Biden’s Domestic Agenda Could Pass By End Of Week

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 2 November 2021

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‘Progressive’ House Democrats change course signalling they are ready to pass the infrastructure bill without prior commitment on the spending bill from senators Manchin and Sinema, with Representative Pramila Jayapal telling CNN the party is ‘tired of waiting for one or two people, we trust the President will get 51 votes’.

Why Virginias’s vote matters for the Biden agenda; Chris takes a closer look at McAuliffe and Younkin’s tight Governor’s race, with CNN Senior Data Reporter Harry Enten joining to give his insight. That, as the Supreme courts hears arguments on Texas’ controversial abortion law, and finally, a CNN report on a Washington Post article which details the warning signs law enforcement failed to heed leading up to the January 6 riot at the Capitol.

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0:00.0	Let's hand it over right now to Chris for Cuomo Prime Time.
0:04.6	Chris.
0:05.6	Alright, thanks, Coop.
0:06.6	I'm Chris Cuomo.
0:07.6	Welcome to Prime Time.
0:08.6	Here's our first question.
0:10.2	How could President Biden say this?
0:15.4	I believe we'll see by the end of next week at home that it's passed.
0:20.8	When he had to know that Senator Joe Manchin would say this, political games have to stop.
0:28.4	Holding this bill hostage is not going to work and getting my support for reconciliation bill.
0:34.7	What I see are shell games, budget gimmicks.
0:37.2	None of us should ever misrepresent to the American people what the real cost of legislation
0:41.6	is.
0:42.6	Doesn't sound like he's ready to vote yes.
0:45.9	And I say the President had to know because to be fair, Joe Manchin, you may not like his
0:50.5	position.
0:51.5	You may think he's holding up the party, but he's never said anything else in this process.
0:56.5	In fact, Manchin didn't even get a lot of pushback this time from the progressives.
1:01.9	Listen.
1:02.9	The President said he thinks he can get 51 votes for this bill.
1:07.5	We are going to trust him.
1:09.2	We're tired of just being continuing to wait for one or two people.
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