currently there are four democrats and three republicans in the delegation. because colorado has become a bluer state, democrats are hoping to expand their advantage to five to three. the commission has proposed a couple different drafts of maps, some of which would give republicans an opportunity to win up to four or five of the eight seats. it would include a couple of highly competitive districts. colorado is unique in that it does prioritize competitiveness as one of its criteria for drawing new maps. there are only a few other states that do that. democrats are fearful that if republicans have a good year in 2022, they could end up winning a majority of seats, even if they don't win doherty of colorado's votes -- don't win a majority of colorado's votes overall. >> ms. burkland, where is the population growth in colorado right now? >> the metro area. [indiscernible] >> just one thing on the surface , does that stay with the democrats or the republicans? >> as it appears right now, this new congressional map will slightly favor democrats. it would be a com

they have a democrat leaning one in republican leaning one. democrat one way to gain congressional districts for new york in favor of democrats based off of voting patterns in 2020 by the republican plan would gain republican districts. so obviously, local elections state center having major consequences and having congressional districts and how many democrat or republican districts new york will have. >> given there's already two sets of maps and potentially a third coming, will this end up in court in your view? >> are were republicans of the plan to take it to report so the republican party wholesale has mentioned they are interested in challenges. it would seem unlikely they would not take it to court. the bottom line is, these elections will be have this year. these midterm elections. and so there's going to be a lot of movement between now and then. and of course we have the governor's race with the democratic primary in june. >> host: sodas the governor have a role in redistricting? >> it's really in the legislature's hands. the governo

it went from being a very strong republican map to being equally split between democrats and republicans. some of our districts became famous as daffy duck and other cartoon characters for the very unique shape. they're also thrown out in 2011, 2012 back when the redistricting cycle happened. also reasons are unconstitutional they had split counties in too many ways against our constitution. so yes pennsylvania when the ground zero but also as an example of how the court increasingly becoming involved in unfair maps but lawmakers can't figure how to do it themselves. >> host: finally what is spotlight pa? >> spotlight pa is a nonprofit newsroom. we are based in harrisburg but serve the entire state. we have 77 partners we share stories with. in government with an accountability angle too. >> sarah and hughes as a the committee voting on whether to approve the vaccine

texas has 23 republicans and democrats right now. republicans are going to try to have the states to new seats for themselves. but they have to play defense as well. 95% of texas population gained was non- white in the past decade on a net basis. what that means is republicans have a lot of seats particularly in the suburbs that are becoming more competitive. at the 23 seats republicans currently hold, nine of them are districts where president biden got more than 47% of the vote in 2020. republicans first priority is to be sure those districts episode democrats cannot win them in 2022 or down the line in the next decade. in order to do that, they may have to draw a new democratic district in the city of austin. currently, austin is split effectively at six different ways. republicans are going to attempt to make their own incumbents safer. one easy way to do that would be by drawing that new democratic district. but we are also seeing republicans have gained strength in the rio grande valley. we solve big swings toward dalton between

why not do the regular democrats and republicans? guest: there's going to be a lot of crossover between people who identify as democrats, people identify as biden voters, and people who identify as republicans and trump voters. i think he wanted -- we wanted to set up 100% on one side and 100% on the other and avoid the folks who may be voted third party or call themselves one party label but maybe vote a different way. there are still some of those folks in the country, particularly if you look at party registration in certain states, republicans in say like west virginia, they >> this is live coverage on c-span. my family was very good at it. at the time my father was a largest manufacturer of commercial refrigeration in the world, privately owned. his fortunes were made by setting up affiliates and distributorships. host: it is a story that might have worked better than the previous segment when we talked about dark money and the movement of money. do you have a comment on political polarization? caller: i think it benefits some pe

why not do the regular democrats and republicans? guest: there's going to be a lot of crossover between people who identify as democrats, people identify as biden voters, and people who identify as republicans and trump voters. i think we wanted to set up 100% on one side and 100% on the other and avoid the folks who maybe voted third party or call themselves one party label but maybe vote a different way. there are still some of those folks in the country, particularly if you look at party registration in certain states, republicans in say like west virginia, they only recently overtook democrats in terms of part a registration -- party registration edge in that state and that is a state that voted for donald trump the majority the time. so if you ask about registration, there could be differences but fundamentally, we wanted to look at the attitudes of specifically biden voters and specifically of trump voters. host: somers point, new jersey. this is captain, an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm speaking to the si

and republicans in a lot of places will try to pack democratic votes into a small number of districtsximize the republican opportunities in these democratic votes are concentrated in overwhelmingly in blue cities like madison and milwaukee. even if you draw a map that is compact and even a partisan end when you look at a composed congressional district map, what are three things that you look forward immediately. >> multiple analysts and they are talking about totally different conclusions when i'm looking for is how much blue or red are the seeds getting versus and one thing that surprising is that there is no constitutional requirement if someone gets out of their congressional district they can still file for a different seat and run in a more favorable district. so how does this score over the years they have evaluated how it compares to it has gained traction and this is a very complex situation and has a lot of different interlocking trade-offs and consideration. >> western states are changing this, 2-1, joe biden, let's start with the joe biden states, oregon and colorado. in o

however republicans in a lot of places will try to pack democratic votes into a small number of districts to maximize republican opportunities elsewhere iner democrats in many states are at a geographic disadvantage. an example would be the state of wisconsin where the state is sort of evenly divided but democratic votes are concentrated in overwhelmingly blue cities, madison and milwaukee and as a result even if you draw a map that is fairly compacty and draws a district that is madison, draws a district that is milwaukee, other six districts would lean republican by a fair margin so even a partisan map could generate. every-- >> every 10 years since world war ii florida has been a state that has gained congressional seats. had eight in 1940. they currently will have 28 seats. what's happening in florida? >> florida is perhaps republicans biggest opportunity to gerrymander. in florida, back in 2011 republicans got to draw the map, but they were somewhat constrained by this new states constitutional amendment called fair districts florida which was passed by voters in 2010 to try to curb

whether it's democrats, republicans. and when some of this scoffing

because right now if you look at the numbers independence -- independents outnumber registered democrats and republicans almost two to one. we know that point of view is often getting lost. host: what part of being part of a major party was inflaming to you, particularly the democratic party? guest: i mean, i did not feel particularly inflamed, i suppose. [laughter] i was a democrat for 26 years. ever since i could register to vote. but right now we are seeing a dysfunctional system where we are not able to get anything done on either side. i think people watching this at home can relate to that. if you are a reasonable person you are scratching your head being like, why is it our leaders seem so unreasonable relative to anyone else? [laughter] the answer is that those are the incentives of our system. right now if you become an elected representative you do not answer to 51% of the population, as much as we would like to pretend otherwise. who do you answer to? the answer to the 10% to 20% of the most partisan voters who will vote on a democrat or republican in your district. 80% of districts are safe

the florida senate republicans control there is some influence there. democrats have some sway it's a very, very red chamber. overall, the florida legislature is a republican body but. -- body. >> doesn't governor desantis have a role with us? >> yes he does. he will has to sign off on the legislative in the congressional at courts. he will have a role in some of this. i will note, i'm sure some will chime in and have conversation to whatever degree governors do, it's kind of on the backseat on this one. ultimately a judge will prove the maps drawn by the florida legislature. or they will look at the maps drawn by the courts here because there is likely to be some illegal gerrymandering. >> what is the timeline for the process? >> that is a good question for the timeline was thrown off a lot with the late census in the census data the process was delayed a covid florida the last redistricting process this was completely different. there've not been public hearings across the state and the show to draw these maps and solicit public input. i would suspect there are

get their vote out, they will win because there are more democrats than republicans. the problem democrats are having or giving the -- is getting the vote out. republicans are much more enthusiastic because they think they have a candidate who can win. they have not been in office for 10 years. host: our guest is larry sabato. we have a line for virginia residents, 20274 880003. republicans, 20274 eight 8001. independents and others, 202748 out of -- 202 748 8002. i wanted to ask you about a poll on issues important to virginia residents. one issue that has jumped in the past month is education. 15% of the people responded in september. that jumped almost 10 points to 24% in october. what does that reflect? guest: it reflects that republicans have been following their nominee closely and his tv ads are overwhelmingly about parents role in education. they are following the candidate that is overwhelmingly a republican group. the democrats have said education is important and they are voting for terry mcauliffe. people misinterpret polling, especially about issues. it of

so it is a real problem i talked about in my book and that isn't just a democratic problem or republican problem but a systemwide problems led to lead the democratic party. host: as a real problem you see elsewhere how do you identify that and how does the party remedy that? >> in the past i ran a business. have also been an entrepreneur. so people respond to incentives. if you reward them so one of the political incentives right now is to get up and make ideological inflammatory argument some people would love they will send you money or vote you back in again with very partisan primaries. 's we have to make it so just to get from over here or over here if we really go far maybe even where the financial incentives are tied to the entire population.on this sounds very dramatic and almost too good to be true but it is entirely achievable. the way wee get there is to get rid of public primaries everything is determined at the state level so open primaries is not closed primary party were anybody can vote that is straightforward then to make sure you don't have any spoilers to make sure the

the florida senate republicans control there is some influence there. democrats have some sway it's a very, very red chamber. overall, the florida legislature is a republican body but. -- body. >> doesn't governor desantis have a role with us? >> yes he does. he will has to sign off on the legislative in the congressional at courts. he will have a role in some of this. i will note, i'm sure some will chime in and have conversation to whatever degree governors do, it's kind of on the backseat on this one. ultimately a judge will prove the maps drawn by the florida legislature. or they will look at the maps drawn by the courts here because there is likely to be some illegal gerrymandering. >> what is the timeline for the process? >> that is a good question for the timeline was thrown off a lot with the late census in the census data the process was delayed a covid florida the last redistricting process this was completely different. there've not been public hearings across the state and the show to draw these maps and solicit public input. i would suspect there are

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the main problem in michigan where democrats currently hold seven of the 14 seat. republicans hold seven of the 14 seats, is that it is difficult to untangle these boundaries. and keep incumbents and districts. the district is not going to take incumbency into account very much. the democrats problem is that six of their seven members who all live within a few miles of each other, and the detroit area. a lot of these detroit districts are going to need to expand into more republican territory since the state is losing a district. even though you are moving from a map that was drawn by republicans ten years ago, to a commission drawn map this time it could still be democrats at more risk. >> is with bridget michigan he joined us from lansing. did michigan lose population about 10 million people live in michigan currently, why is michigan losing a seat? >> yes thanks for having me today. the reason for sluggish growth truly michigan saw an increase in population but it was not as big as other states. so michigan joined the other states in the region that ended up losing a seat.

republican line. caller: good morning, senator lieberman. once upon a time, i was a democrat. we came from being a country club republican to a centrist and we've done a pretty good job in south carolina, who are much more centrist than we have now. i wanted to point out something i found. i worked in 12 countries and i found in the south china sea that china was using -- frequencies to program elections and other things that were very nasty. it has been pointed out that we need to change infrastructure. when we changed the radio and the fiberoptics so they can't be broken into even by the chinese, democrats need to stop this with china breaking into our internet. there is a document saying, one of them is the washington state. they told some of these frequencies -- and while you were talking to people in congress about infrastructure, you need to go to fiberoptics systems and cut most of them except one. we need to go ahead and stop this. host: joe lieberman, you served as the former chair of the senate homeland security committee. any responses? guest: had a little trouble -

and so we began trying to make these negottions occur in a seam less adjust as democrats worked with republicansise the debt ceiling three times in the trump administration, and ad ministration that added a trillion dollars to the debt. it's not democrat debt. it's not republican debt. it's debt that has been incurred by both parties over the years. and were planning to do this. initially, republicans wouldn't help us. and we said get out of the way. we'll do it ourselves. it's not that they're get get getting on the cart, they're standing in front of the cart. judy: janet yellen said it's time to do away with the debt ceiling. >> look, the debt ceiling played a role at one point in time. but it's been weaponized in a way that's very destructive for the economy. we can start to see that now in the spreads and interest rates that are expressing some nervousness about this there is absolutely no reason for democrats and republicans not to working and get this behind us. judy: and do away with debt ceiling ins the future is that what you're saying? >> i think that is a perfectly fine as per ration.

we began trying to make these negotiations occur in a seamless way just as democrats worked with republicansthe debt ceiling three times in the trump administration, an administration that added a trillion dollars to the debt. it's not democratic or republican debt, it's debt that's been incurred by both parties over the years. and we were planning from the very beginning to do this. initially, republicans wouldn't help us and we said, okay, get out of the way, we'll do it ourselves. then they started playing filibuster games. they're standing in front to have the cart. >> woodruff: treasury secretary janet yellen and others are saying it's time to do away with the debt ceiling. what about that? >> very little janet yellen economics that i don't agree with and i would include that as well. the debt ceiling played a role at one time but it's bee weaponized in a way that's destructive for the economy. second start to see that in some of the spreads in interest rates reflecting some nervousness about this. so there is absolutely no reasons for republicans and democrats noto work together and ge

you are completely correct that independents outnumber democrats and republicans. i think independents should get together. i think reform-minded democrats and republicans should get together. that is why i started the forward party. i hope you will all check it out at forwardparty.com and consider moving the country forward, literally. we are being played. we are being manipulated, to tony's point. host: you mentioned your idea of universal basic income. as a concept is it playing out and reality, particularly in cities and states? especially stimulus payments being delivered to americans? is it a concept that could work now? guest: one of the very best things going on right now in our country is the child tax credit. if you are watching this and you got a $300 check for your child or grandchild, you know parents got it -- i guess that would be your kids. [laughter] if you got the $300 check you are like, wow, this is great. we should keep that forever. 448 economists just signed a letter saying we should keep it forever. it has made people less hungry, it has got

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so there's no clear route forward for democrats. republicans insisting they must do it on their own. democrats saying they do not want the to take that route, and they are not giving either way. we're going to see how that develops over the next several weeks. in the meantime, things are incredibly tense around here. yesterday was very high stakes for members of both parties. but it was really kind of this culmination when we saw chuck schumer giving his speech right after ten republicans cross ed over to allow them to go forward to lift this debt ceiling. here's parking lot of his speech. take a listen. >> leader mcconnell and senate republicans insisted they want ed a solution to the debt ceiling, but said democrats must raise it alone by going through a drawn out and risk reconciliation process. that was simply unacceptable to my caucus. yesterday senate republicans finally realized that their obstruction was not going to work. >> you saw senator joe manchin there putting his head in his hands as he was talking. he told reporters after that

strike two. 5-4, republicans lead the democrats here. republicans put up five in the bottom of the first inning. back-to-back inside-the-park home run. kildee steps out of the way. look at the curveball. some movement on it. now the 1-2 to kildee. swing and a miss. high. strike three. our first swing strike -- swinging strikeout of the night. second out of the inning. >> steube looks pretty good, considering he's coming off that break with the president, came right back out. >> he did. >> i must say i do like steube's form. >> yeah. he is -- >> here's raul ruiz, back to the top of the order for the democrats. see if steube can keep it right here with murphy on third. steube goes from the stretch, two outs. first offering to ruiz, swinging strike. can't see if he's still in the dugout or not. >> ruiz hit by a pitch. his first at-bat today. murphy dancing off third a little bit. steube into the stretch. the 0-1. ball one. >> steube is a pretty imposing player. when he has control he can be a really good pitcher. i've seen him in the hallway

which is by the way what both republicans and democrats have used in the past. the bill before simply says, the united states of america will pay its bills on time. what a radical proposition. and yet, our republican friends cannot summon the intention to do just that. and a senate republican still cannot be consistent with their own votes from the past four years. they can stand aside, and as leader mcconnell has suggested, vote for cloture to allow democrats to pass the bill with 51 votes. at least do that. at least have the courage to allow others to display the courage of standing up and voting for what they know is absolutely essential. and what they've said is absolutely essential. but if you believe that the full faith and credit of our country is worth safeguarding, that our businesses and working families deserve to be spared unnecessary economic pain, then vote yes. on both sides of the aisle. this is not a partisan vote. this is an american vote. this is for our country. this is for our fiscal responsibility. this is for fiscal stability. this is for f

democrats are sure that the republican party is on the wrong track and republicans feel the same way ites us all, something we hear in all focus group and you are vai, ds, rs, independents, all of them. >> as we go through now and the mid terms we'll go inside any time we can. up next, senator lindsey graham encourages his supporters to get a vaccine and it didn't go very well. why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema or atopic dermatitis under control? hide my skin? not me. by hitting eczema where it counts, dupixent helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of eczema. and that means long-lasting clearer skin... and fast itch relief for adults. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can show more with less eczema. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. if you take asthma medicines don't change or stop them without tal

republicans? how we are controlled by democrats? there are 30 state legislators controlled by republicans. 18 controlled by democrats and two are split. there is an interesting case because alaska elected a majority of republicans to their house. others formed a coalition. technically, it is a split legislature. in a soda, the houses controlled by democrats and the senate is controlled by republicans. in terms of governors -- if you have a redistricting in a legislative state, odds are that they go through the regular legislative process. there are 27 states when the governor is a republican. you get 20 states where a republican legislature and governor controls. you have six states where it is split. or you have a governor -- you have nine states where there is a commission drawn the lines. nine states where there are commissions that draw the lines. six states are at large. so, it is more republican states than democratic states. more states had republican control then democratic control. host: is it unusual that there are so few

for years, democrats and republicans voted the same way on the voting rights act. for years, democrats and republicans voted the same way on the voting rights act. to quote senator mcconnell, who voted for it once, this is legislation that works. i agree. there is no freedom more fundamental than the right to vote. as john lewis said, it is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have. our democracy is strongest when every eligible voter votes. i will now turn to senator lady -- --senator leahy, but first, my friend senator chuck grassley, and then patrick leahy. [laughter] sen. grassley: h.r. 4 was crafted in the name of john lewis, and it is about voting rights that he fought for and is appropriately honored for. the unfortunate reality is that this hearing is another attack on the supreme court, and this bill is yet another attempt at federal takeover of state and local elections. eight wrestles control of elections away from the state and into the hands of the biden-harris department of justice and partisan lawyers backed by dark money groups. before discussing the

and the 2 sides must agree on the final details after a nearly 3 month standoff between democrats and republicans. a deal could finally be in reach to raise the debt ceiling wednesday. democrats said they're considering republican short-term proposal to raise the debt ceiling through december this is an urgent matter must be resolved immediately. the potential deal comes as treasury secretary janet yellen continues to warn in action from congress. >> could cause an economic meltdown. let me be clear. this would be a catastrophic the white house. is it yet sold on a short term deal. we don't need to kick the can wednesday. white house press secretary jen psaki criticized republicans for refusing to do more. she says the american people need certainty. american people are looking at the retirement counts worrying about their social security savings, members of the military wearing about their payments. we don't need to incur that risk. republican senator lindsey graham who uphold is helping democrats raise the debt ceiling that they can spend more money on programs we think are bad for the country.

republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and independent, 202-748-8002. text us with your first name, city, and state at text message -- 202-748-8003. i want to get your reaction to senator john boone talking about what he says are budget gimmicks by the democrats to hide the cost of your social spending proposal. >> it is important to note that the short-term programs and program extension will be paid for by 10 years of taxes. that's right. it will take 10 years of taxes and other revenue raising measures to pay for programs that are scheduled to last as little as one year. so what happens? what happens when democrats want to extend that child lockdowns again this -- allow dance next year or for long term? are democrats going to trot out more tax hikes to extend the child care subsidies permanent? while they -- or are they going to just suggest we add hundreds of billions and eventually trillions to our already dangerously large national debt? and if they are for tax hikes, who is going to be facing those tax hikes? democrats are going to run out of mon

it's sad the republicans will not help democrats pass and do the responsible thing there. craig, this is old debt. this is money that they expended during the cares act and other even expenditures during the trump administration. so it's completely irresponsible for republicans. it's not new. and democrats when pushed will have to do this. >> it really is quite odd. the last point you made, you know, we've heard it made a few times but i don't think a lot of folks fully appreciate we're not talking about new spending. we're talking about paying your credit card bill. you've used your charge card all year and all the suden the bill comes like oh, that's all right. we're not going to pay it. it defies logic. >> when you think about all the things we've gone through in terms of the pandemic, the number of bills in the trillions of dollars we had to spend to really deal with the pandemic. keep people employed or give them the resources to take care of themselves and their families. that was done by democrats and republicans to extend that. now the time comes to pay the bill, an

people say they don't want to be a democrat or republican. and a sense that you get there is despite democrats winning recently at the statewide elections if you look at local politics, the mayor, the city council are both controlled by republicans here. you get a wide spectrum of opinions here. i want you to listen to some of the conversations with voters and warning signs for democrats who feel this county is trending their way. >> nobody wants to pay a fair wage to anybody. and, you know, the minimum wage has not kept up with the cost of anything. >> even in the party, the democratic party they're not agreeing. but i think if they would work together, come together and find a solution, and i think they look like they are close to getting some things done >> i am concerned about the government taking -- spending more and more money. >> you voted in 2020. >> yes. i will never vote again. >> why not? >> because there is no change. i don't feel like i was heard. >> following up on that last conversation, the democratic chair here warned the de

republican line. caller: good morning, senator lieberman. once upon a time, i was a democrat. m being a country club republican to a centrist and we've done a pretty good job in south carolina, who are much more centrist than we have now. i wanted to point out something i found. i worked in 12 countries and i found in the south china sea that china was using -- frequencies to program elections and other things that were very nasty. it has been pointed out that we need to change infrastructure. when we changed the radio and the fiberoptics so they can't be broken into even by the chinese, democrats need to stop this with china breaking into our internet. there is a document saying, one of them is the washington state. they told some of these frequencies -- and while you were talking to people in congress about infrastructure, you need to go to fiberoptics systems and cut most of them except one. we need to go ahead and stop this. host: joe lieberman, you served as the former chair of the senate homeland security committee. any responses? guest: had a little trouble -- i got the

democrats wanted. he said it could get republicans onboard. two vote for i then democrats put aside the objections. senator manchin set out to find ten republican senators that would vote for it. he told reporters, i've been working across the aisle with all the republicans. trying to get people to understand the bed product of our democracy and accessible, fair, secured voting. we're negotiating in good faith. we'll see what happens. today in the senate, it was his bill. it was joe manch yun's voting rights bill which he wrote specifically because he said he knew republicans would go for it. that is the bill up for a vote. this is the bill he unsifted democrats get behind even though they didn't like a lot what was in it. a voting rights bill had to be bipartisan and should be bipartisan and this was the bill that could get republican votes. not a single republican vote for this bill today. not one. there was reporting to day, a provocative reporting that senator joe manchin is considering leaving the democratic party. if he left the democratic party, and either became a republican or started caucu

republicans and democrats are in a position -- in fact, it wasn't long ago, we stood side by side and approve the 2000 and pre-authorization. we even sued to get their house and senate members, republicans and democrats alike on the steps of the capital. and you have about his broad spectrum of ideologies among the republicans, the democrats in that picture you can imagine, the belief in our right to vote it's bigger than politics. in my state of vermont, we fight to make sure everybody has the right to vote. it is a belief that a system of government of, by, and for the people is one worth preserving for generations to come. that's why the john lewis voting rights act is here. it seeks to ensure that americans all parties, all races, all backgrounds have the right to vote protected. it has never been the party, about the power of one party over another. in the last election we elected a republican governor and a democrat lieutenant governor. it's not about a federal takeover, it's about empowering citizens to fulfill their constitutional committee and exercise the right to vote. we a

why not do the regular democrats and republicans? oing to be a lot of crossover between people who identify as democrats, people identify as biden voters, and people who identify as republicans and trump voters. i think he wanted -- we wanted to set up 100% on one side and 100% on the other and avoid the folks who may be voted third party or call themselves one party label but maybe vote a different way. there are still some of those folks in the country, particularly if you look at party registration in certain states, republicans in say like west virginia, they only recently overtook democrats in terms of part a registration edge in that state and that is a state that voted for donald trump the majority the time. so if you ask about registration, there could be differences but fundamentally, we wanted to look at the attitudes of specifically biden voters and specifically of trump voters. host: somers point, new jersey. this is captain an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm speaking to the situation of creating wealt

democrats outraised republicans. i think there is tremendous promise. i think there is tremendous movement and excitement. democrats, this is their game to lose. they have to continue to show up and bring their message to the american people so that they understand that they are the party that is fighting for the people. host: let's go to glenn, calling from lancaster, california. caller: good morning, america. was that a supreme court ruling, taxed on native american's land -- you have stolen from the native american people on every reservation. the supreme court's ruled that you had to pay it back. his joe biden going to give the native americans their sovereign rights back and pay the people back all their billions and trillions of dollars stolen from the people? host: i will let either one of you jump in on that. native americans in congress right now? guest: here is what i will say. with the president's -- i think we are going to make tremendous progress in our nation to nation relationship. i think it is firmly focused on these efforts. they are fo

are republicans and democrats working together? not so much, i would say.oming from a state lawmaker position than coming to congress, when i was in the majority as a state lawmaker, even though it was my bill and i knew it would pass without democrat support, i almost always reached across the bill -- reach across the aisle to make my bill better. there isn't as much of that at the federal level. we do it in our committee work from time to time. the days of truly reaching across the aisle, shaking hands, i think covid has exacerbated that because we can't see each other face-to-face in person. for myself personally, i'm not doing a lot of in person. i'm doing it virtually because the pandemic is raging. i would like to see us do more particularly on these issues and not be so partisan to figure out where we can work together and agree. even if it's 5% or 10%, these events or conferences pulling people together are truly beneficial to all of us. host: that's a great segue. today, we are focusing on childcare but in the past, we have tackled infrastructure a