Two Bills With One Vote with Representative Pramila Jayapal

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🗓️ 12 August 2021

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Senators Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema say they might not support a budget bill with a $3.5 trillion price tag, but Democrats in the House won't support the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure package unless the larger bill passes, too. We spoke with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal about how House progressives are thinking about these two crucial bills. America is facing two major heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and in the eastern and central U.S. Abroad, there are wildfires burning in Canada, Russia, Greece, Algeria, Turkey, and Italy, all fueled by extreme heat and dry vegetation, and causing evacuations and mass destruction. And in headlines: rebel Tigray and Oromo forces announce an alliance against Ethiopia's government, Texas House Democrats may face arrest for their exodus, and NASA's next space suit is delayed. Show Notes: NYT: “Hidden Toll of the Northwest Heat Wave: Hundreds of Extra Deaths” – https://nyti.ms/2U8rREe For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, August 12th. I'm getting arrested.
0:09.0	And I am Priyanka Rabindi and miss is what a day, where we will not pet a dog unless they
0:13.2	have a vaccine verification.
0:15.2	I will consider walking one that's as far as I'll go if there's an unvaccinated dog that's
0:20.8	like six feet away that seems safe to me.
0:23.2	I mean, less than six feet get away from me.
0:26.0	On today's show, the CDC strongly recommends the COVID vaccines with pregnant people.
0:36.7	Plus NASA says its next moon mission might be delayed because astronauts need new spaces.
0:41.4	Hmm. But first, let's talk about the latest from Congress.
0:46.0	Our members are still very clear that a majority of our progressive caucus will vote on the
0:52.4	five part of the bill only after the Senate has passed the reconciliation bill.
0:58.4	That was the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Representative Pramila Jayapal.
1:02.4	You got a chance to talk with her yesterday, Gideon, about the two big spending bills
1:05.7	that lawmakers are currently debating. And there's been a lot of movement on it in the past
1:09.6	week. So please get us all up to speed.
1:12.2	Yeah, I think I have all this right. But as a quick refresher, the $1.2 trillion infrastructure
1:17.0	deal passed on Tuesday with the support of 19 Republican senators, that bill has things
1:22.5	like improvements for roads, bridges, internet, things like that physical infrastructure.
1:26.6	Awesome.
1:27.6	Awesome stuff. And then early yesterday morning, the other $3.5 trillion budget blueprint
1:32.0	was approved as well. All 50 Democratic senators voted to advance that.
1:37.8	So when it comes to that second one, the challenge is actually turning it into actual legislation
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