on the white house to present a plan for what they will do next because the white house hasn't said at this point how it

in 2017 and 2018 i was lobbied to do exactly what democrats want to do now. a sitting president leaned on me to do it. he tweeted about it. what did i do, mr. president? i said to the president at that time, no. i said no repeatedly. because becoming a u.s. senator comes with higher duties than steamrolling any obstacle to short-term power. i meant it. republicans meant it. less than two months ago, two of our democratic colleagues said they mean it, too. if they keep their word, we have a bipartisan majority that can put principle first and keep the senate safe. >> mr. president, it's flattering when the republican senate leader comes to the floor and mentioned your name and senator mcconnell did just that this morning. the issue was the filibuster, and senator mcconnell found a quote of several years ago where i spoke in favor of the filibuster to protect annuity rights in the senate.'s it's true. i didi say that, and it was basd on life experience having already served in the senate for a number of years. i came to understand how i

as the democratic leader in 2017.ts didn't just spent the last four years supporting the filibuster y, they've spent four years using the filibuster to kill senator tim scott police reform bill in the wake of the death of george floyd and breonna taylor. could have had federal legislation t since last summer, putting more body cameras on police, requiring incident reporting to the fbi and making it a federal crime. among other things, democrats stopped it using the filibuster. a few months before the used the filibuster to turn it towards the kids act into a partisan standoff, the process models senate democrats have the goal to block relief in the market in order to demand for the change. in 2018, senate democrats used the filibuster to block funding and force a brief government shutdown over immigration, of all things. one of the democratic leaders first major acts as leader of this conference was the filibuster to shut down the entire federal government. the democratic side spent four years defending and happily us

house democrats are bristling and publicly pushing back in our senate democratic colleagues even try to make their mark on this partisan bill in small ways. so these two radically different processes have generated two radically different pieces of legislation. the democrats had a choice. they chose to go it alone. attack mr. thune: mr. president, less than two months ago president biden emphasized a theme of unity at his inauguration. i quote, today on this january day my whole soul is in this, he said. bring america together, uniting our people, uniting our nation, end quote. admirable words, mr. president, but so far they haven't been met with much action. on the first big legislative test of his presidency, coronavirus legislation, president biden and democrats in congress have pursued a resolutely partisan force. they not only failed to invite republican input in any meaningful way, they deliberately excluded it by passing their coronavirus package using budget reconciliation. this allows them to pass the bill in the senate by a simple majority vote instead of requiring the conc

in 2017 and 2018, i was lobbied to do exactly what democrats want to do now. a sitting president leaned on me to do it. he tweeted about it. what did i do, mr. president? i said to the president at that time, no. i said no repeatedly. because becoming a u.s. senator comes with higher duties than steam rolling any obstacle to short-term power. i meant it. republicans meant it. less than two months ago, two of our democratic colleagues said they mean it, too. if they keep their word, we have a bipartisan majority that can put principle first and mr. durbin: i ask to speak

over 30 democrat senators, including the democratic leader and the democratic whip. well, what's changed? because now they've done an abrupt reversal, complete 180. i mean, they're spinning around so fast, it makes your eyes glaze over, mr. president. what an incredible versatility of conviction they've demonstrated on to issue. and you think about the reason for it. what are they arguing? w well, they're saying the republicans have been misusing the filibuster. that's a little bit ironic give the fact that the republicans have been in the majority for the past six years. the republicans took the majority in january of 2015 and held it until january of 2021. so the past six years it's been the democrats who were in the minority. they would be the ones exercising the legislative filibuster. and they used it extensively. they used it extensively last year to block legislation repeatedly over and over and over again. and republicans at the time were under a lot of pressure to get rid of the legislative filibuster, including by the president of the united states. over an

with or the democrats way or the highway on covid legislation. republicans and the americans that they represent will not be allowed. i guess it's not surprising mr. president after all democrats would have pursued up bipartisan process they would have had to eliminate some banana covid-related provision in this provision like 86 billion-dollar bailout of multiemployer pension plans, hardly a coronavirus emergency or they might have been to trim their slush fund for states and ensure that the distribution formula wasn't weighted heavily in favor of blue states. the senator from illinois was down here talking about the importance of helping out the states. have designed forf this relief packae the dollar skew heavily, surprisingly to states like new york, where the democratic leaders from her california the house speakers from her illinois illinois -- or her illinois where the senate democratic whip is from. it seems like a lot of states around the country mr. president got left out when it came to how to distribute what is going to be huge amount

less than two months ago two of our democratic colleagues said they mean it to. if they keep their word we have a bipartisan majority that can put rentable first and keep the senate safe. >> mr. president slathering when the republican senate leader comes to the floor and mentioned your name and senator mcconnell did just that this morning took issue with the filibuster and senator mcconnell found a quote of several years ago where he spoke in favor of the filibuster to protect minority rights in the senate. say that and it was based on life experience having already served in the

but democrats thought the minority party should have a voice in the process the democratic leader filibustered the largest bill to date multiple times until he got a version he was satisfied with. now that democrats are in the majority they decided that representation can be hidispensed with. and republicans and americans that they represent and with that bipartisan and process they had to eliminate with that 86 million-dollar bailout of the pension plans, hardly a coronavirus emergency. they may have been forced to slash their trust funds for states and not weighted heavily in favor of blue states. and with this was package that they skew heavily surprisingly states like new york and where the house speaker from illinoiss, where the senate democratic with this from. >> it seems like a lot of states around the country are left out how to distribute which is a huge amount of money to state and local governments if democrats have their bay wit - - have their way with this bill. and then access to loans designed to help small businesses hardly something we should be doing in the coronavirus relie

because the democrats, the democrats that would effect from a nominee or conservative democrats. they could plausibly walk over to the republican party, and organized with the republicans. not that it would happen, but they could make that credible threat. whereas tea party republicans, keith pool calls suicide caucus, they have nowhere ideologically to go. they cannot credibly say if you don't -- go with the democrats to organize. so it is more likely that the republican caucus could be like with the democrats used to be. you remember the old saying, nets true of the republican party and that could end up being the case. democrats have more to lose on the floor. some other things to think about though, is that some of the ways in which the president really differs from the antebellum period is these ways. first of all there's no third force in american politics. it is three corner contest that is the most vexing. so if there were a third force, like donald trump starts his own party, then things could get really, really nasty. but there isn't. election laws in the states make it

for democrats in a postnuclear senate that is 50-50, dead even. if the democrats break the rules to kill rule 22 on a 50-50 basis, then we would use every other rule to make tens of millions of americans voices heard. perhaps the majority would come after the of the rules next. perhaps rule 22 would just be the first domino of many. until the senate ceased to be in any respect. this chaos would not u open up n express lane to liberal change. it would not open up an express lane for the biden presidency to speed into the history books. the senate to be more like a hundred car pileup, nothing moving. and then there's a small matter that majorities, or actually are never permanent. the last time a democratic leader was trying to start a nuclear exchange i remember offering a warning. i said my colleagues would regret it a lot sooner than they thought. and just a few years and a few supreme court vacancies later, many of our democratic colleagues publicly said they did. touching the hot stove again would yield the same result. but even more dramatic,

democrats? the federalist republic not a true democracy and this is what distinguishes us from other countries throughout the world. one of the reasons why we are the greatest country on the face of the earth. when the democrats and other progressives refer to the filibuster is a vestige of jim crow. putting identity politics intous the discussion what they do under any and all circumstances. they stand on their own 2 feet then they have to resort to injecting emotional into every political topic they put forth. this would be a tremendously destabilizing event for the entire country. it could even spell the beginning of the end of our country as we know it. in some states like it so upset they are bullied by progressives and democrats most of them in new york and california and massachusetts that some may simply refuse to cooperate entirely with the federal government. a couple of states need the federal government far less than the federal government n needs them. alaska wyoming north dakota ok

listen, i'm going to give the democrats some tough love. i'm a never trump republican that wants to see joe biden be successful. so my question is what is taking the democrats so dang long to just get the checks out? it's because they junked up this bill with all kinds of other stuff. i mean why are we having a minimum wage debate and talking about abolishing the filibuster for covid relief? this should have been done last month. all they had to do was push the money button that donald trump did, get the checks out to people who need it, okay? give small businesses the help they need to stay open until the population is vaccinated and make sure schools are open in the fall. but instead, like the democrats always do, they want to attach all this other stuff and blame the republicans. i'm sorry, the democrats needed to do a skinny, fast bill. they didn't do it, and this is what happens. >> bakari, democrat, you want to respond to that? >> i mean she's not totally wrong. i do think that minimum wage is a larger issue than we want to give it cr

the media, the democrats, they all talked about it openly. given what we now see from joe biden day after day after day, this is now a fair question that needs to be asked. joining us now with more, former white house aide to the trump administration, also president trump's leading speechwriter, steve miller is with us. all right, let's talk about the joe question and then we will quickly go to the transition of the speech. this is -- look, we used to get criticized when i said weak frail, and struggling cognitively. i'm knocking and criticized any longer. you know i think that is you know i think that is, stephen? because everybody sees it. >> this would be comical, sean if it weren't so truly terrifying. the question is, who is actually making the decisions running this country now? who made the decision to start a border crisis in the first month of this presidency? who made the decision to rejoin the paris climate accord, stop the keystone pipeline? shutdown energy production nationwide? who made the decision to start funding abortion ove

the democrats are. and ignore the growing crisis at our southern border, the democrats are. if it means we can slap a bandaid on what has become a gaping wound and call it a win in the war against poverty, the democrats are okay with doing that. it's called spend, but it does not address the underlying issues. it doesn't address the fact that they're doing this at the expense of schools, small businesses, and families, democrats certainly followed through on their campaign promise to empower teachers unions. in fact, they went so far as to approve a provision that would pay schools to stay closed. all 50 democrats voted against the amendment that would have sent new funding only to schools that have followed the science and have reopened safely. you know, mr. president, you would have thought that the democrats would have at least done that for the children, but, no, in addition to saddling them with debt, another $2 trillion worth of debt. they encouraged the teachers unions to not go back to school. that vote put the power right where the democrats want it, in the hands of

so democrats are trying to balance that here.that's why centrists are pushing back on the more progressive aspects of the ledge live goals going forward because they warn that in order to keep their already thin majority that they need to be careful. at the same time it's a lot harder to achieve bipartisan compromise these days. a lot of democrats especially the wake of january 6 when there were more than 100 republicans in the house who voted to uphold the challenge to the electoral college account. there's a lot of questioning if the other side is actually working in good faith and if they don't have that faith, it would make it very difficult indeed to get very much done on the legislative front with both parties. host: christina marcos,

this is warp speed by democrats. it's not coming to a head yet, because the bill on the floor the covid relief package is one they have to pass with 51 votes. when they get to these bills that chuck schumer is going to be bringing up, hr 1, the election reform bill, the john lewis voting act, a court reform bill. chuck schumer is going to bring them up. the republicans are going to block them using the filibuster. chuck schumer will bring them up again and again and build a narrative that i think will cause democrats to unite in sensing to need to get rid of the filibuster. >> you're arguing that democrats should kill the filibuster, but what about the argument they're going to regret it later when they find themselves in the minority again? >> that's the situation we're already in. i think we're already living in the worse-case scenario. mitch mcconnell and the republicans are already able to pass their biggest priorities on a 51-vote basis. judges, tax cuts, spending cuts to the social safety net. all those things

it's joe manchin today, but it could be any democratic senator on any day, on any democratic priority over the next two years. that has this power here. when everything depends on democratic unity, as this bill does, because it's being passed through the budget reconciliation process, any one senator can hold out and try to get as much as they want. what manchin will secure here is a lower number for the expanded unemployment benefits, an extra $300 a week, one week into september when the democratic plan had those be paid all the way through september. he made no friends on the left, this is one senator's prerogative, and this is the reality that democrats will have to deal with with any bill they bring forward, keeping everyone in line on major priorities is the cost. particularly when you choose to do something through reconciliation, and don't make much of an effort to build a bipartisan process. which is mcconnell just dinged the democrats for, saying they chose to do this the hard way, that's why had a 12-hour record-breaking vote until manchin was satisfied. >> mitch mcconnell

president, this past saturday senate democrats signed off on the largest and most partisan transfer of wealth in the history of the united states congress, in the weeks leading up to the boat they insisted that the $1.9 trillion giveaway would bring the relief, the american people were seeking, they quoted suspect pulling in antidotes to support their ridiculous claim bipartisan and chose to use the reconciliation process they did that on a partyline vote in the claims of bipartisanship and necessity began to show almost immediately after the final vote the majority leader called it and i'm quoting one of the most regressive pieces of legislation if not the most progressive in decades. but we all know his definition of progressive is not compatible, compatible with the targeted relief everyone here would probably agree that this. country needs, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle not seen an opportunity to fulfill the radical campaign promises that had put them into power, they chose that power over dealing with the needs of the people have they set out to do a fraction of the

democrats have done well with voter i.d. i wou just make the point that there's a chance that these efforts in state houses to -- to restrict voting could actually backfire on republicans for two reasons. one, they're goingo limit some voting perhaps at the margins, but they're going to limit some voting by their own voters. so there's that. and then secondly, just the pure politics of this. by taking these steps that are pretty obvious and even brazen in the case of some of these georgia bills where, younow, limiting souls to the polls on sunday it's not very subtle what you're doing. the politics could get a backlash in which you motivate more democrats to voteecause they want to prove a point. and they want to, you know, show that this is not going to stop them from voting. so i think the politics of this are not totally clear. i get why they're doing it in the aftermath of trump pushing the lie that he actually won the election. but i'm not so sure that in the dia and certainly in the long run that this is going to pay o

he's a democrat from west virginia.o vote yes after he secured his deal yesterday on jobless benefits. but lisa murkowski, the alaska republican senator, she had not said how she might come down. she just said she is voting no against the bill. she was really the only potential republican swing vote here. but regardless, democrats have used a process in which they can advance this bill by a simple majority vote. that means all 50 democrats, if they stick together, they're going to get this bill through and it appears all 50 democrats, in fact, will stick together, which means joe biden will be one step closer to getting this $1.9 trillion package, a massive rescue package out of the united states senate after an arduous day of votes, arm twisting, negotiation. they've managed to keep their caucus between progressives and moderates together to get this out of the senate. then the final passage vote expected in the house in a matter of days. nancy pelosi there will have to ensure she can limit defections to no more than a

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that is independence, grassroots, democrats but we have democrat senators elizabeth warren, cory bookerhetoric, what do you say to that? >> last december when they went on this attack that you're describing it actually helped us and rescue california.org got a boost when he did that we expect the same if they're bringing in stacey abrams and bernie sanders to california they are serious because the noise been trouble his approval rating went down in february and now it's up 41% in the latest poll that is the direction he's going in by sliming people out differences who don't like his job he's only adding fuel to the fire. elizabeth: he blamed the outrage for his lockdowns on devin nunes on climate change activist of small businesses he went on and on and, people were angry of what's going on with gavin newsom and three people arrested over the weekend after brawl broke out after protesting gavin newsom. you're worried about that? >> it's ridiculous to believe devin nunes he had no role in this, their kids have not gone back to school there lasted opening up, lasting kids sports, the box

and it's blaming it on democrats, whatever, has nothing to do with democrats. nothing, at all., that particular one, by dr. seuss, it's still distribution so none of it makes any sense. they are playing you. are you going to fall for it? are you going to fall for it? he is trying to stoke the fake-outrage machine while, over at fox news, we're watching, so you don't have to, they are covering every-single angle. and what you think, if you were watching is that the biggest, most important issue of our time is this. >> as you know, dr. seuss has been cancelled. >> i do not like to cancel books. i do not like how that looks. >> first, it was kermit the frog and the muppets, mr. potato head, now dr. seuss. >> i do not like it here, nor there. i do not like it anywhere. >> a 2017 tweet from vice president kamala harris praised dr. seuss. >> i do not like it in the store. i do not want it anymore. >> let me just quote barack obama, in 2015, saying, quote, pretty much, all the stuff you need to know is in dr. seuss. >> this week, alone, they cancelled mr. potato head. you know, this w

it's joe manchin today, but it could be any democratic senator on any day, on any democratic priority over the next two years. that has this power here. when everything depends on democratic unity, as this bill does, because it's being passed through the budget reconciliation process, any one senator can hold out and try to get as much as they want. what manchin will secure here is a lower number for the expanded unemployment benefits, an extra $300 a week, one week into september, when it was going to be paid all the way through september. this is one senator's prerogative, and this is the reality that democrats will have to deal with, keeping everyone in line on major priorities is the cost. particularly when you choose to do something through reconciliation, and don't make much of an effort to build a bipartisan process. >> mitch mcconnell ignoring all the republican party line votes in the senate. susan, let's talk about this new dynamic. "the washington post" said the outcome threatens to carry lasting political significance. raising questions as to where moderates are content to

democrats. i mean, the idea of providing a path to citizenship for those who have been here for a long time enjoys something like 80% support. and yet we can't s the congress come together to try to pass that legislation. so it's -- it's indicative of the kinds of politics we have today. chel: laura, we just have 10 seconds left. a quick question for you. does president joe biden make this his next priority? laura: that's the big question right now, rachel, which is whether or not they're going to focus on immigration or they're going to focus on the recovery act which would likely include infrastructure and some kind of jobs, big jobs package to help shore up the economy after -- after this first relief package. so right now, it's really unclear. rachel: laura, i'm going to have to cut you off there. we are out of time. and we're going to have to leave it there tonight. many thanks to da laura, weijia and jacob for their insights. and thank you for joining us. we'll continue the conversation on

but it looks like some democrats who may accuse us of this, many democrats share our concerns. i hear that both sides of the aisle. democrats in iowa right now are contesting a congressional race. as i stand here, democrats in the house are -- this is the roone i'm here is democrats in the house are considering the most dramatic changes in decades. it's called house bill number 1. house bill number 1. to me, that means it's their number-one priority. otherwise, why would they introduce it as their first bill and label it as house bill number 1? how many bill number 1 -- house bill number one for democrats in the house is not coronavirus, it's not jobs. it's not schools. it's a change in the election process for the american people and a big mandate coming out of washington. so the number-one priority of house democrats is not those key issues, but their number-one issue is elections and changing elections in our country. well, the bill, interestingly, didn't go through a normal committee process as bills are supposed to do in the house or the senate. it went straight to the flo

i have friends who are democrats. woman with choices like you who are educated and well-rounded and well-traveled and well-versed, we make choices based on a different thought pattern i think. i support the ideology of public education. my parents sent me and i sent my children to harvard, columbia, duke. does or private schools but we paid for it. now we have a party that wants private schools to get off public -- host: you have a lot of points and i appreciate your call. amy walter, feel free to respond. guest: evy is making good points about realignment. this is why i love covering politics and what i find so interesting is that coalitions of the two parties are not permanent. they change. sometimes they change based on big events. sometimes because of personalities, ideologies. it feels as if our identity is much more of an issue then ideology in terms of how voters are taking their party. this has been going on for some time. i remember looking back at the 2000 election. you had al gore winning in some of the wea

a law passed by democrats. signed by democrat president that says, fundamentally, american people understand this, if you spend beyond your means, you have to find a way to pay for it. you got to offset it. or you go into debt. the american people, they don't pay their bills, mr. speaker, they get their water turned off or electricity turned off. the i.r.s. will hunt them down. put them in jail if they don't pay their taxes. they'll have their mortgage foreclosed. their cars repossessed. that's what happens to the american people when they don't pay their bills. president obama when he signed the law said you can't spend a dollar unless you cut a dollar elsewhere. i agree with him. ms. pelosi, our speaker, gave a speech and she gave glowing points as she embraced wholeheartedly and full throatedly this pay-go. she said, it's important on fiscal soundness to our children and grandchildren. she said who could oppose this great idea? she went on to say, this is an investment in our children's future must be paid f

nelson is not the only red state democrat to meet this fate there was arkansas democrat mark pryor.he went on to lose to tom cotton. a number of red state democrats, including mary landrieu and blanche lincoln have also tried this kind of path, in that case in the obama era. they went on to lose, and they might have lost anyway in tough red terrain, but the lesson for democrats like manchin is repeatedly criticizing and breaking with the president of your own party when it weakens the president may be literally a worst political strategy than trying to have a party and a president so successful that few can argue with the results. now we go into a deep dive on political history. this is a special day here on "the beat." we call it affectionately chai day, with friend of "the beat" who i mentioned, chai komanduri who worked on three presidential campaigns. good to you back, sir. >> yeah, i guess i graduated. i had time and now i have a full day. that's really great. >> that's right. >> odin, thor and chai all have days. >> the only thing is you have to work on this holiday. as i ment

for nine hours today, democrats did not have enough democratic votes to pass their bill. that seems to be over, we think. in a moment, we'll speak with one of the sen tomators fresh f the floor but let's go to ryan nobles. a deal, what are you learning? >> reporter: that's right, john. it seems there is a breakthrough here with senator joe mansion of west virginia, and the senate majority leader chuck schumer. we're being told by several democratic aides mansion agreed to the extension of unemployment benefits through the covid relief package through september, the beginning of september and september 6th i should say for 30 $0 0 a week. the original plan was the end of september. there is going to be a tax credit available for people that receive the benefit for $10,200. that was an issue mansion was concerned about. mansion was considering supporting a republican alternative to this provision that was offered up by rob portman of ohio. that would have cut off the benefits through july at only $300 a week and also, not provide that tax credit. so this appears to be enoug

every democrat voted for the covid rescue plan of the trump administration a year ago -- every democrat. the second major bill occurred in december, $900 billion designed to help us through the first three months of this year. again, treasury secretary mnuchin at the table, on behalf of president trump, negotiating with democrats and republicans, and it came to the floor of the senate, and this time 92 votes in favor of it, including every democrat and six republicans voted no. so, you see, when it came to covid rescue plans, under the trump administration, the republicans were happy to ask us to join them, and we did. some people said we're giving a political advantage here, there, or the other place, but those arguments didn't prevail on the democratic side. the nation came first. the pandemic came first. unemployed people and businesses struggling came first. and we voted that way. then came a new president. joe biden, elected november 3, despite the denial of some, it was a reality and he took this pandemic and faced it squarely. no excuses about hoaxes or it's going to go away or i

and in fact, the ads about tying a lot of these moderate democrats who don't support democratic socialism, tying them to the squad, which is, you know, a small group of members who do in the house, how is that honest? rep. emmer: it is interesting that you want to characterize it as a small group. when you've got close to 150 members of the new socialist democratic caucus signing on to socialized medicine, when you've got over 100 members signing on to a socialist takeover of the free market economy called the green new deal, this isn't one or two or three or four members. i mean, for goodness sakes, last night they actually -- more than half of their conference or almost half of their conference voted to give incarcerated individuals the right to vote. murderers, rapists, pedophiles. you can say what you will about members on the other side of the aisle wanting to have it both ways, but you can't. i mean, you need to stand up. you need to speak up. and you need to be very bold and very loud about fighting these radical leftist policies. otherwise we're going to make sure that the voters

i think it's not just a democratic, a moderate democratic position. there are a lot of moderate republicans who are willing to do that. so that is certainly the case. i get that progressives, however, feel like this is a train that is moving out of the administration. it should be in it right now. that's why you're going to see a lot of anger directed at sinema and manchin, and the others, the six others, the democrats who voted against this amendment today. because from a principle perspective, this is the train that is leaving the station. and the progressives think the minimum wage should be on it. >> that's an excellent point. it's not just these two senators we're talking about. what is it, eight altogether that voted against the minimum wage increase. bernie sanders is the one who brought it forward. i'm going to put it this way, bernie sanders is the one who forced this vote. what is more of a problem, sanders forcing this vote to get his democratic friends on the record, knowing it would turn out this way. or seven democrats and an independent

and he's a democrat.ll the governors that were out there saying they needed ppp or this stuff and they were passive and they needed help, he was aggressive. he did executive orders and stuff to make sure that new york got what they needed. host: back to the allegations, two of them came from aids, one came at a wedding, you say this is a concerted effort? caller: i don't believe he did what these ladies said he did. it started out with one and now we have three. it hasn't even been a whole month. how many more are going to pop out? he's been in office for 10 years. his father served more than that. are you serious? people are out of their minds thinking that this governor is out there in the limelight like he is on the front line battling for his state and is going to put himself in a bad position like that. host: what level does it take when the attorney general is going to have to investigate it? caller: that's her job. investigate the girls or women saying all this stuff. investigate them before you th

but there was also democratic -- democrat opposition to it as well.ple like -- there are a couple of democrats i know of who have real heartburn over raising it that amount and the impact it could have on the small businesses in their states. judy: senator john thune of south dakota, thank you very much. we appreciate it. sen. thune: good to be with you. thanks, judy. judy: for an opposing perspective on covid relief and the congressional agenda, we're joined by independent senator bernie sanders of vermont. he chairs the senate budget committee. senator sanders, welcome back to the "newshour." i just was speaking with the senate republican whip, john thune. and i want to ask you first about minimum wage, because this is something of enormous importance to you. he said, at this moment, to more than double the minimum wage is going to put more small businesses out of business. and he said he could support something maybe $10 an hour, but not $15. sen. sanders: well, first of all, that's what republicans always say. we have not raised the federal minimu

it's socialist democrats. mr. speaker, the head of -- the chairman of the senate budget committee isn't even registered as a democrat. so what would you think would be produced? mr. speaker, whoever votes for this bill, i want you to look people in the eye. i want you to think about that hardworking taxpayer. i want you to explain to them why only 9% goes to defeat covid? why do they have to give $5,000 and you redistribute it to people who wasn't even laid off? you give bonuses to the things you care most about. mr. speaker, i've heard our speaker say many times, where you spend your money shows your values. well, she does represent san francisco, mr. speaker. but we don't. 92% of the budget deficit of san francisco is going to be paid with this bill. for that parent out there who is struggling, that for the last year they had to be the teacher, the tutor, the coach, the music instructor, the recess, participant, help is not on the way. help is not on the way. for those who studied government and always thought w

critics warn this will be defined by the presidency and could cost democrats control congress.lso the story democrats called it a hot mike talking about how they plan to run through even more government spending. how much will that be costing the green new deal. all this has put a report nearly $2 trillion como bill and already has $60 billion in tax hike and it to new york governor cuomo one of his accusers detailing new claims against governor cuomo and hours long interview with investigators. we have the details in a new scandal involving covid death and group homes for the disabled. top democrats circling the wagon joining governor newsom trying to smear the 2 million voters and say we recall governor newsom. but those attacks don't hold up. more evidence congress is living the life on your nickel. a new report showing members of congress convicted of felony, they still get a pension for life. i am elizabeth macdonald "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: welcome to the show you're watching the fox business network we begin with the washington post getting hamm

democrats and republicans working together.ut right now the president and congressional democrats are pushing a completely partisan product through a totally partisan process to promote their progressive agenda. they call it the american rescue plan, and the price tag is $1.9 trillion, more than double what we spent after the financial crisis starting in 2008. when combined with the five covid packages we've already enacted, the total cost to the american taxpayers would be close to $6 trillion, more than the g.d.p. of every country other than china and the united states. and as of the end of january, hundreds of billions of dollars from these bills has yet to be spent. december's relief bill dedicated $284 billion to the paycheck protection program, but only a quarter of those funds have been obligated. that same bill provided $20 billion for economic injury disaster loans. none of it had been spent by february 1. the same is true of the cares act spending for community planning programs, for which hundreds of millions of doll

we need a democrat, a democrat, real democrat. joe mansion always votes 90% as a republican.hank you. host: on the oppose line, conrad, florida. caller: good morning. i oppose it because there is no audit of our defense department. although that might be far-fetched to many, i believe it has allowed our brightest people to develop destructive devices which have percolated to the point where we are getting these guns of war. my mother was a german in world war ii. she was in medical school, they bombed her building and she went to work for the americans, married my dad and came back here. one of the first concepts that i ever understood as a little kid, because everybody in my neighborhood had bb guns, she told me that, that, that guns are only used for killing. they were not an item that we should pride ourselves. i'm a veteran, disabled. and i feel that if they took the guns, they don't, you don't need guns. the only guns they ought to have his hunting guns and the only people who should have hunting guns are people with hunting license. host: the late -- legislation that ha

is on the democrats line.aller: thank you for taking my call i am new subscribing to xm radio so i was just listening and scanning the channels. i was stunned by some of the comments. everyone seems to know everything about everything, but they don't know. here is my take on this. where is diplomacy? if the problem at the border is where it is, then why can't america and mexico get together and address the situation like two countries should? it is everyone's problem. and then the people that come here, they are brick masons, electricians, doctors. they own restaurants. how can you tell me they can't be a part of america by giving to the dreamer program? we need to enact laws that can help the country with immigration, not everybody, democrat, republican fighting, because you are killing america. it is not america or democrat. it is about people. host: thanks for calling. more about our live coverage on c-span two, we will hear from foreign policy experts as they talk about u.s. policy toward china and north k

most of the democratic staffers wanted him other places. the general election campaign manager went to manage another campaign she is familiar she worked on hillary clinton campaign and what you take away from that that was the best offer of the democratic party she proved that and the general election by helping to elect joe biden. but her instinct was not joe biden at first. hers was beto o'rourke. biden doesn't have a team in place. he's not energetic his best friend john kerry campaigns for him carry is sitting at breakfast a couple of days before the iowa caucus and on the farmer somebody i was sitting next him in the restaurant and he's talking to this person about what it would take for him to get into the campaign. he's watching biden on the campaign trail saying it's over bernie sanders is headed towards the nomination and carry is thinking maybe i could get in. i have to step off the bank of america board. i play $59 in the bank i could eat while i campaign. i wouldn't need that much money to live on but john kerry has different s

and he's a democrat.ll the governors that were out there saying they needed ppp or this stuff and they needed help, he was aggressive. he did executive orders and stuff to make sure that new york got what they needed. >> but back to the allegations, two of them came from aides, one came at a wedding, you are saying this is a concerted effort? >> i don't believe he did what these ladies said he did. because it started out with one and now we have three. it hasn't even been a whole month. so how many more are going to pop out? he's been in office for ten years. his father served more than that. are you serious? you people are out of your minds thinking that this governor is out there in the limelight like he is on the front line battling for his state and is going to put himself in a bad position like that. >> so what level does it take when the attorney general is going to have to investigate it? >> listen, that's her job. investigate the girls or the women that are saying all this stuff. investigate them

♪♪ elizabeth: we've got elizabeth: we have breaking his democrat c senators chuck schumr and kirstenlibrand of new york say near governor cuomo has to resign, a wave of congressman saying he should resign but governor cuomo is defiant trying to blame cancel culture now we have 16 congressmen and senators, jerry nadler 139 state lawmakers outut of new york sayg he should step down buddies blaming cancel culture over his own sexual assault and harassment controversies in the covid coverup of nursinged home deaths tied to the executive orders this is a shocking new level of political tragedy is seventh woman step forward was sexual harassment accusation against cuomo 30 women reportedly saving entertain he harassed them. jim trusty, kevin byrne, kt mcfarland and deneen bertinelli, joe concha and tom mcclintock restain other breaking news coming into the studio senator schumer angela brennan calling cuomo to resign this is a scandal in the state that has been hit the hardest by covid-19 and chaotic lockdowns estate that is struggling to survive. also tonight a story we have been covering

you might not like my answer but i'm giving it to you we are still very mindful of what the democrats did to donald trump they did not accept his presidency i'd say maybe a dozen members of congress would not even go to the right and that's of them other way i did joe biden's inauguration i did not have to go i thought it was an important for republicans to go in accept it but that parents got the truth of the matter is that there is a lot of suspicion between the parties and bitterness mr kingston this this nonsense story about the election being stolen this is what happens when so many people in your party tried to finesse 4 years of incessant lying by donald trump isn't it you never called out his lies on the contrary or tried to claim that they were just hyperbole they weren't hyperbole were they a good number of them were flat out lies but people in your party wouldn't call them out what they say well it's a little bit like joe biden the other day saying there were no back when he came to office even though he himself had received the colored vaccine and december he stood up on n