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Bullish on “Build Back Better”

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MS NOW, Ali Velshi

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🗓️ 21 November 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Congressional Democrats are optimistic about passing “Build Back Better”, supply chain tops the White House’s economic agenda and everyone’s mind, and concern rises over the political motivations of the Supreme Court.

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0:00.0

Today on Velshi, President Biden signed a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill on Monday,

0:06.6

launched his second signature spending bill over a big hurdle on Friday,

0:11.1

celebrated his 79th birthday on Saturday,

0:14.9

and now he's repeatedly telling allies he will run for reelection in three years.

0:20.3

We're going to have the latest on the Biden

0:21.7

agenda and the path ahead for embattled Democrats. Plus, while Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney is calling

0:27.7

some of his clients Republican supporters disgusting, and then how at least two attempted

0:33.7

breaches of county election systems are connected to Donald Trump's favorite foam pillow

0:39.4

CEO, the men who spent millions of dollars pushing the disgraced ex-presidents' big election lie,

0:46.4

and why only one in three Americans believe the Supreme Court is acting to uphold the rule of law.

0:53.1

Valshi starts now.

1:01.2

Good morning to you. It is Sunday, November the 21st. I'm Ali Velshi. The bipartisan

1:06.9

infrastructure bill has been signed into law by President Biden, and congressional

1:11.3

Democrats are optimistic about passing the build-back better spending package before the end

1:17.9

of the year. After passing the House entirely along party lines on Friday, the transformative

1:23.7

legislation is now headed to the Senate for review this week, but it still has a

1:28.3

difficult road ahead. Its passage in the Senate is not guaranteed. It will need all 50 Democratic

1:34.4

votes, and if it does pass, it might come out looking very different based on the mercurial

1:39.2

moods of Joe Manchin and Kristen Cinema, but at least it's moving. However, another

1:43.8

crucial piece of the Biden agenda,

1:45.6

the agenda of anyone who cherishes democracy by the way has largely stalled. And I'm talking about

1:51.8

voting rights. The Washington Post reports that Kristen Cinema, quote, remains firmly opposed to

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