places where the democratic party is driving states with democratic governors. why is there emphasis on getting them to explain to us why they don't want to help with daycare cost? why they don't want to help with housing cost? we are so focused on turning our ammunition on each other that we have forgotten that is not the opposition. the opposition is the republican party and the stakes are high not just for an economic agenda. the stakes are incredibly high and people who know me know that in 2020 we basically escaped an erosion, almost permanent erosion, of our democracy. if we want to go back to the era of the four years where autocracy was on the table, let's keep fighting among democrats. let's start talking about what the other side does not stand for, with the other side is not doing, and let's quit focusing on each other. host: our line for rural residents (202)-748-8000. let's get to calls. toledo, ohio and diane is on the line. good morning. caller: good morning, senator heitkamp. i saw your lively debate with chris christie this week with whoever and

and it was there in the democrats' -- it was in democratic controlled city and states this year too.ndless mask mandates and lockdown policies and other restrictions, often those rules were happily ignored by the very people who imposed them, hypocrisy, do as i say, not do as i do, being often another feature of modern progressiveism. the same progressives want to control what we say and even what we think and how our children are taught. speak out against their ideology, you get yourself canceled or investigated by law enforcement. 2021 was a disspiritting year, where some of the most radical ideas were imposed on the nation that had never voted for them. that's the main reason curiously for optimism in this season of hope. americans have seen the effects of these policies in their cities, their schools, their weekly shopping bills, their workplaces, played out daily on their screens. they've seen the failure of these policies and they're making their voices heard. so let's talk about this now with our panel. joining me is former wisconsin congressman, sean duffy and creative caucus

when democrats win elections, democrats and the media say our democracy is sterling, beyond reproach, just needs some modest safeguards to protect the status quo. but, again, the answers presented are the very same policies. lately their pretext has been demagoguing attacks on reasonable state voting laws and proposals. if any state scraps any of the typical pandemic procedures that democrat operatives favor, the radical left says the sky is falling. but outside the liberal bubble, nobody buys this nonsense. the country is not buying the hysteria. on election day last month -- listen to this -- even in deep blue new york, voters rejected liberal ballot measures that would have liberalized no-excuse absentee voting and loosened up the rools on voter registration. both of those were voted down in new york. not even blue new york wants these policies to weaken their elections, but some democrats want to break the senate and trash its rules to force these sorts of things on all 50 states. it's beyond absurd. i understand my colleagues are frustrated they may not get to spend $4.9 trillion

you don't hear a lot of democrats talking about defunding the police.ou hear them talk how we make our streets in cities safer and i think you will hear more about heading into the midterms i do think there is some concern of how this issue will play out and finally democrats say to the republican colleagues you cannot just care about gun violence when it's in the inner city of chicago. you also have to care about gun violence when it kills kids in the high schools. if you care about law enforcement so much why do you excuse january 6. there is political vulnerability on both sides. >> i'm not sure why that is funny. gerry it is amusing. >> somehow it's republicans responsible. >> i didn't say that i said they have vulnerability. >> there putting all their eggs in one basket if they talk about january 6 an issue that does not rank very highly and nowhere near as important to regular voters as actual crime in their neighborhoods and in their cities whether getting torched, silence from democrats, this idea that the democrats are going to talk about janua

host: linz, pennsylvania, democratic -- vince, pennsylvania, democratic caller.aller: i guess my topic would be, along with the last caller, it is what is not being discussed that is in the bill i think that concerns everybody and confuses everybody. host: you are talking about the build back better bill? caller: yes, like the irs agents are attacking america. we have millions of dollars for refugees, folks coming over the border. there is amtrak bailouts for $98 billion. there is a lot of money nobody is talking about on either side. host: this legislation passed in the house and not the senate yet. mckay still negotiating with joe manchin and kyrsten sinema about eight path forward on the bill. we are going to take a break. when we come back, we will be joined by molly reynolds to discuss how congress is functioning almost after a year office but also the attacks on january 6 and later the alliance for securing democracies lawrence orens joins us to discuss the virtual summit for democracy held this week. we will be right back. ♪ >> book tv every sunday feature

just a reminder. 2018, democratic leader, nancy pelosi, leader hoyer, whip clyburn, 116 other democrats voted to default on america's debt. to shut down our government at the same time. and refused to devastate families across america, including in texas. as they said, republicans controlled the house, the senate and the white house, the responsibility to govern rests squarely on their shoulders. another reminder, the american public. our democrat friends have known this date's been coming for two years. this is a crisis that they created. didn't boghter to pass a budget. didn't do their appropriations bill. no bipartisan outreach. waited again and again for this cliff and created this crisis. it's been frustrating to watch this go on. and too i know middle class americans, one out of every three, will see a tax hike in the build back better bill two out of three millionaires get a huge tax cut. a quarter of a trillion dollars of this debt ceiling, a quarter of a trillion dollars of this increase will go to millionaires and billionaires and other wealthy americans. not to mention the he

instead, democrats want to talk about former president trump, even though a democrat has occupied the white house for nearly a year. this is not what the american people want for christmas. the democrats' playbook is about as predictable as a mall mark -- hallmark christmas special. we have seen this movie. the bill before us today is based on political fiction and latest attempt to res. representative-elect democrats' sham investigations of the past. this bill unconstitutionally disrupts the separation of powers among the branches of government by diminishing the executive branch and ignoring the judicial branch. for example, the legislation interferes with the president's pardon power, a power completely vested with the president. but this bill gives congress access to sensitive white house deliberations and communications about pardons. what legislative purpose does that serve? congress has no authority to evaluate the president's pardon power. this bill also overrides the judicial branch by attaching partisan definitions to constitutional language that the supreme court has alread

but sadly, it is another day for democrats' partisanship. providing needed funding for our medicare providers, our local doctors and hospitals, especially as we recover from the pandemic is just commonsense. we should be on the same page. in fact we are. as early as a few hours ago. where republicans also introduced legislation to help our health care providers. but instead, democrats have decided to push a very partisan agenda that has led to crisis after crisis, including the one we address today. our border communities are overwhelmed. bidenflation is robbing american paycheck, the president has mishandled the economy so badly he's already nearly a million jobs short of his promises from his last $2 trillion spending binge. and now patients and doctors are being held hostage to pave the way for trillions more reckless spending that most americans don't even want. regrettably, democrats are politicizing needed funding for americans' health care with the poison pill that provides the process for lifting this debt ceiling, absolutely unrelat

that number is devastating for democrats. independence remain a key swing votes that republicans and democrats vie for in every election. we have seen historic retirement levels coming out of democrats knowing they are set to lose power in 2020. we've seen that start already. you saw a very close race in new jersey for governor. that really most political scientists didn't have on their radar. we have now seen that virginia will have a republican governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. that's just the start of the red wave. democrats are running on a doom and gloom strategy telling people they'll die if they don't get in line with their ethos right now as opposed to republicans saying they are the party of yes and optimism. yes, you can get your children back in school. yes, we can raise paychecks, yes america can be strong on the global stage. independents are drawn to that messaging because it is optimistic not the doom and gloom devastation of democratic party. >> harris: i will move to this unless you have a q

it's true by virtue of the 50-50 senate and a democrat vice president that our democratic colleagues control the majority in this body and they control the majority in the house of representatives and they have the white house. but one thing is for sure. this is a far cry from living up to our responsibilities to govern wisely and appropriately for the american people. mr. president, i yield the floor and i'd note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: we in a quorum? i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so, mr. president, there's a lot of work to get done in this chamber today and for the rest of the week, and democrats are committed to working with the other side in good faith to get them done. first, we need to fund the government before the december 3 deadline. on that front negotiations continue on a bipartisan, bicameral basis and we're making good progress towards passing a funding america. when a c

so i mean, is that it is overplayed card in the democratic in a democrat playbook? well, i think it is, you know, he's obviously not on twitter anymore. so we don't get his offensive sort of random tweets that i think while up and organize the people who don't like him. not really on tv. i think the more donald trump is in front of the camera and the more he's on social media, the better for the democrats. i think that's largely why joe biden, one because donald trump did such a horrible job and was widely disliked. so with him not being around, i think what we're seeing is voters are not going to put the blame on him right now . he's been gone for a year, so you can't really tie people to him and expect to win. we've got to talk about what we're going to do, and i think you brought up glen young can. what he did well was at least find a couple of issues that he could focus on. okay. not very effective for him like lowering the price of groceries or parental choice. those things helped him a lot. okay, mark the same question to you because invoking trump seems like

you had democrats fighting democrats. it's no wonder rural voters think democrats are not focused on helping them. talk to me about that last sentence. you know rural voters well. so does joe manchin. what is it you feel that we don't understand about rural voters? >> i was talking to your producers. you will film the show from montana and we will see it all. that op-ed started after the virginia elections when democrats lost almost half of the counties in virginia by over 70%. there are rural areas in states across this country. but what i think we don't understand necessarily is that we have to address the issues that democrats and all americans are talking about around their kitchen table. i truly believe most folks want the same thing. decent job, safe community, roof over their head, good schools, clean air, clean water, better for your kids and grandkids. those kitchen table issues, half of america hasn't had a pay increase in 40 years. in rural america, there are nine infants and toddler for every day care slot out

in the year of 2010 when democrats lost 63 seats, 17 democrats announced retirement. they already surpassed that. i don't know if we are allowed to bet, but i'll bet any of you that number will be higher before the year-ends. before the filing ends next year. now, some of the rationale why they want to retire, just been disastrous congress. what have they achieved? in the last 12 months what have they been able to do with one-party rule? for $5 trillion socialist spending bill is unpopular with the american public. in fact, it is so unpopular, you don't have to take the republicans' words for it, just look to their own conference. congresswoman laura from virginia. you know what she recently said? she admitted she even avoids bringing it up when she's back home. leadership says they just need to get out and explain it more. and she says she avoids even talking about it. house democrats now they released their calendar for next year. very exciting action taking place this week. they scheduled the least number of voting days in modern history. if you take next year and

in california, it can be democrats, republicans and democrats. democrats can't keep up with independence so screwed republicans, you can't do that. you need republicans. the number of checks and balances. >> can i for one thing in? in the old days, before we had a commission in california, was there much public input into the maps? did they just come out of incumbent protection system that works in favor of republicans? gloria: in the legislature, that was not the case. we had superficial hearings. it all happened behind closed doors in the legislature. whatever input we have seen provided, it was not that at all. it was really just a couple of people that time. in the local level of city council and the supervisors board, it was much more direct input. i think people, particularly with communities of interest, there were, you know, that was part of the equation. people came together and expressed themselves in that way. that had an impact from time to time besides minority participation. there was much more attention at the local level, maybe be

the democrats -- kamala is lying, schumer was lying, pelosi's line and come all the democrats are lying they were using accounting gimmicks to sell this and to you, the american people. of course, recently we had jen psaki on a very different explanation. she circled back with and said the cbo isn't very experienced. at that scoring these kinds of socialist spending sprees. but let's go to joe biden in 2010. escorted that 4.9 children, not 1.75 trillion, to include interest. that's 5.1 trillion. he called the cbo the gold standard of scoring legislation. he wasn't the only democrat that praise the cbo is the gold standard. take a look. >> the estimate for the cbo, which is really, as you know, the gold standard. >> some of them are trying to pin a rose on this report and make it sound like it's a good thing. the others are trying to discredit the cbo. but it is completely wrong. >> before we enact major legislation, we should know the truth. cbo speaks the truth. they've been speaking the truth for decades. and trying to attack cbo is simply attacking the messenger. >> the cbo nonpartis

democrat divisions are as stark as ever. biden and joe manchin are reportedly still weigh apart on key provisions. the senate parliamentarian issue democrats a brutal reality check reject being the latest scheme to sneak amnesty in the build back better bill, the immigration plan would outweigh the budgetary impact with the reconciliation process. the decision is a major step back and likely to fuel party infighting. capping yet another rough week for president biden. earlier today, biden had another stream of baffling moments. during his remarks to students in south carolina state university, have a look. >> all kidding aside, president harris -- i'm going to congratulate you but let you know that your country, this is not hyperbole, it's counting on you. they are counting on you. to change the turn on the dial at a moment we have a chance to do it. i share the frustration. i know the family well. i got started in politics because of the civil rights politics. i'm sure what some of your wondering, how does he know the black

can block democrats. derek johnson of the naacp met with democrats today. he says the clock is ticking. but so far voting rights is no n. no better shape than the other bill. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on capitol hill. thanks. stocks were up today on the fed news. the dow gained 383, the s&p 500 finished ahead 76, the nasdaq jumped 328. joining us now to digest all of this, charles payne of fox business, charles, good evening, what the fed did tonight -- today, how significant, what does it mean for the average person sitting at home? >> yeah. what the fed is doing is they are going to buy fewer assets every month. buying $120 billion in assets what they kale mortgage backed securities and also treasury bonds. they will buy less than that first going to buy 15 billion less a month. they have sped that up because of persistent inflation now it's going to be 30 billion. they are not changing policy in terms of low interest rate. ultra low interest rates, you know, there is no sign they are going to do that. without getting too crazy there is this thing

i would hope we would have had 50 democrats. but if that is the case, i hope we will bring a strong bill to the floor of the senate as soon as we can and let mr. manchin explain to the people west virginia what he does not have the guts to stand up to special interests. host: again, that is senator sanders from yesterday. in "the washington post" this morning, how biden's alliance with mention unraveled. they say mr. manchin made up his mind only in the past day or two, according to a person familiar with the situation, concluding he had exhausted all negotiating options with the white house. the senator did not seem pleased with a written statement from president biden thursday evening that effectively pushed the negotiations into next year, which had referenced mr. manchin multiple times. joseph in virginia, republican line, you are next. caller: good morning. senator manchin, you did the right thing. this is a horrible bill. there are so many hidden items in it. i hear a lot of democrats talking about one senator is taking ov

he is an attorney, a democratic strategist, and former president of dc young democrats in new york. we have margaret kimberly. she is executive editor and senior calmness of black agenda report and in phoenix we crossed to jonathan gillum. he's a former navy seal, and f b. i special agent and author of sheep with no more the art of awareness and attack survival. all right, chronic cross stock rules and effect. that means you can jump in any time you want . and i would appreciate margaret, let me go to you 1st in new york. we hear all the time. everybody knows my political coloration. so, you know, i'm here all the time. they, the, the democrats have gone overboard. you know, they've to lefty, they're crazy, they're nutty. so how do you, you are a progressive, how do you see that? i mean, your watch obviously identify more closely to the democratic democratic party than i ever would. but is it a fair characterization? they're gone to left. go ahead, margaret. yeah, well i'm left of them. so yeah, i've been yeah, they don't go let enough. i wish they were as left wing as we're told th

the announcement earlier on that the liberal democrats have won the liberal democrats have won the north more on this on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. victoria is here for the top of the hour, but that is me for the night. thank you very much for your company. let's get the weather now with nick. hello. well, thursday brought an east—west split to the uk weather—wise. well, certainly in terms of where we had the blue sky or where we had the grey sky. across parts of eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england, some were treated to a largely sunny day from dawn until dusk, where it was the reverse across some western areas. the view from wales cloudy from dawn until dusk. it's the cloud that's going to win out for friday and the weekend. high pressure, lots of settled weather to come, but trapped underneath this high pressure, plenty of cloud. now, where there will have been some clear spells overnight — parts of eastern scotland, north—east england — a frost to start friday, but also some mist and fog around, and particularly through parts of yorkshire, the east mi

one, messaging from the democrats.ember the big build back better, the price tag was touted as opposed to the benefits of it. this is part of what we're dealing with because of the pandemic, it will be temporary but certainly anyone in power is going to get blamed as the president is. >> harris: i will cut in so t.w. have gone. you have gone to the white house talking points. we hear them every day. >> absolutely. amazing to listen to leslie try to defend what the administration has done. democrats do things like increase the national debt from 21 trillion to 28 trillion and they impose unconstitutional mandates that compound the supply chain and then they pay people to stay home and then they scare people to go to work because of the virus. and then they do exactly what leslie does throw up their hands and say there is nothing we can do. inflation everywhere else. the puck stops with the president. the president has been a failure with handling the economy but he has one campaign pledge. he pledged to unite this count

john, democrat caller.r: i have been held on the phone for so long that i forgot what i was going to talk about. host: i am sorry. caller: i believe in the vaccine. i think you should get it. we need to get out of this pandemic, and so forth, and get the country back on track. it is an example to the rest of the world, and we are showing how divisive we are now. the vaccine is working. all of the people are not going to the hospital. we've had seven or 8000 people so far. it is ridiculous. we need to do something about it . put an end to this pandemic. thank you. host: you can call into this open forum. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independence, (202) 748-8002. here's a tweet. what about the people who have to work next to the unvaccinated? don't those lives matter? mary, democratic caller, good morning. caller: good morning. since it is open forums, i want to address the other callers and see if they have anything to say about yesterday. it was reported by the daily mail, the was

every house democrat is vaccinated.t number drops to maybe half, maybe a little more house republicans right now based on reports cnn has done a little while ago. this plays out how series members take covid, staff take covid, and masking around the house. marjorie taylor green has backed up enough fines for not wearing masks in the chamber, it stretches into $100,000 or something. so it's part of the ongoing partisan battle of something that should not necessarily be a partisan issue. >> i think when i talk to pollsters, one recurring theme of the views are just baked into the cake. those rtisan divides that have been there since the outset, first around mass masking, now around vaccine mandates, that's just not changing. so that's one of the challenges for the white house is while they are encouraging vaccines and booster shots, there's only so much that they are able to break through. i think one thing that is interesting, one thing i was hearing from why has aids with respect to omicron, they do believe the pandemic

we saw that, say, with jimmy carter and democrats.act, though, is that the republican party feels incredibly emboldened in part because of just how tenuous the democrats' hold on both the house and the senate and the white house. that was a 40,000 vote margin in the electoral college that gave biden the presidency. so instead of looking at those narrow losses as a way to sort of reflect on, boy, how could we have won? instead it's, boy, we're so close to winning. however, i will say this, thus far, if you look at the candidates not named trump who have been successful since 2020 or maybe in the 2020 election and now in the 2021 elections, they have all been candidates who don't act or sound a lot like donald trump. at least those candidates who are winning in battleground areas, virginia, glenn youngkin got -- did a very good job of while not alienating the president, while not running as an anti-trumper was still able to keep him at a distance and run as a more traditional conservative republican, not a trump republican. the successf

the democrats or republicans? no. forward party wants to try and reduce the influence of lobbyists by having term limits, and one of our biggest proposals is something called democracy dollars where every american who is watching this right now you get 100 bucks to give to whatever candidates you want and we flush out lobbyist cash. a phenomenon you are describing it has been getting worse and worse over time is because -- because companies have discovered that lobbying works and they can at a minimum keep bad things from happening. we cannot get drug price negotiation because the drug lobby will be there. you cannot get anything done in d.c. because some very powerful interest duties will rush in and say it will kill jobs and that our elected representatives are like i cannot make you mad because you represent jobs and you have lots of money, and i want to keep my job and my 94% reelection rate. all of the problems you described are tied together and the forward party wants to fix them and cure them. i am going to su

2022 is disastrous for democrats?e white house typically does not do well in the midterm elections in the first midterm election, and so the expectation would be based on historic trends that the democrats wouldn't do well. so i think that we have to always keep that in mind when we're talking about this. so it's not always, you know -- a lot of people will try to make it -- i mean, there's a razor-thin majority as there is, so if the democrats were to lose the majority, people would make it into a referendum on the democratic party and we have to keep the historical lens very clear that that would be the normal thing to happen, for them to lose states. that's the typical thing. i do think, you know, every member is retiring for a different reason, but a lot of times they are -- when they retire, it is because some people are, like, i don't want to be in the minority or they feel like it's become too toxic or their district is being -- the lines are being withdrawn. that's the situation for some of them. but the net-n

no republican or democrat questions it. president biden, back in 2010 -- i want the american people to know that the score on the actual cost of the bill is not fake, it's real. the effect on the deficit is not fake, it is real. so let's talk about what they said about the bill in terms of cost. president biden said, my build back better agenda costs zero dollars. my plans are fiscally responsible, fully paid for. they do not add a single penny to the deficit. vice president harris -- let me be clear, our build back better act is fully paid for. it reduces the deficit by more than $100 billion over the next 10 years. december 2, 2021. secretary yelling -- yellen, the boat back better plan is fully paid for, even more so. speaker pelosi, it is solidly played for -- paid for. bernie sanders, the reconciliation bill is paid for in its entirety. it will not have an impact on inflation. the white house chief of staff -- htis package has -- this package adds nothing to the debt. well, all lies. it is not paid for. if you do not b

i am not a republican or democrat. i am an independent, and i vote for who i think is best for the nation, t-1, jesse. host: one of the other stories in washington, d.c., is the continuing investigation into what happened on january 6 at the u.s. capitol. "usa today" has a story that talks a little about what the investigation is finding out, and i will bring that story to you. ohio republican representative jim jordan is among lawmakers who texted with mark meadows, chief of staff to former president trump. he forwarded a text message to meadows regarding a legal theory that then vice president mike pence that prevented the certification of electoral college votes from the 2020 election, according to cnn. the text message was revealed this week by the house committee investigating january 6. the message he forwarded originally came from pentagon inspector joseph smits, according to reports from cnn, political, and nbc. jordan confirmed that text's authenticity to cnn. representative adam schiff read part of the text m

the democratic party. i introduced an amendment on floor of the senate to prohibit the biden administration from importing goods, electric vehicles and solar panels made with slave labor in concentration camps in china. every single democrat except joe manchin voted against that. it failed on a party line vote because the democrats -- john kerry when asked about chinese slave labor he said that's not my responsibility. john kerry is the customer of the year for chinese concentration camps. he ought to be ashamed, biden ought to be ashamed. we are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars of u.s. taxpayer money to fund the concentration camps where over a million uighurs are in prison and it is shameful. >> harris: a quick point on this. how many lessons do we need to learn about china? the pandemic we're in right now came from china. and they lied, they did everything. they were vacuuming up ppe before telling the world what was happening so that when we all started to suffer we couldn't get every

democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. senator lieberman, as folks are calling in, a big part of the bill back better act has to do with climate change efforts, efforts to fight climate change in the. i just want you to talk a little bit about the last time major climate change legislation was moved through congress and your involvement in that. remind viewers of what that legislation was. guest: well, going back to the 90's, i was just reading about climate change a lot and i heard some hearings from the government affairs committee and i just concluded that climate change was a real problem that was getting worse unless we changed by doing tough things to reduce the carbon emissions into the air. life on the planet wasn't going to be forever children and grandchildren what it was for us so we had to try to get things done in washington through the federal government always with a republican cosponsor. i knew something this big and controversial never would pass on a partisan basis a series of republicans was adopted from

and democrats are covering for china. it was joe biden as a candidate who said anybody who presides over that many deaths from covid should not remain president of the united states. that's when he was a candidate and he said i will shut down the virus. how has that worked out? he had a vaccine only strategy. that vaccine was developed through operation warp speed which was donald trump's initiative that he criticized. now he is benefiting from it it. he's had a blind eye to therapeutics to natural immunity to shut down the virus. he won't confront china. we will when we win the house back. >> pete: i hope so. doctor, i don't know if it's because things are going so poorly they want to it live in a hypothetical fantasy land. let's say you were in dr. fauci's position with omicron and therapeutics and vaccines and mandates. 2 or 3 things you could advise the white house and say change this and do this? lives are saved, what would they be tonight? >> well, number 1 recognize natural immubt. -- immunity. we destroyed many ye

the democrats have been lying the whole time. they've been using these accounting tricks to say it's not going to cost a penny. get in that in a minute. biden and many other democrats, over and over and over again, it's going to cost you nothing. let me remind you, take a look. >> it will not add a dime to the national debt. why should americans believe this? >> it won't. >> of not trying punish anybody. insisting they paid their fair share. it's responsible and paid for. these plans are this clear responsible. they are fully paid for it. they don't add a single penny to the deficit. >> sean: and build back better is not going to cost anything. we are paying for it. >> 3 trillion in new debt. you are lying. kamala was lying, all the democrats were lying because they were using accounting gimmicks to sell this to you, the american people. of course, by the way, recently we had jen psaki who had a very different explanation. circled back and said that the cbo is not very experienced at school during these kind of social or spending

how revealing of the rotten state of this democratic party. of looting and chaos, they're not everywhere. there in the place is run by democrats and the places with the progressive policies have been fully implemented. blue states and blue cities, california, chicago, seattle, portland. when i worked on crime issues in the uk government the research on criminality was incredibly clear. the number one deterrent against crime was uncertainty of being caught, convicted and punished. the certainty was more important of severity as a punishment. now is a deliberate act of the progressive ideology, democrats are implementing the exact opposite. the certainty if you commit a crime you won't be caught. if you are you will be prosecuted and by a miracle that that happens the thought of being punished you be laid let out again. this is what's happening one party rural by the defendant police democrats. they have no one else to blame but the pandemic says jen psaki, was in a pandemic in florida i seem to recall the democrats making a fuss about it, no cr

the democrats are believing everything the democrat candidates tell them. i noticed the undertone of the last few collars. people need to stop and use their own minds and realize they are being persuaded. i was in the coal mines for 30 some years. everyone is against senator manchin. we can't do away with coal mining tomorrow. the technology for solar and wind is just not that advanced yet. i would challenge anyone that thinks let's shut down all the minds and have clean air. turn off your furnace tomorrow. turn all of your lights off. most of your power is generated by coal mining. host: the idea of joe manchin it, a lot of others have brought him up today. has he been a good thing for the democratic party? his actions in the past year? caller: i think he's being reasonable. i used to follow politics closely. except for the last couple years, it's turned me off the way both sides are fighting against each other. for the state of west virginia, he's got to protect his own interests. he's also thinking like me. you can't shut down all of these minds. alterna

how's democrats -- house democrats, very exciting action taking place this week, they scheduled the least number of voting days in modern history. you take next year and this year, 202 days, the least amount we have been able to do in the last decade. when republicans were in the majority come i think we were averaging about 250. should we be upset about that or should we be relieved? if they are here less, maybe they can do less damage. not sure. host: reaction on our topic on social media. this tweet says i would like to see democrats advocate more strongly for popular proposals like student debt relief and also swifter action against representatives who incite violence and post threatening and inflammatory social media. a tweet from illinois, hard to rate the independent party, better than the republican and democratic put together, and still, we have nobody to represent us. and robert in michigan, i am satisfied with my representation, and in 2022, i will vote a straight democratic ticket. to answer your first call, the tempers are not getting enough kudos from c-span. (202) 748-8001

to my democratic friends, stop digging. thank you. >> can i ask if you are making a broader statement about congress? it is something both parties have done, building early sunsets and costs. do you believe that's wrong? sen. graham: the law says you cannot make it go beyond 10 years, if tax cuts produce a growing economy, covid hit. what does when it comes to spending, senator manchin had it right. they are limiting the cost of the bill by spending programs that will only last a year. not one democrat wants these programs to go away. they will never go away if you leave it up to the democratic party. these programs have been sunsetted to make the biltmore cost-effective. if you look at the program in terms of what is going to happen, you get 4.9 trillion dollars, you don't get $1.75 trillion. get $3 trillion deficit spending 36 $5 billion. all i have done today is ask cbo to do what wharton did, asked them to address senator manchin's concern that the bill was full of gimmicks. they did what senator manchin was concerned a