And as Bill said, the question is going to be how long before the progressives say no, and this thing breaks apart. And this thing is slowly getting whittled down. And what we've really been doing for the past six weeks is having liberals come to grips with the fact of that reality. If you step back, what I see here and it's interesting, is that Joe Manchin apparently said what he meant and meant what he said back in that document he gave Chuck Schumer before all of this began. The IRS snooping provision, that hasn't been sorted out.
SALT the repeal of the state and local tax deduction, that's not been sorted out. There are still people attempting to get an immigration provision into this, even though the Senate parliamentarian killed the first attempt at that. House Democrats are insisting on that, Joe Manchin has said that he has real issues with the fairness of proposal. Medicaid expansion to the dozen red states that have not signed up for the program. He's being lobbied by people like New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, but that's not been sorted out. Manchin and is still saying he doesn't want to do it. Paid family leave, they had hacked down their proposal. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are still saying no to those things. And yes, we must expand Medicare benefits. Medicare, Bernie Sanders has said, yes, we must have the power to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of drugs for Medicare. There is some agreement around a corporate minimum tax, but that's not something that's passed the House. Turns out, Joe Manchin may have an issue with that. As I think we're going to talk about a little bit more, Senator Wyden has now put out a billionaires tax. The House bill that was actually passed out of committee actually tries to raise all of its money by mostly raising corporate tax rates, individual tax rates. The House and Senate have got very different approaches on this.
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They have not decided how to pay for this thing. let's just go through the list, okay? So here's what hasn't been decided yet. And to do that in a way that forces Manchin and Sinema to get on with it. Because what's been happening is the White House and congressional leaders have been on a campaign to say all is good. The press is really to blame here and I'm happy to see that the press is finally quoting some people talking honestly. And so Kim, at least he hasn't lost his sense of humor. What exactly is going to be in the bill and how we're going to pay for it? Other than that, we're good to go." Unquote. He says, "We are just missing two things. Here's Pennsylvania representative, Brendan Boyle. Kyle Peterson: Just so people don't think that I'm cherry picking Jeff Merkley there, I'll give a perspective from the other chamber of Congress. And that's the tough part because there's a lot of objection on each side on a lot of pieces of this puzzle. There is no bill until there is a bill, by which I mean text, written down, and we can look at what provisions made it in and what provisions didn't make it in. So a lot of the other people seem to be hardening their positions on this. That they can look at, not just a framework. AOC says we're not going to vote on the bills the way Nancy Pelosi wants until we actually have an actual bill. Bernie just laid down his red lines on Medicare expansion. And I think that's created a false optimism, because as you point out, I think on fundamental issues, they're still far apart. When they've spoken in general terms, they've been saying, yes, we can talk. And two, I think that the two main obstacles, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, have been largely quiet. And so Bill to start here, why do we keep hearing this? That a deal is just around the corner, if these factions in the Democratic party are farther apart than they seem?īill McGurn: Well, I think, one, there's a lot of wishful thinking about this that they can get it done. So each time I hear, well, it's almost done, I don't know what the hell people are talking about." Unquote. He said, "There's just huge pieces of this that are not nailed down. The headlines keep saying that a deal is just around the corner here, but to my eye, there are still a lot of Democratic factions that are at fundamental odds with each other.Īnd I'll read a quote from Jeff Merkley, the Oregon Senator. We're joined today by my colleagues, WSJ columnists Bill McGurn and Kim Strassel. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. Kyle Peterson: Democrats in Congress are still at odds over many pieces of their reconciliation bill, with President Biden about to leave the country and an October 31st deadline looming.
This version may not be in its final form and may be updated.Īnnouncer: From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. This transcript was prepared by a transcription service.
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