pat toomey stood up there -- i am sorry, patriot pat toomey, i want to give him his propers. they are going to use $400 million to spend on that. that is nonsense. the overseas contingency operations fund, $60 million, $70 million, every year on top of 500, 600, $700 million. >> barbaric. >> and now they're going to go away. pat toomey says i have veterans groups behind me. i call bs. wounded warriors, dav, they are all here. this is the veterans community senator. they don't stand behind you, in fact, you won't let them stand in front of you. cowards, all of them. cowards, all of them. and now they say this will get done. maybe after we get back from some of -- from our summer recess, because they are on senate time. senate time is ridiculous. these guys live to 200. they are tortoises. they live for ever and they never lose their jobs and they never lose their benefits and they never lose anything. they are not on senate time, they are on human time, cancer time. don't you have families? don't you have people? people who are deciding how to live their last moments? they spe

does pat toomey have a point here? >> pat toomey is going to get an amendment. he'll have a vote on that. pat, come on, let's go. let's put it out there, put the facts out there. pat is a good man, good friend of mine, i'm sorry he won't be running again, he's leaving the senate, he's been a quality valued member of the senate and represented pennsylvania extremely well. he's been a friend. we're going to work through this. i haven't seen the amendment. i'll be briefed tomorrow morning on it and everything. but pat's going to get his amendment and let's see where it goes. >> on that, senator joe manchin, thank you for being with us. "face the nation" will be back in a moment. stay with us. so your camera cae in the dark with night sight fix your photos with magic eraser photograph all skin tones accurately with real tone and last up to 72 hours with extreme battery saver it's all you want in a phone. google pixel 6a switch it up, and get the all new google pixel 6a. so, you're 45. that's the perfect age to see some old friends, explore new worlds, and to start s

>> i've had my own personal beef with pat toomey for about a decade.ed me. he doesn't care about veterans. i've known that for of a decade. listen, everything he just said that is a boldface lie. what he fairs about is one thing, he doesn't want us to have our health care. he wants to change it from mandatory spending, which means the government has to spend it on it, to discretionary spending which means they can take it away from us at any time. if it was your health care for the folks watching at home, is that how you would want to receive it, the idea that it might not be funded next year? your cancer is not going away, so why should your health care? that man needs to get out of office. he's just an empty suit. at this point, he's helping veterans die. >> pat toomey himself says he supports the underlying bill and supports veterans care, and the senators who joined in the objection say, at least my assessment of most of them, have said the same. they want this fix, if you will. i mean, when you know that you have been fighting for this and this fi

senator pat toomey. david: thank you so much for being with us here.et's start with this inflation reduction act. i guess my basic question is you are concerned of getting the deficit down. if you believed this would do that, would you be in favor of the? sen. toomey: no, not this way, and in very doubtful this is going to accomplish that. if you look at what this consists of, is a very significant corporate tax increase mostly focused on manufacturers, which is a bad idea. it is combined with price controls, prescription drugs, which is a very very that idea and a terrible precedent, and the money is mostly going to go towards subsidizing corporate welfare for the energy companies, for wealthy people who buy test was and for people to get a political payout in the form of subsidies for obamacare for three more years. that is this package and i've been asking myself, what does joe manchin get out of this? of course the answer, we are going to streamline the process. we've seen no bill, we have no text. they are not putting it in this bill and we have n

>> there are no changes, 84 people voted for it, senator pat toomey voted against the bill, one of thegainst it and to be honest with you i don't think the republicans that voted against it new fully this was the same bill we voted on june 16th and there were no changes and we are still at that point and it is a big complicated bill but not that complicated that folks cannot sit down and ask questions. what i am hoping for is senator schumer and senator mcconnell get together and develop a path forward on the amendment and get this thing passed. these folks are dying by the day. delayed healthcare is denied healthcare and we would know how the people here on the steps with every veteran service organization out here fighting for this if it was not important so we need to get it done. >> i want to underline what you said it is the heart of the opposition for republicans, senator pat sue pat toomey says you sneaked something into the bill is that true? >> that is untrue, it is the same bill we voted on, on june 16th. there is no sneaking in, everything is transparent, this was done by pa

andrew: you thick about pat toomey, -- think about pat toomey, i think he came up in the tea party movement. and look at -- , wash basically forced out ofe the senate because he acknowledged the reality that he would not be able to win the republican primary in arizona in order to keep his seat. in congress today, there are no incentives to work across the aisle, right? and when you think of what the republican conference code it look like next year if mitch mcconnell charge, that means he will have to deal with people who are just like people like josh hawley, for example, right? herschel walker in georgia. j.d. vance, ohio. dr. oz in pennsylvania. people who are going to make life difficult for mitch mcconnell. and, you know, there is an interesting question of how a republican congress is going to interact with president biden, right? we know with the house will do, the house will launch investigations into hunter biden and try to dig deeper into these issues that they believe can hurt president biden ahead of a potential reelection bid. but i think that you will see mitch mcconnell less

host: that was senator pat toomey on sunday. from the new york times reporting -- the measure would create a new, guaranteed funding stream not subject to congressional appropriations for trading veterans exposed to toxins. republicans warned that could lead to a vast, unchecked spending by the department of veterans affairs. but we want to make sure that the pact act is not used as a vehicle to increase spending outside the objective of the bill, which is to cover specific health care and benefits for veterans. that is a quote from senator toomey. he proposed imposing an animal kept and ending the entitlement after 10 years, meaning the funding to care for veterans exposed to toxins wouldn't be guaranteed unless congress voted to provide it after 10 years. there is some reporting that senator schumer will let senator toomey proposed this amendment. there is also reporting, though, the debt won't get enough votes -- that that will not get enough votes to be included in the final legislation. let's hear from ron in michigan. ron,

and republican opponents like senator pat toomey, insisted on changes to the legislation.erned about how this budgeting is done under this proposal. what's known as mandatory spending requiring the spending to come year after year. he wants to shift this over to discretionary spending which gives congress more of a say every year on the spending proposal. this bill would deal with health care for those veterans who have been exposed to the burning waste, those burn pits on those bases. those can lead to respiratory illnesses and provide up to 3.5 million toxic exposed veterans health care. this would cost roughly $280 billion over a decade. pat toomey defended his opposition by contending democrats were pushing forward with budget gimmicks. >> this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a sympathetic group of americans, it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime, veterans exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems, and then sneak in something unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and dare republicans to

pat toomey is not running. maybe democrats have a chance of picking up pennsylvania but all democrats have to do is win georgia or arizona and there's their net win of one. arizona may be as well. you have colorado on the map. colorado is the kind that could come into play. republicans have nominated a much more moderate candidate there. but colorado is much more democratic than arizona or georgia. so it starts to get more complicated. at least from this vantage point. we're just inside of 100 days from election day, when you look at the individual dynamics in the senate race, you can start to see a scenario, where democrats keep the senate. when you take the individual dynamics out of it, and you just think about the basic ingredients of the midterm climate, you still do see the makings there of republican wave. so two things are in contention with each other there. >> steve, i would be the last to suggest that polling in july makes any difference. it does give you a snapshot for that time. we'll see what happ

pat toomey is making it a better bill.l. i think we need to take care of our veterans. i think we can take steps to improve the bill more and make sure we are not using the department of veterans affairs in the future to try to increase spending on other unrelated matters. >> john: apparently schumer says the vote is going to be at 5:00 this afternoon, but let me just get you to drill down on what you just said there. if you vote on the amendments, the toomey amendment and the toomey amendment does not pass, will you still vote for the bill? >> yes, i will. i voted for it in june, i thought it was a good bill then. i think it will be an even better bill, but if the toomey amendment fails i will vote on passage as i did in june. the vast majority of republicans will do so as well. >> john: mandatory spending and creating a hole to be if filled with something else, we had jon stewart on, i did see a score $396 billion in discretionary spending disappears, i guess it would be mandatory. but his contention is that this is not

we saw pat toomey when reelection in that state. guest: pat toomey 12 very narrow victories into good republican years in pennsylvania. he defeated arlen specter in 2010. -- he had come out of that contested primary. he was not -- he struggled with democrats in washington. he did not get the support he could have. that was a great year for republicans. in 2016, pat toomey was able to win by a very narrow margin. now there is an open seat which is more competitive. the reality is pat toomey was a longtime congressman and had led one of the largest republican groups in washington after he left congress. he had those relationships. that allowed him to be a very successful senate nominee, even though he was conservative. he is an anti-trump, he voted to convict the former president. it's not so much about the politics and the stance dr. oz has. he's new at this. it's a very different ball game be running for office then running a talk show on tv. he has struggled to put his campaign in the position to win. he's only got a few months to

republican pat toomey told bloomberg's david westin today he would not support the inflation reductioneven if he thought it would reduce inflation. >> no. not doing it this way. i am

but senator pat toomey, a republican from pennsylvania, who has been vocal about his fiscal concerns vote. he's also criticized comedian jon stewart, who has been an outspoken advocate on this issue and has been outside the capitol protesting with a group of veterans. but jon stewart, he's unfazed. take a listen. >> you can attack me all you want. and you can troll me online and tell me, if schumer would just take out his $400 billion, it's not in there. here's the beautiful thing. i don't give a shit. i'm not scared of you and i don't care. these are the people that i owe a debt of gratitude to. we all owe a debt of gratitude to. and it's about time we start paying it off. >> reporter: just as a reminder, this bill would expand health care access for military veterans who were exposed to burn pits. those were commonly used in iraq and afghanistan up until about 2010 to burn hazardous materials but can have short-term and long-term health consequences, so lawmakers are trying to expand the health care access for those people. chuck schumer says he plans to bring up the bill for a vot

i've said this before, senator pat toomey has blood on his hands.t's why you see other republicans running away from it. you don't hear anybody else, but him and ted cruz defendanting this. mitt romney isn't defending this and now it's worse and worse and more veterans are dying and you're hearing their personal stories and maybe that's a bit of a silver lining here is that we can tell everyone our stories and get more support beyond government support because we'll need it at the community level for decades and a generation to in. >> miles, when and where and how did this shift happen in the republican party that crossing our veterans became politically appealing to them? >> o, wow. i'd hate to give it such a finite point in time, but it was during the trump administration. i want to tell the viewers something here. there is a more insidious agenda behind what pat toomey and ted cruz are doing. they want to blow up veterans affairs and veterans benefits and that's something that was actively discussed during the trump administration and it's really

what they're saying is that it's this -- what pat toomey was saying yesterday.tory spending versus going through the appropriations process. now pat toomey has been saying this since june, one of the 18 republicans who voted against this. these other 25 republicans, they're having a harder time explaining this. this is a tough political fix they put themselves in. whether or not it has to do with what some democrats are saying, that they were upset about the manchin deal because of the timing of all of this, no one is saying that on the republican side, clearly. but no matter what, this is not a great look for these 25 republicans. we know there's going to be another vote on this this week. perhaps later today. and i think politically the question we don't know is how long this is going to take to pass and whether veterans really do decide to dig in and punish these politicians for this. because they're the ones that are on the clock. they're the ones that are being sickened. so that remains to be seen of how -- whether they're going to forget this or not. >> th

pat toomey of pennsylvania says they like the legislation but want to make changes as to how it's funded>> people take a sympathetic group of americans and craft a bill to address their problems and sneak some something unrelated they know could never pass on its own and dare republicans to do anything about it because they know they will unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudocelebrity to make up false accusations. >> our reporters are back with us to discuss. senator toomey talked about a pseudo celebrity. by that, he means jon stewart who said bring it on. >> you can tack me all you want. you control me online and you can tell me -- if schumer would take out his 1400 billion and it's not in there. here is the thing. i don't give a shit. these with the people i owe a debt of gratitude took and we all do and it's about time we start paying it off. >> specifics aside those veterans are impralve to jon stewart because he does use his celebrity and his platform to sometime kick the door for people who shouldn't need someone like him to get attention. the question is can they w

it had not been, so they kicked up a fuss led by senator pat toomey.ou know, killed the bill the pact act last week. as you mentioned, they were humiliated in the response. i personally thought, hey, i am all for fiduciary responsibility and oversight of funding, there is plenty of waste, fraud, and abuse in this town, but why put veterans in the crosshairs? so they were forced to turn around, except a -- accept the situation as it was and as you said, it passed with overwhelming support yesterday. juan: i would like to bring in kali rubaii on this issue. my estimate is over the last 60 years since the early years of the vietnam war, the united states has been pretty much involved in conflicts or occupations military war for all but maybe 10 years or so when the u.s. troops were not station and it is conflicts zones. could you talk about, therefore, these burn pits have become almost a part the process of u.s. militar -- could you explain what these burn pits are, why they are necessary, and what the military is done to protect its soldiers? >> sure. i

. >> now, senator pat toomey, retired republican senator pat toomey he thinks whatever this technical change is, this not particularly important change is they so object to that caused them to change all their votes, he thinks with a 50-vote threshold you should be able to adopt an amendment to strip that out and everything would be fine. it sounds to me like trying to muddy the waters around procedural hurdles that don't necessarily need to exist here. but is he in some sense actually pointing out a pathway toward getting this passed by saying he at least wants an amendment to strip that language to be a 50-vote threshold? >> well, i believe so. but to be honest with you, rachel, any time we've had an amendment up for a budget point of order it's always been a 60-vote threshold. it's different with this. i think it sets a precedent not healthy for congress, but nonetheless i do believe there's a path to get this done tomorrow. it's going to take -- it's going to take our two leaders, schumer and mcconnell, negotiating to get an agreement where we can get this bill passed. remember th

watch senator pat toomey on this, watch. >> republicans are not opposed to any of the substance in theenny any spending on any veteran's program. it's not really about veteran spending. it's about what category of government bookkeeping they put the veteran spending in. if we change it to the way the democrats want, it creates room in future budgets for $400 billion of totally un-related extraneous spending on other matters. that's what i want to prevent. liz: so he's saying the gop is not against it and democrats willy nilly against un-related spending. is that right? >> sorry, liz. in what we've seen over the last few months is the political rhetoric getting rather heated saying that republicans don't want to help veterans. we want to help veterans and we want to help taxpayers and with the amendment, this would be something that's bipartisan that republicans and democrats that are concerned about veteran's health can support. we need far more bipartisanship in washington, that's for sure. liz: for sure, for sure more bipartisanship. that's what americans want to see. the polls show

. >> senator pat toomey, retiring senator pat toomey, says that he thinks that whatever the technicalhange is, this not particularly important change is, that they so object to, that caused them to change all their votes, he thinks that with a 50-vote threshold you should adopt an amendment to strip that out and everything should be fine. it sounds to me like sort of trying muddy the waters among procedural hurdles that don't need to exist, is ne some sense actually pointing a pathway, pointing out a pathway toward getting this passed, by saying that he at least wants an amendment to strip that language to be a a 50-vote threshold. >> i believe, so but to be honest, rachel, every time we have had an amendment that is up for a budget point of order it is always a 60-point threshold. it is difference, i think it sets a precedent that is not healthy for congress but nonetheless i do believe there is a path to get this done tomorrow. it is going to take our two leaders, schumer and mcconnell, negotiating to get an agreement, where we can get this bill passed and passed through. remember t

. >> now, senator pat toomey, a retired republican senator pat toomey who said that he thinks that whateverchanges, this not a clearly important changes that calls on to change their votes, he thinks that within a 50 vote threshold you should be able to adopt an amendment from him to strip that, out and everything would be fine. it sounds to me like, sort of trying to muddy the waters around procedural hurdles that don't necessarily need to exist here, but is he in some sense actually pointing a pathway towards getting this past? by saying that he had least once amendment to strip that language to be a 50 vote threshold. once an amendment to strip that language, to be a 50 vote threshold? >> well i beasts believe so, but to be honest with you rachel, every time we've had an amendment for the budget point of order, it's always been a 60 vote threshold. it's different with this, i think it sets a precedent that is not healthy for congress, but nonetheless i do believe there is a path to get this done tomorrow, it's going to take our two leaders, schumer and mcconnell negotiating to get an agr

the bottom line for republicans like senator pat toomey to make inflation worse. democrats disagree. we're paying down debt. >> 300 billion dollars. we're increasing production as far as if you want to get the gasoline prices down, produce more energy and produce it here in america. >> and keep in mind, democrats are using a budgetary process known as reconciliation to get this bill passed. that means democrats would only need a simple majority of 51 votes to pass it in the senate. if that happens, we could see a full house vote by the end of august reporting in washington. i'm trevor shirley. >> coming up later in our show, stories of survival from the devastating floods in kentucky that's taken the lives of more than 2 dozen people. plus, a new study finds out just how far your money could go if you had to live off your savings. and next, oakland paying tribute to nba legend bill russell, how the town's highlighting his contributions to the world on and off the court. welcome back. 12, 15 on monday afternoon, an nba legend and oakland hero bill russell. >> passe

reporter: republicans, however, skeptical about what the major legislation could do, gop senator pat toomey on cnn calling the bill a disaster. >> it's going to make inflation worse, it's not going to do any good. >> reporter: concerns about the economy growing following last week's grim federal report that shows for a second quarter in a row the u.s.'s gross domestic product dropped, fears that the economy is sliding into a recession even though inflation remains at historic highs. >> it's spreading out more broadly across the economy. >> reporter: the president of the minneapolis federal reserve telling cbs even rising wage aren't keeping up. >> more work to do to bring inflation down, to bring the economy into balance. >> reporter: mona, back on capitol hill, senate democrats need at least 50 votes to pass the inflation bill, but it's sunclear if they have the support of senator sinema. she hasn't signed off on the bill. >> faith in washington, thank you. >>> some encouraging news in the war in ukraine, the first ship packed with grain has left odesa, it followed a russian missile strike

in july, but it stalled in the senate after several republicans, including pennsylvania senator pat toomey demanded an amendment be added to ensure that the money in the package couldn't be spent on unrelated programs. what i'm trying to limit is the extent to which they can use a budgetary gimmick to reclassify. >> spending so that they can go on an unrelated spending. binge. senator toomey voted against the final bill. >> but democrats were still able to secure enough republican votes to push it through. they deserve access to care as quickly as they can possibly get it. this is a day to celebrate because it's the congress actually worked. >> the bill now heads to the president's desk where president biden has already said he plans to sign it. for now live in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> thanks so much, anna. well, coming up on the kron, 4 morning news will take you inside the 8, 8, mental health crisis call center in santa clara county and how it's serving the community will be right back. >> welcome back for twenty-five. this is a look inside santa clara's county, ne

gop senator pat toomey of pennsylvania was asked about that on cnn's "state of the union" yesterday. >> this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a some pathetic group of americans, and it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime, it could be veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems, and then sneak in something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and dare republicans to do anything about it because they know they will unleash their allies in the media and may be a pseudo-celebrity to make up false accusations to try to get them to swallow what should not be there. that is what is happening here, jake. >> but this was in the bill that passed last month. >> and we were promised we would have an opportunity to offer and, meant to change this, and of course that was reneged on, so people have not had a chance to be socialized on this. let me be clear, republicans are not opposed to any of the substance of the pact act. my democrat colleagues will fully acknowledge that if i get m

but republicans, including pennsylvania senator pat toomey say the tax proposals included in the democratsd do more harm than good. they're also not taking into account. how much our economy will slow down from this big corporate tax increase that will mostly hurt manufacturing and domestic investment. democrats are hoping to pass the bill through reconciliation, which means they would only need the support from all 50 democrats in the senate, including arizona senator kyrsten sinema, who has not said if she backs the bill, hopefully she will be positive about it. but, >> you know, sure maker decision. i respect that. >> the senate returns to washington later today for one week before they break for august recess. for now live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. thank you for that update. anna. >> well, coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news. jetblue make a deal. they make a deal to buy spirit airlines. why this might result in changes to air travel where the talks more about this merger. will we get back? well for your money this morning, jetblue's takeover of spirit airli

pat toomey was able to navigate it. they say toomey is a moderate. his detractors say he's a rhino.s able to win in a state republicans don't always win in. dr. oz, it doesn't start until after labor day, but am i surprised in a tough state like pennsylvania a first time candidate didn't come out of the gates like secretariat? i am not. brian: is there a danger in the overinvestigation? among the things the republicans say they are going to investigate, the fbi probe of trump, hunter biden's business dealing, ukraine and money. is there a danger of overinvestigating? >> there its. what individual members say they are going to investigate is of no consequence to me. if jimmy jordan or mccarthy says it, you should pay attention. jimmy jordan has been around a long time. so he knows this. the d.c. media never met a republican investigation that should start and never met a democrat investigation they should end. jimmy is going to pick those things for which there is a factual predicate. he's dogged. he's a hard worker. but they are not going to be chasing internet rumors. i think they

host: that was senator pat toomey on sunday.rom the new york times reporting -- the measure would create a new, guaranteed funding stream not subject to congressional appropriations for trading veterans exposed to toxins. republicans warned that could lead to a vast, unchecked spending by the department of veterans affairs. but we want to make sure that the pact act is not used as a vehicle to increase spending outside the objective of the bill, which is to cover specific health care and benefits for veterans. that is a quote from senator toomey. he proposed imposing an animal kept and ending the entitlement after 10 years, meaning the funding to care for veterans exposed to toxins wouldn't be guaranteed unless congress voted to provide it after 10 years. there is some reporting that senator schumer will let senator toomey proposed this amendment. there is also reporting, though, the debt won't get enough votes -- that that will not get enough votes to be included in the final legislation. let's hear from ron in michigan. ron, a

i am feeling good about ron johnson's chances, pennsylvania open seat left by the retirement of pat toomeyhere ted bud is running for open seat have a waited. and florida where marco rubio not taking his opponent for granted. and then ohio where we had a candidate who won with about less than a third of the vote in 6 person primary. and has not been able to raise money, but mcconnell, despite vance attacked mcconnell during the primary, senator mcconnell is reserved 25 million dollars in advertising time. republicans you are right, they have to hold these, because if they hold these and pick up one they control senate, if they loews any of lose any they have to pick up two, candidate quality dues matter, there are 3 races, nevada and arizona and georgia, we have others in new hampshire, colorado and washington state where candidates could be able to pull off an upset, republican candidates could, if the environment is good-bye the time we get to november election. trey: all right, the word genius has been used in connection with you, you are a political genius, that word never been used wi

pat toomey calling the bill a disaster. sen.is just going to make inflation worse and it is not going to do any good. faith: the report showed for the second quarter and a role the -- in a row, the gdp has dropped. >> it is very concerning peered is not just a few categories. it is spreading broadly across the economy. faith: the president of the -- federal reserve -- >> the federal reserve has more work to d t bringheconomy faith:ce vo to pass the inflation bill but it is unclear whether they have the support of kyrsten sinema who has not signed off on it. julian: a sunnyvale nonprofit helping students prepare for school there that will host a back-to-school drive-through event for children and their events -- and their families. the organization said children who have access to appropriate school supplies will be eager and better prepared for learning. kumasi: a new wine bar set to open in san francisco. according to the chronicle, a married couple are behind this bar and they own another. the wines served will be made from su

to your point earlier, about the pat toomeys and ben sasses, those retiring, the mitt romneys who arece that, with no sacrifice involved? liz cheney seems to be operating in a very small universe. we thank god for liz cheney, and history will show there's a few heros today, and she's one of them. >> anand, we certainly, about the problems of the republican party, the sickness that has infected the republican party. let's talk about the democratic party for a moment. you're a proud progressive. i'm curious what you think about this bill that's about that pass and about the deal struck between chuck schumer and joe manchin and, well, 49 other democratic senators. >> it is interesting that we're talking about the two together, because when you're living through an extraordinary threat to democracy, you kind of have to do two things. first, you have to resist that threat to democracy, which is sort of what we've been talking about. you have to fight for accountability and defend your institutions. the second, very important thing you have to do is show people that democracy is actually be

pat toomey said manchin got duped. >> he got taken to the cleaners. the same gimmick he said he was opposed to. they claim the revenue over a 10-year window from the tax increase and price controls and then the expenditure they knowledge they pretend it will only be three years. these numbers are very dubious. >> the "new york post" editorial board call it joe manchin's anti-made in america bill. sinema was absent from the recent round of talks. silence is stressing out democrats who desperately need her vote. we got art laffer, economic advise hor to former president reagan in focus today but first edward lawrence joins us from the white house. >> the renamed inflation reduction act is adding $433 billion in new spending. to pay for that spending the white house and democrats are saying they will increase taxes to make up the difference. when you look in where those taxes are coming from, the bulk from the corporate minimum tax going up to 15%. allowing medicare and medicaid to negotiate for prescription drugs. adding i.r.s. agents and increasing tax

difficult for republicans to win back the senate, if they can't hold that seat of retiring republican, pat toomey makes the path to majority much more streamline. and you have ta candidate that believes trump's election lie. he is moving against the will of the voters. pennsylvania could be a swing state in 2024. that makes the election of the next governor a very consequential thing. so, pennsylvania has always been, in recent elections, a swing state. very important to democrats. and the numbers are better there for democrats and they got to try to sustain that. >> john harwood at the white house. thank you for that reporting. >>> today marks one year since the last u.s. jet left afghanistan, ending america's longest war. there's the film right there. but despite a massive air assault, troops left behind afghans entitled to special immigrant visas, the opportunity to come to this country. their fates left in the hands of the taliban, along with even more extreme faction of vices. joining me now is retired green beret, lieutenant scott mann. his book, "operation pineapple express" tells the stor

you've got katherineing cortez mastro in nevada, senator pat toomey in pennsylvania is retiring and,wisconsin senator ron johnson. tell me about the most important races we need to be watching this 93 days before the midterm. >> i obviously love all of our candidates, and president trump has endorsed and has gotten a huge victory recently in ohio and arizona. with vance and masters. but what i'd say to you is we have a slate of republicans up and down who are populist, america first senators. they need help from senate leadership to frame up election in the way that i said and go to the american people and say give us the majority in the senate, give us the majority in the house. we won't do any long-term funding bill. this thing is going to expire many february, and we will send to joe biden's desk a bill that ends the border calamity once and for all. and joe biden vetoes it, his presidency will break and crumble into pieces. because he can't defend if -- and the way to get this issue onto the front of our radar screen is by doing exactly what i said. don't be afraid, don't back do

now, it comes down to the next step in the voting process, and republican senator pat toomey gave this. listen. >> my democratic colleagues will fully acknowledge that my objection and if i get my way, it will not change by one penny any spending on any veterans program. what i'm trying to do is change a government accountable methodology that is designed to allow our democratic colleagues to go on an unrelated $400 billion spending spree that has nothing to do with veterans and that won't be in the veteran space. >> it sounds like an accounting issue. how does that explanation sit with you? >> really well. now i understand. no. first of all, senator toomey's been against this the whole time, so the objection that he is raising about this so-called budgetary gimmick was in the bill on june 16th when it passed 84-14. this didn't change. the reason why it had to go back to the house is they had a blue ship issue. now, you can go on congress.gov, and you can look this up. this is not my opinion, and the vfw and the american legion and all these warriors behind me wouldn't be standing behi

frankly thought would pass last week with no problem when the republicans held it up with senator pat toomey holding it up over a budget issue that he was not happy with, and he wanted the amendment vote, and they have been back and forth and stalling out the legislation for veterans, and now it appears that we will have the vote series tonight starting at 5:00 p.m., and the compromise that they have come to is three amendment votes with a 60 vote threshold and senator toomey is agreeing to it, and his amendment is one of the amendment vote, and then they will vote on the final passage and what is key is that once it passes here in the senate, and we do expect that the ultimate final passage vote is a large bipartisan vote, and it is going to go to president biden's desk for passage. >> thank you, jessica dean. >>> and almost three months ago the first case of monkey pox was diagnose and why is the white house just now naming someone to coordinate to responsese? (vo) get verizon business unlimited from the network businesses rely on. like manny. event planning with our best plan ever. (manny

republican senator pat toomey blocked the key procedural vote last week. bill's advocate, jon stewart. >> this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a sympathetic group of americans, and it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime t could be veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems, and then sneak in something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own, and dare republicans to do anything about it because they know they'll unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudo-celebrity to make up accusations. that's what's happening here. >> joining me now is tom porter, executive vice president of government affairs for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. he suffers from side effects of burn pit exposure from his tour in afghanistan. we're also joined by former marine corps officer mindy beyer, her best friend and fellow marine, kate hendrix thomas, died from breast cancer due to burn pit exposure. up, i wonder if you can speak first about this. just

pat toomey, -- that must remain the cauldron in which we forge the generations of american leadership to come. [applause] >> good morning. i am affiliated with the massachusetts republican party. thank you so much for your service. the pump-penance administration achieved -- trump-pence achieved economic growth. as you are thinking ahead to talk with republican voters who may be active in the nomination process in 2023. how do you articulate your message for those republicans? >> i think it begins with reminding people that we are the party of ideas. there is that old saying that republicans run for office and worry the people do not know what they are going to do. democrats run out a way that voters will know what they want to do. -- democrats run and fear that voters will know what they want to do. we have men and women contesting at every level that are articulating a vision for where we want to go? i think the american people are ultimately very fair-minded. by that, i mean, there is only so much time i have for you to tell me what is wrong with the other person's idea. you need t

democrats are able to end up winning in pennsylvania, flipping a seat that's held by retiring senator pat toomeyat makes the republican math harder. democrats get a pick up. boy, republicans need to go to arizona or to nevada to be able to win. what we have seen is that republicans, including in pennsylvania and also in arizona and georgia, have ended up with flawed candidates as their nominees. of course, flawed candidates can win. it makes it more difficult. as peter was mentioning, we have seen threats to democracy emerge as the number one issue. maybe most importantly of all, enthusiasm coming up for democrats. republicans are actually hoping that they can turn this back to a referendum against president biden. midterm elections are usually referendums on the current president. as gas prices have started to decline, donald trump is in the news, as democrats are getting more enthusiastic after the roe v. wade overturning, all of a sudden this looks a little different than it did a few months ago. we are seeing republicans go back to talking about inflation, talking about prices, talking about

the bill initially failed in the senate after two dozen republicans, led by pennsylvania's pat toomey for growth blocked it from advancing, using a parliamentary and maneuver. some of them were caught on camera celebrating afterwards with all the high fives and fist bumps. that moment caused a massive outrage including from susan's eye or the mother-in-law of a sergeant the bill was named after. >> i felt that fist pump right in my gut. that was a punch in my gut. i don't understand anyone who's sitting on capitol hill working in the senate or the house could have a barbaric audacity to celebrate. >> then, after a weekend of defending their indefensible move and getting the acropolis kicked out of them by comedian jon stewart, those same republicans who are fist bumping on the senate floor miraculously change their minds. even though and actually change the text of the bill from when i first went to the floor last night, they are identical. to the reason it was blocked in the first place was failed. so most like the whole fight was a fraud. and after all that, 11 republicans still vot

pat toomey was on the show sunday and he said the problem with requiring a minimum tax for corporations is that it affects the corporations' ability to invest that money in future manufacturing which was part of the 2017 trump tax bill. how do you counteract that argument? >> well let's be clear. this is a minimum tax that applies to corporations that are bringing in more than $1 billion a year in revenue and as a simple principle, the idea there should be a minimum amount of tacks paid by the very wealthiest americans and most profitable companies is something our caucus has come behind. i think we need to take a hard look at how it might impact competitiveness. you know, jake, i am someone who worked in manufacturing for eight years and we are just about to go to a bill signing on tuesday where president biden will sign into law the last major piece of legislation that we passed here in the senate with a bipartisan vote, the chips and science bill, that does a lot to invest in manufacturing. so i think we are to look at both of these pieces of legislation, the incentives and investmen

again last week, because of the technical error and that time, 25 republicans voted no, senator pat toomey led the opposition which he said is over budget gimmicks that the bills real price tag. >> i'm supposed to trust this and future congresses not to go on a spending spree, seriously? that's unbelievable. >> but democrats viewed the move as political payback for reviving their climate and healthcare package. the stalemate ended after two sides agreed that toomey's fix would get a vote before the final bill expanding veterans health benefits finally came to the floor. >> there's another major bill in congress and that's what they call the inflation reduction act. despite its name, the jury is act out on whether they will reduce inflation, why is that? >> there are a couple of different projections of the impact that the bill would have. worst-case, prices would rise slightly over the next two years and come back down toward the end of the decade, so essentially a wash but democrats are pushing a different analysis that shows inflation coming down by 3/10 of 1% after 10 years. that's a mo