the house agriculture committee learned the senate has passed its version of the farm bill just as the senators planned this sporpbing. to meet the situation the chairman of the house committee has called a special meeting. it is apparent that the bill passed by the senate would not be approved by the house. legislation would be blocked since both houses have to approve. the house committee believes a compromise might break the deadlock. finally an agreement is reached and the chairman is instructed to submit a compromise to the joint committee representing the house and senate to be called in the senate office building. on his way over with the compromise, chairman stops by the speaker of the house to get his blessing. congressman from mississippi happens to be with him. the speaker of the house is always a powerful legislative leader and his support is important if and action. the speaker says a compromise is a good idea. a warning bell calls the speaker to the house. the chairman takes the electric railway train to the senate office building. during any day they often have to move a

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will be with a white man.y each party has different voices and talents to be in control of the house or the senate or the white house and you have the standard who lost the popular vote twice, you need to turn the page but as a republican there's candidates i can support on the state level, governors to do the right policy so you vote for individuals hoping they can be leaders and be positive and get us back on track that's where i am putting my hope over the next few years and we do see evidence of polling donald trump influence is waning and not increasing. if he goes down from that 46.nine, and he is, he does not still have the support of those 74 million because many said okay. i didn't want joe biden but i don't want trump in the future. they of turn the page and have moved on. even some who like you realize if you can't win then try something else. at the end of the day if you want your policy to be enacted into law you have to support somebody t. >> democratic line. >> thanks for taking my call. what policy differences do you have from the wing of the trump party? >> largelyly that devotion

democrat policies, we need to attack the socialism that is coming out of the white house that is how we will retake the house retake the senatenot quite did you ever constantly looking through the rearview mirror. gerry: your conference elected on friday elise stefanik to that position i want to play you something that she was asked she was asked the question by reporters let's just play and i want to get your reaction. >> the leader of the republican party. >> i believe that voters determine a leader of the republican party in president trump is a leader they look to, i support president trump, voters support president trump he's an important voice in the republican party and we look forward to working with him. gerry: congressman she was asked to president trump was the leader of the party and it sounded that she said yes. >> i think president trump is the de facto leader his agenda certainly has his agenda is the agenda that put america first abroad, he led the tax cut which led to a red-hot economy, he is the first president in our history that is held china accountable, this is a winning agenda for the republican party w

a memo to the white house, that they want to work with the white house, and that they oppose a path toward enactment of an infrastructure legislation that would be partisan in nature. senateepublicans are proposing a scenario in which the white house works with only the democrats to advance a big picture infrastructure bill through a budget process that would not necessitate senate republican input. to be fair, both sides, the white house, senate democrats and republicans, both parties are in agreement on the fact that we need to modernize and improve the country's infrastructure. the big contention is how do we pay for it. that is where they do not see ey e to eye right now. host: one of the photographs accompany your story is the scene outside of the capital, one of the many construction projects, the scene outside of our window as well. i want to go back to the issue of how to pay for this. could that be a dealbreaker for republicans? the president says he wants to raise taxes, go back to the tax rates that were in place before the trump tax cuts for corporations. guest: exactly. sources i talk to, people on capitol hill, they tell me the republicans' position of not r

senior transportation team and the jobs cabinet team are going to continue to meet with senator at the capital and -- senator capito and other top gop leaders. the white houseas a $1.7 trillion proposal that is climate change centric and senate gop, what they are proposing is something that is very surface transportation centric. it is likely over the course of a week or two week, if those talks do not produce a compromise pressure from the democratic leadership on capitol hill will lean towards the president to go on a infrastructure package that does not include a lot of input that senate republicans are proposing. host: do both sides want a bipartisan deal? guest: they say they do. president biden says that he wants to work with republicans. in unity on issues of infrastructure. the senate republicans they not only set it but put it in writing in a memo to the white house that that want to work with the white house and oppose a enactment of a infrastructure legislation that would be partisan in nature. what they are proposing is a scenario in which white house works with only the democrats to advance a big picture bill through a budget process that would

we did have republicans that supported us in the house and i believe can support us in the senate. host: time for one more call for you. bill from erie, pennsylvania, republican, go ahead. caller: thank you very much. the big lie that everybody is talking about, let's home in on the big lie. the big lie was that president trump was a russian agent. let's start there. that was one of the big lies, that was the original big lie. i want to ask the congressman, you were there january 6. the news media has been telling us day in and day out that five americans were murdered on january 6. there was a lady named ashli babbitt. can you tell me what happens to her, please? guest: she was one of the people that were attacking the capital. she was shot by a capitol police officer and died. we've got real issues that have occurred and that is why we have to be able to explain the facts and that's why i support the commission in order to get all the facts in the january 6 insurrection and to make sure we never have those types of events occur in our nation again. this is not an attack on our ca

we have an opportunity where democrats control the house the senate the white house and senator schumer has been in a broader context this is an opportunity maybe twice in the century were he can have these fundamental changes in our country so that's why we have to have this fight now and start pushing right away. okay this question is for you chris and congressman are zirkin. you have two democratic senators saying they won't make any changes to the filibuster and without a in the senate you can't make any kind of reform so where do you go from there but that is the baseline of this otherwise democratic government? >> a few days ago senator manchin was talking about a reform to the jim crow relic and i remain optimistic in the way that i've been optimistic since we took over the united states senate that people like joe manchin and senator sinema who i would add is a member of the lgbt community and a history maker in her own right they don't want to be the senators that stand in the way of our federal antidiscrimination law. sometimes we take for granted or have taken for granted in

the senate. so he and shelby in the house. we had months of hearings and the rest and the work that was produced by that committee was very valuable to the 9/11 commission. and in the legislation establishing said it should take advantage of all those things and we would hope that this commission would take advantage of some of the other oversight committee's work. so let's hope we can have the clarity of a bipartisan commission with high-level national leaders on it. as the committee calls for, with expertise in the areas that are important, whether it's law, law enforcement, security, civil liberty, civil rights, privacy. different range. read it. it's in the bill. it's online. some of -- let's just go that route. it's the preferable route to go. why wouldn't we? why wouldn't we? reporter: how -- a quick follow-up on that. how long are you willing to wait? when democrats seem to have a real fear that what happened on january 6 could occur again. how long are you willing to wait before democrats decide to just go at this on t

the house. we lost the senate. and we lost the white house under him.ertainly so this is not somebody who was able to grow the party to get the majority. i appreciate there are parts of the party where he has increased and changed the dynamics of thed two party. but you have to add if you are h party at 46.9 and what the th o former president proves hehi ca do, first he very much divided the country and that was obvioue in both of his elections now he's dividing the party, and that's particularly what we think is dangerous because it's based on what are the big lies.n i think you've seen that most recently just this week with re what is going on in arizona. ouf and republican officials in b maricopa county that has four t out of five supervisors are republicans, are pointing out that their election has been auditing twice with the same result and that now the former president is still making very provably false claims that are h inciting, you know -- again to incite violence i lea think, in my opinion, because all o

a majority of people, otherwise we simply won't have control, won't get the white house back or control of the house in the senate? >> how do you do that given that your entire party leadership in the house is on the side of the big lie? >> i know that folks talk about what's going on in the house with republican politics but the average person across america i don't think does and the folks in the house of representatives i think don't represent the views of all the people in the country. there are a lot of our public and governors that -- yeah, we don't want to alienate the republican base, but we have to tell them the truth and figure out a way to move on so that we can win elections. you have to have the base and then you have to appeal to other people, like i did in the bluest state in the country by broadening the tent to win elections. host: that from larry hogan. steve has this tweet -- they didn't show up out of nowhere, they were blocks away where's -- where trump was storing them into a frenzy that the election was stolen, march to the capital and i'll be with you. morning, kansas city, democratic line

what is interesting you look at this building and there is a chamber for the house and a chamber for the senate but apparently covid works differently in both chambers because in the senate you don't wear a mask. in the house you have to wear a mask. the only difference is the speaker. she doesn't want to abide by cdc rules. >> there you see the house republican leader doubly proving my point. everything you need to know about the current house republicans the minute they start asking, reporters start asking tough and fair questions about this commission, the republicans are trying to kill, the house republicans start to walk away. then there was a question about masks and kevin mccarthy comes back and misrepresents the issue as well. there is still a mask mandate in the house because so many of the republican members in the house refuse to get vaccinated. that is so the science says if you are not vaccinated wear a mask. simple there. back to the point about the commission leader mccarthy keeps calling it the pelosi commission. he empowered the ranking republican member of a committee to negot

when democrats accepted all the changes requested by house republicans, the senate republican leader said his conference was undecided but willing to listen. once again, the goalposts have shifted. now the republican leader believes we do not need a bipartisan commission. let me be very clear. to my republican colleagues, there is no good justification for opposing the commission. the commission is not partisan. it will have a 50-50 split of democrats and republicans with subpoena powers requiring cooperation from both sides. it was negotiated on a bipartisan basis by the chairman and a ranking member of the house homeland security committee. it won the support of 35 republicans on the house floor. the commission is not duplicate of. the -- duplicative. we need a dedicated, bipartisan commission to look at the whole picture. the fact our committee can investigate did not stop congress from establishing a 9/11 commission. a january 6 commission is necessary for the same reasons the 9/11 commission was necessary. the real reason it seems republican leaders are suddenly opposed to this

i remember back in 2007 the first time the democrats took over the house the senate and the white house and i formed a club the most exclusive club in washington d.c. called united states senate who are not running for president. i renew that club as they are out there right now. so anyway i want to tell you about something that happened in june of 2000 you young kids in here and going to give each a copy of this. this is something that i did and it really was significant. the picture you're looking at right here is me giving to donald trump a document, this document in what i did, i don't think the trump even knew what all he was doing. a these things he's done in the first half of this term were great things and a lot of people talk about doing them but they never did get it done. in the picture there is me and him and he is looking at it and we are breathing it and what trump did in the first half of the administration that tax cuts and by the way the idea of increasing revenue by reducing taxes does work. it john kennedy had figured out a democrat not a republican and he said the gr

people in the white house, the house and the senate. wanted to get something done in the summer. they have to get that through both the house and senate here. >> they had set a memorial day deadline which is fast approaching here. >>> coming up, looking ahead to a possible senate vote on the commission to investigate the january 6 capitol hill riot. will it get any republican support? what health experts are saying about the possibility of coronavirus booster shots this fall. a check on the weather when we come right back. derriere discomfort. we try to soothe it with this. cool it with this. and relieve it with this. but preparation h soothing relief is the 21st century way to do all three. everyday. preparation h. get comfortable with it. ♪ ♪ smooth driving pays off. saving is easy when you're in good hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. every day unilever does good for communities across america. ♪♪ every squeeze every smile every drop every style every spray every bubble every day dove, suave & hellmann's donate everyda

-- can the senate not wear a mask and the house in the same building. reporter: [indiscernible] -- mr. mccarthy: that's not true. reporter: you said 75%. half your conference is 25%. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> tonight, a look at the biden administration's infrastructure proposals with transportation secretary pete buttigieg and the secretary of housing and urban development marcia fudge who both testified before senate committee today. watch the entire hearing beginning at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> saturday on the communicators, we're talking about cancel culture with telecommunications analyst randolph may and will rinehart. >> my concern here is that there's too much speech that we all should agree is within the realm of legitimate public debate that is stifled or canceled. >> the cancel culture is an expansive term that's used pretty extensively in a whole bunch

some might argue the opposite because the gop lost the house, the senate and the white house under his watch, but it's easy to forget that the party did do well in 2020. they gained seats in this house, held the senate to a draw, won more state legislators and picked up another gubernatorial mansion. i don't think it's a priority for these republicans to send trump back to the white house. they just don't want him to send them packing. let's go to the front lines now of this gaetz-green side show. cnn correspondent donie o'sullivan joins us live from the villages. donie, neither represents this particular area. they seem have been received well. >> yeah, michael. as you said, it's good for business. these are two controversial members of congress who otherwise might in a different time could be considered as fringe. what they are preaching could be fringe. but they're anything but. take a look at this cnn poll from last week. 70% -- 7-0 percent -- of republicans don't believe that biden actually won the election. and both gaetz and green know they can cash in on this. we've seen how su

we lost the house, the senate and the white house while donald trump was president.e've got to get voters back so we can get republicans back into position where our policies are the ones that are in place that frankly are the ones that are necessary for the future of the nation. chris: during your round of interviews this week, you were also asked about house republican leader kevin mccarthy and here's what you had to say about him. >> i think that he is not leading with principle right now and i think that it is sad and i think it's dangerous. chris: when you talk about him being dangerous, and the way he's leading the party, and i ask this about both mccarthy and elise stefanik, are they being complicit in what you consider the trump lies? >> they are. and i'm not willing to do that. i think that there are some things that have to be bigger than parties, that have to be bigger than partisanship. our oath to the constitution is one of those. i've seen countries, i've worked in countries around the world where you don't have peaceful transition of power. what's happ

who lost the house, the senate, and the white house. whose failing business is under investigation, by the new york's -- by new york's attorney general. and manhattan's district attorney. an investigation, that has gone, from criminal, to civil. who is, himself, under investigation in fulton county, georgia, for a phone call where he pushed georgia's secretary of state to quote find votes to overturn the election results. who is being sued for defamation, by two women. carole, who alleges he raped her in the 1990s and former apprentice contestant who alleges he sexually assaulted her in 2007. who is being sued by his niece, mary trump, alleging that he, his sister, and his late brother, committed fraud to keep her from getting her fair share of the estate of trump's father. who botched the response to the worst pandemic in 100 years. a pandemic that has killed more than 480,000 americans. 580,000 americans. 580,000. who suggested a powerful light, or disinfectant, could kill the virus, even though he knew it was airborne and didn't tell

paycheck fairness, april 15 is a big day for us because it is the day it passed the house again and hopefully i can pass the senate. within one month we had already passed the violence against women act and the equal rights amendment on the floor of the house. so just to remove all obstacles to participation. but paycheck fairness is a mystery to me because why would you not pay women the same for the same jobs? it should not be this struggle and we are hoping it will pass the senate. it is supported by president biden. it is remarkable that we have to make these kinds of fight. we also have a fight for equality, the equality act. you would think we not have to do these things. mrs. mccain: yes. it creates many opportunities for women on family -- women and families and that is what this is about in my opinion, to make sure we can give a leg up to those who are struggling. so i appreciate your work. lastly, i would like to mention my husband was a proud republican, as we know. he believed in a bipartisan approach to solve america's challenges, as he said so many times. do you see a chance at all in congress of bip

where the white house made several proposals to the senate republicans. tag from $2.5 billion to $1.7 billion. but senate republicans weren't happy with this counteroffer. they expressed anger. frustration with the white house for not being able to meet in the middle of this issue on infrastructure. so that's also another issue that has stalled in the senate. again, this all is about the 60-vote threshold in the senate. even if every single democrat, all 50, tried to support legislation, they still need at least ten senate republicans to pass any bill in the senate. always goes back to the fili filibuster, the question is whether democrats and republicans will be able to meet on the issues that president biden wants to pass through congress. >> all right, daniella diaz, we appreciate it so much. cnn political analyst laura barron-lopez is with us. she's joining us, lynn sweet, "chicago sun-times." ladies, it's so good to have you as always. i want to ask you about this infrastructure bill, if you've got 16 gop house members who co-sponsored a bill, and th

i remember back in 2007, the first time the democrats took over the house, the senate, and the white house, i formed a club, the most exclusive club in washington, d.c. it was called united states senate who are not running for president. [laughter] i renewed that club, as they are out there right now. so, anyway, i want to tell you about something that happened in june of 2000. you young kids in here, going to -- i'm going to give each a copy of this. this is something that i did and it really was significant. the picture you're looking at right here is me giving to donald trump a document, this document. and what i did, i don't think trump even knew what he was doing. all of these things he did in the first half of his term were great things that other people talked about doing but had never -- but they never did get it done. in the picture, there is me and him, and he is looking at it, and there are things like what trump did, and this is the first half of his administration. the biggest tax cut -- and tax cuts by the way, the idea of increasing revenue by reducing taxes does work.

senator tim scott? >> we certainly talked with folks on the hill. both on the house and senate side. sto share our views about what we think is critical and important and we're happy to see the bill passed the house and we think the bill that passed the house, actually is the bill that should pass the senate. it does include the accountability groundwork that i just mentioned and we again think that's critical and it is time for change as you asked at the top. sort of what's different, this is what will make it different. this is what will provide the type of accountability that we need to see and remove the barriers that allow police to act with impunity. certainly we're not saying that george floyd bill will solve all the problems but it is a critical with the accountability framework, it does add a critical piece to addressing this issue. >> this is bill in huntersville north carolina, republican, good morning. >> good morning to you, thank you for having my call.>> what's your question or comment? >> my comment is there's a real simple answer for the problem with police in this co

iron grip in a disgraced, twice impeached, one-term insurrection former president who lost the house, lost the senate and lost the white house. lindsey graham says there is no gop without him. >>> i would say to my republican coll colleagues, can we move forward without president trump? the answer is no. i always liked liz cheney, she made a determination that the republican party can't grow with president trump. i have determined we can't grow without him. >> i am going the tell you what's going on here. what's going on is a calculation and it is all about power. lindsey graham decided a way to win is to galvanize the angry trump base. they know he'll do anything to get what he wants. why does that name sound familiar? oh, the former president. after years of questioning, yes, sir, whatever you say, loyalty. trump could not be bothered checking on him while they were storming the capitol chanting "hang mike pence." >> they want you to forget that day so badly but it happened and we have to continue to show it to you or else it would be scrubbed from history. all because pence did not try to overturn

house? the senate and the white house. whose family business is under investigation by new york's attorney general and manhattan's district attorney? an investigation that has gone from criminal to civil. who is himself under investigation in fulton county, georgia, for a phone call where he pushed georgia's secretary of state to, quote, find votes to overturn the election results. who is being sued for defamation by two women. carol and former apprentice contestant who alleges he sexually assaulted her in 2007. being sued by his niece mary trump alleging he, his sister and late brother committed fraud to keep her from getting her fair share of the estate of trump's father. who botched the response in the worst pandemic in 100 years, a pandemic that has killed 580,000 americans. who suggested a powerful light or a disinfectant could kill the virus even though he knew it was airborne and didn't tell americans. who courted white supremacists over and over and over. who ran in the first place on the birther racist lie that ba

c-span.org is where folks can go to do that and stream the house and senate. for folks who do not subscribe, that is the place to go. we have 1.5 minutes left with the congressman. do you want to ask him a question? caller: many people don't have access to broadband and internet, for example. it is just a matter of let's make this accessible to those, talking about moms, kids and older seniors. a lot of them cannot afford those services. i look forward to the working on that issue. guest: i appreciate your comments. i love c-span. i love coming on the show. john does a great job. i talked to him twice a year, and i would do more they let me come on. i am a supporter of public tv. i have been a good supporter of public tv systems in nebraska. i would say this, the criticism i do hear, you do not always get balanced views on some public tv. if you are running a public tv show, make sure you have liberals and conservatives. that is the number one criticism i hear. i support public tv. i think it serves a great role. host: i think i can get you 14 times year, how d

. >> they may get the house back, the senate back. that would be interesting and the presidential election a couple of years later. an nbc news poll says more republicans support the party than that do mr. trump in is for the first time since the summer of 2019. i think if you want to win, if you take a look at the polls, republicans are changing away from, they seem to be changing away from mr. trump is the one and only thing to getting back to the party idea. this doesn't seem tom be holding much way in the house or the senate. >> that's the big disconnect that we're talking about. the leaders are going in one direction. the party is struggling to go in the other. the voters and unless there's a real strong connection between those two, the leaders themselves are likely to lose an awful lot of clout as time goes on. you know, those people who want to see a strong two-party system, they've got a reason to worry now. it looks like the republicans are really beating their chest and talking a big game but the facts are the numbers are d

the senate. he and shelby pelosi in the house. and the months were very available to the 9/11 commission and to the legislation establishing it, said it should take advantage of all of those things, as we would hope that this commission would take advantage of some of the other oversight committee's work. so, let's just hope that we can have the clarity of a bipartisan commission, with high-level, national leaders on it. as the committee calls for, with expertise in the areas that are important, whether it's law enforcement, security, civil liberty, civil rights. privacy. different range. read it -- well, it's in the bill. it's online. so, let's just go that route. it's the preferable route to go. why wouldn't we? why wouldn't we? so -- >> madam speaker -- >> thank you. >> just a quick follow-up on that, how long were you willing to wait when democrats seem to have a real fear that what happened on january 6th could occur again? how long are you willing to wait before democrats decide to go this on their own? >> well, these things

middle of the civil unrest last year, i brought legislators from both parties to my office in the senate and the house. we sat down and three days we hammered out the more perfect union that passed the house and senate. i signed it in one day. it was supported by law enforcement and civil rights organizations. you can come together and you can do the right thing. it just enhances training, it limits choke holds and it's a punishment of bad actors. we're doing black to blue that does a lot of the things that governor desantis just talked about. we do not fund cities that defund the police. if you're going to peacefully protest, absolutely. you have the right to do that. if you riot, block highways and roads, you're going to pay a price for that. we're increasing the penalties for that. we won't stand for it, a great bill that is working through the legislature. we've done both. >> laura: governor -- we have governor reeves on this. i want to play something that the vice president keeps -- president biden said about law enforcement again, this is from last night. >> we've all seen the knee of justice op

look, we're in the minority in the house, the senate, lost the white house because most people think we're crazy right now, because most people think we believe in qanon and support violent insurrections. look, we just need to get back to having, you know, a clear world view, and i think that's really all he's trying to say right now. he knows that one speech isn't going to change anythings, you know some good speechwriters. you probably should give it to matt gaetz because those dad jokes are not good. thank you very much. go get your dog, kirsten. i want tbrl historian jon meacham, host of the podcast fate of fact. he occasionally advises president biden as well. jon, thank you. good to see you. let's talk about the senate gop. they're choosing trump and insurrectionists over finding the truth. that's what your podcast is about. that's what you're doing right now. what does this mean for our democracy, jon, as we watch live pictures of the senate floor? >> it's potentially fatal, which is not something i would have said five years ago. i think the conversation about what speaker ry

it wasn't that long ago when republicans had the white house, the senate and the house, and that's a pretty scary thing to be seen as anti-conservative. in that world, and i'm sure we're potentially not far from another of that again. so i think they want to please the politicians and profit from it. >> did you want to say something? you're good? >> i think that is right. i think we just all need to recognize this is a common responsibility and social media can bring people together but obviously also drive people apart. and that democracies pay the price to some extent. >> it's a tough decision, i think for them. they're thinking first amendment, freedom of speech. that sort of thing. and they look at it that way even though it is a private company that has sort of evolved into a news disinformation site. and perhaps instead of the roles changing so much, perhaps the site should change and what is about and what's allowable on their side. do you get what i'm saying? >> i do. a new study was just released showing the combination of conservative media and social media increased conspi

recall, lost the white house, lost the senate, lost the house. this is not a winning formula. no party in american history has doubled down on the thing that doesn't work over and over again. one wonders how many political cycles are going to have to lose in order to realize that they have to change. but the flirtation with changing the legislatures changes the laws that would ultimately then allow for somebody who didn't win the popular vote of the election or the electoral college -- in order to change the electoral college not to reflect the popular vote is very scary and extra constitutional, and needs to give responsible republicans, which there still are some, real pause and real focus that much more needs to be done. >> you know, john, specifying irresponsible republicans congressman matt gaetz addressed the second miami-dade in a particularly ridiculous manner recently. let's listen to that? >> we have a second amendment in this country, and i think we have an obligation to use it. the second amendment -- this is a little history lesson for all the fake news media. the

we were happy to see the bill pass the house and we think the bill that passed the house should pass the senate. it does include the accountability framework i mentioned and we think that is really critical and it is time for change. as you asked at the top what difference, this will make a difference. this is what will provide the type of accountability we need to see and remove the barriers that allow police to act with impunity. certainly not saying george floyd's act will solve all of the problems but it is a critical motion. it is a critical piece to addressing this. host: taking calls already. this is bill in north carolina, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. host: what is your question or comment for ms. barrett? caller: there is a real simple answer for the problem we are having in this country. no matter what profession there is there are bad and nasty people in all professions. but the policeman have the hardest job there is in the world because they are in danger every time they go out. i will tell you my solution to the problem and give you

let's start with in your view come of this moment where the democrats control the white house, the senatee house, albeit narrowly. we are coming out of a big economic hole. is this the moment to strike from a taxation perspective and try to use the tax code to address long-standing inequality? adam: i think it probably is. i don't think there will be many progressives in the u.s. or anywhere else, because this is a global agenda, the corporate taxation, that will object to what the biden administration is doing. they are pushing up tax rates on tax capital gains. they are hitting the top, 91% of american society, is one third of 1% that is going to be hit hard by this. they are pushing for a global tour -- global corporate tax rate of 21%. in the u.s., 28%. so yes, this is the agenda to go with. it is double-edged. these are simultaneously progressive tax increases. and i think that it has political logic in the sense that these enable them to squeeze their spending programs past the obvious objectives in congress as well. romaine: i am curious, we know that intentions, when it comes to w

i remember back in 2007, the first time the democrats took over the house and the senate and the whitei formed a club, the most exclusive club in washington, d.c., it was called united states senators who are not running for president. i've renewed that club, because they're out there right now, and they're running fast. so anyway, i want to tell you something that happened in june of two thousand -- and you young kids, i'm going to give each a copy of this thing. this is something i did that's significant. the picture here you're looking at is me giving to donald trump a document, this document. and what i did is, i don't think that trump even knew what all he was doing. all these things that he did in the first half of his term were great things that other people had talked about doing but they never could get it done. so here's the top ten things. and the picture there is me handing it to him. he's looking at it, we're reading it. there are things like, what trump did, this is the first half of his administration, the biggest tax cuts -- and the tax cuts, by the way, the idea of inc

then, the house approves an independent commission to investigate the january 6th attack on the capital, but opposition from senateublicans grows. >> i've made the decision to oppose the house democrats slanted and unbalanced proposal. >> chris: and democrats slam republicans for continuing to stand with the former president. >> they are caving to donald trump and proving that the republican party is still drunk off the big lie. >> chris: we will talk with senator roy blunt, a member of the g.o.p. leadership who says democrats are playing politics with the commission and get reaction from congressman adam kinzinger, 1 of 35 republicans who voted for the investigation. plus, we will ask or send panel about the divides on capitol hill inside both parti parties. and our "power player of the week," the owner of ben's chili bowl, a landmark in the nation's capital for six decades, on how they survived the pandemic. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ >> chris: until again from fox news in washington. that fragile cease-fire is still holding in the middle east after 11 days of fighting between the israelis and pales