Vote On Biden Agenda Likely Soon

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

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3.6 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Sources say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to vote on the $1.75 trillion social safety net bill tonight and the infrastructure bill tomorrow. Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal joins to discuss the status and strategy of both bills saying “we are now ready to pass both bills through.” Starting January 4th, certain health care workers, federal contractors, private businesses with 100 or more employees will all be mandated to have their employees get fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The White House announced that the vaccine rules will preempt any state or local laws which ban vaccine mandates or other measures to stop the spread of the virus. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.2	It's happening now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is once again pushing for votes on the
0:37.6	Biden agenda, perhaps within hours the timing up in the air as Democrats clash over the bills and the direction of the party
0:45.4	after stinging election results. I'll speak with a key player in all of this, the top house
0:50.2	progressive representative from Milajlegaiopol.
0:53.6	Also tonight, breaking news in the January 6th investigation,
0:57.3	a former Trump Justice Department official
0:59.7	who pushed the big lie is now expected to testify tomorrow.
1:04.6	This is former President Trump's fight to keep secrets from the select committee
1:08.7	is facing skepticism from a federal judge.
1:12.2	And the Biden administration sets a deadline for over 100 million workers
1:16.0	to comply with the new COVID vaccine mandate.
1:19.0	I'll ask the Labor Secretary Marty Walsh
1:21.0	about the potential impact on businesses and the economy.
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