toomey: a couple things.irst of all, i think the fact that they undo, effectively undo one of the most constructive things we did in the 2017 tax reform which is allowed spending is going to lead to an economic slowdown. david: the numbers bounce around , but they didn't clearly go up in 2017. sen. toomey: i thought there was an increase, i think there is an increase. think about it. we lower the capital expenditure. the expedite cost goes down. you lower the cost of something, all else equal, it is likely that there will be more of it. that is why the joint tax committee believed that half of this whole burden is going to follow manufacturers. the other thing, they use this great washington fiction of counting 10 years worth of cash revenue increases against three years of expenditures in a program that they totally intend to be permanent. i'm referring to the obamacare subsidies. we know that is not going to happen in part because the last time they did this, what are they doing? they extended another three

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

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, are you active or retired military? caller: good morning, gretchen. i am a veteran, my son is active during military right now. i was in vietnam, i was exposed to agent orange, still trying to collect my v.a. benefits. when -- vietnam veterans against the war was first to try and get recognition for ptsd, agent orange, and other related illnesses from vietnam. we were called cowards. we were spit on by vfw, american legion. our own government fought us. we fought for agent orange recognition and we got i

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

senator toomey? sen. toomey: thank you, mr. chairman. let me join the chairman in thanking irene gray for her years of service to the committee, the senate, and the country. we really do appreciate your good, solid, consistent hard work. thank you. the fact is that across america every month americans are falling further and further behind because of the president's out-of-control inflation. paychecks are not keeping up with rising prices. after adjusting for inflation, wages have declined 5% since president biden took office and the fact is that working americans are getting poorer every day and our democratic colleagues wasteful spending and growth killing regulation with excessively accommodative monetary policy are what caused forty-year year high inflation and an economic contraction. what is the response that we hear from colleagues question are jamming through a reckless tax and spending bill that will make the situation worse. hiking corporate taxes will slow economic growth and harm americans in the manufacturing sector and send

>> 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

toomey in particular was concerned about how this budgeting is done under this proposal.nding 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 do anything about it. because they know they'll unleash their allies in the media and ma

if you vote on the amendments, the toomey amendment and the toomey amendment does not pass, will you, 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 an issue. so, why did it become an issue? >> well, i had a good conversation with mr. stewart and several other of the veterans advocates today. an area we disagree. i think the democrats in the future might try to use this somewhat obscure budgetary point to get more unrelated spending not for the benefit of veterans, i support the toomey amendment, i will still support the good bill we voted on in june even if the amendment does not pass later today. >> john: is it your belief after this vote at 5:00 the pact act will indeed be ready for th

senator toomey. sen. toomey: thank you, mr. chairman and thank you to the witnesses here today especially , those who traveled a long way to be with us. i appreciate your taking the time and going through the effort to join us. every month seems to bring more bad news about energy. gas prices still remained near record highs despite modest declines in the last month, the cpi energy index was up over 41% in the past year as of june. this includes gasoline, fuel, oil, electricity and utilities. prices are rising across the economy and paychecks certainly are not keeping up. after adjusting for inflation, wages have declined 5% since president biden took office. in fact, unless you got a 12% raise in the last 18 months, you have effectively gotten a pay cut. working americans are becoming poorer every day. our democratic colleagues' wasteful spending coupled with a decade of ultra easy monetary policy caused a 40 year high inflation and now the contraction in our economy. you know it is the last thing americans need? policies that

senator toomey talked about a pseudo celebrity.y 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 work there out? is the delay, in part, because maybe schumer and the republicans will have a conversation what do we need to give you the vote you want? and we move on. >> time will tell and that time is not on republican side. every day the veterans are camped occupy on the steps of the capitol, it becomes frankly, more and more embarrassing for the republicans in the senate. they always seem to find religion on fiscal r

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

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

toomey: republican votes didn't change on the substance of the bill.ns have said we want an amendment to change a provisio that has nothing to do with veterans health care. the republicans support this. the democrats added a provision that has nothing to do with veterans health care, and that it's designed to change government accounting rules, so that they can have a $400 billion spending spree. judy: leading the effort to get this bill across the finish line is democratic senator from montana jon tester, he chairs the senate veterans' affairs committee and he joins me now. welcome back to the newshour. tell us what is going on here. why has it been so hard to get this bill through? it is already unusual to see this fight over a defense spending measure. sen. tester: i just want to say one thing to correct the record. there is not one thing that has changed in this bill, with the exception of one line that was taken out of this bill, that allowed the v.a. to buy out provider contracts. that line was taken out because it was a revenue raiser. there is

that is a quote from senator toomey.e 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, are you active or retired military? caller: good morning, gretchen. i am a veteran, my son is active during military right now. i was in vietnam, i was exposed to agent orange, still trying to collect my v.a. benefits. when -- vietnam veterans against the war was first to try and get recognition for ptsd, agent orange, and other related illnesses from vietnam. we were called cowards. we were spit on by vfw, american legion. our own government fought us. we fought for agent orange recognition and we got it.

this was brought up by senator toomey, a friend of mine, and somebody who is very smart, that says ieaving this place and i want to control the appropriations process. regardless of what justification we are going to use, and by the way, the secretary of the v.a. said if we passed toomey's amendment, it will be rationing of care to our veterans and that is the truth. we need to meet the needs of veterans. this is the same bill that was passed in june and we need to get folks to vote for it again because health care that is delayed is health care denied and we are denying health care on burn pits to veterans across the country and that's why they are out here on the capitol steps saying enough is enough, the u.s. senate, step up, pass the bill and get it to the president's desk. judy: what do you say to the republicans, we heard it from senator toomey, and we asked him to join us on the program and he was not able to do that, they say this is about how this is funded, that there is language about mandatory versus discretionary, this is what they've told my colleague lisa desjardins. h

>> 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

>> my understanding that senator toomey will get a vote on his amendment. that's a good thing.there maybe a vote and final passage and maybe there's another amendment, i don't know. but the bottom line is this. i am cautiously optimistic. i'm not spiking the ball on any of this stuff until this last member has voted. and this vote is called in favor of passage of this bill so we can get it to the president's desk and signed as soon as possible. >> so what is your message then when you hear people about why this took so long and when you hear jon stewart saying all this about the fact that this took so long. why did it take so long? is it because the government is broken, as they say? >> maybe this is a sign the government actually works because people spoke up and listen. i'm saying that assuming this bill passes. it shouldn't have taken this long. there's really no good excuse for it. in the end, it will get passed anddone, i will be thankful for every senator that votes for final passage. >> that's obviously not the only key vote that senators on the democratic side would lik

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

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

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

it passed with 84 votes and there was a technical correction in the house, and know that senator toomey said there was substantiative change, but that was denied by the head of the va, who said this was just -- that this amendment from senator toomey would do is put a cap on it so after a couple years, these benefits would expire. >> yes, we thought we were calling a victory here on our way here to d.c., and unfortunately, we had someone as horrible as toomey to play with the lives of veterans. they are playing partisan politics. it's disgusting. it's criminal. these men and women fought for their freedom and they are sick and they are dying. we could silt here and talk about how many flipped their vote, but what i care about, what we care about are the men and women dying. how about count those numbers? all these people that flipped their vote, i challenge thunderstorm to meet with us. we're not leeing until we get our vote. i also challenge them to go to the funerals of some of these men and women. talk to their children. talk to their spouses and mothers and fathers. it's disgusting.

senator toomey said he wanted some amendments and we say we've got to pass this bill.ed him an amendment but they still voted no. we are putting the bill on the floor this week and we hope they join us. we expected to pass. >> jesse: senator pat do meet opposed the burn pit legislation and he joins me now. we're going to get this done in the right way. >> jesse, that is still very much an open question. senator schumer has not told me that i'm going to be able to get my amendment. let me just underscore. you have been exactly right about this and thank god there is somebody in the media who cares about getting it right. this is a replay of an age-old washington trick. take a sympathetic group of americans. it could be kids suffering from rare diseases. it could be victims of crime. could be veterans exposed to toxic substances. craft a bill to address their problems, and then sneak something in that they know could never pass on its own and dare the republicans to raise an issue because they will stick their accomplices in the media and some pseudo-celebrity who will t

toomey says he believes there's 85 votes in the u.s.ate out of 100 for the underlying legislation it is a very easy fix that can be accomplished here. it should be. and if the democrats want to achieve something for veterans, make the tweak. they want to attack republicans for hating veterans and scoring political points they can keep doing what they're doing. bret: let's talk about this manchin, humans deal you heard the senator on the specifics. what is your take about where the stands and where it's going? >> i think joe manchin for the life back into the biden demonstration slate of agenda this past week. he is right it closes on the tax loopholes for there's a lot of debate about the text piece of this print does a couple of things he biden administration believes are important but allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices for example, bringing down inflation but here people like larry summers who is not always been a fan of the biden ministration policy saying this bill will actually reduce inflation in the long haul. i think the

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

they want them to have that -- but toomey's amendment is still mandatory. >> do you expect this will get resolved this week? >> i have no idea. the whole thing is -- this is so bananas, nothing changed. i don't understand any of this. >> i have heard you say, or you have thought in the past, gave consideration of running for office, and you know, look, we have some precedent now, there's a guy in ukraine who's a comedian, who had a very popular show, who's now president of ukraine, some people think he's a very good president, is there any chance you run for office, any office at all? >> there's a chance that when i go down i'm going to come back down to washington and i'm going to join my brothers and sisters on the capitol steps who have been sleeping out on fire watch, anyone else who wants to go down and join them on the capitol steps, and i will join them and they'll stay there until the united states government does the right thing by the men and women who fought to protect it. that's what i'm after. >> all right, jon stewart, thanks a lot for joining

. >> republican senator pat toomey is facing the most criticism after he delayed the bill over a $400ll in a way that would not change a penny in funding for the veterans program. >> what i'm trying to do is change a government accounting 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 it won't be in the veteran's space. >> the retiring senator also attacking jon stewart who has been pushing congress to pass the bill as a quote pseudo celebrity. to which stewart replied on twitter, i would rather be a pseudo celeb than a pseudo senator. anna palmer, thanks for joining us. let's start with the bill. senate majority leader schumer says he will tee up the bill this week. what are the chances after republicans blocked it the first time around after what it looked like is purely out of spite. >> republicans are very upset over democrats outmaneuvering them and moving forward with a much larger reconciliation package. it appears that this is going to pass. probably by a wide number. 25

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

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

the compromise that they have come to is three amendment votes with a 60 vote threshold and senator toomeyent 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) yeah, that's what i do. (vo) with 5g ultra wideband in many more cities, you get up to 10 times the speed at no extra cost. get verizon business unlimited from the network businesses rely on. oh, that i can't believe i scored this price feeling! wayfair always delivers small prices for big dreams. ♪ wayfair you've got just what i need ♪ non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with

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

first of all, senator toomey's been against this the whole time, so the objection that he is raisingck 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 behind this bill if this was some kind of trojan horse for democratic pork. >> not a lot has changed except for their votes. but why? why would they change their votes? do you actually think they're anti-veteran? >> no, i think they're insulated and isolated, and that they've lost themselves to parliamentary procedures, and you know, i'm not suggesting that there's malevolence in the way that they're treating veterans, but there is apathy and ignorance. this didn't just come up overnight. these folks have been fighting for 15 years. i have documents from the pentagon and the va that talked about the damage that the burn pits were going to do to veterans, listing all o

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

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

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

. >> 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

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 says he already plans to sign it. for now in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> still ahead, san francisco plans to double its monkeypox vaccine supply. the latest effort from leaders to curb the public health crisis and the shooter accused of killing 7 people during a 4th of july parade in illinois. faced arraignment today. details on t accused of opening fire on a ju