Does that make sense? We're going to have the government step in and pay for something that a lot of businesses are willing now to provide their employees in order to attract and keep a strong work force? They want to pay 90 to 100 percent of the cost of existing paid leave programs being offered by private businesses. Take a look, for example, at paid family leave. You ought to get the benefit from the government because the government can deliver it more efficiently than can the marketplace. That is to say, it shouldn't matter whether you make a lot or not. ROVE: Well, they like - some Democrats have grown enamored with the idea of universal benefits. This is something that I'm shocked more Democrats aren't pushing back on. But so many of these things that they draw a line in the sand with, whether it's $15,000 for electric vehicles, whether it's $80,000 for your mortgage tax, or even something like this, this is not - this is not for poor folks. Everything that Democrats promote, they promote either as helping black and brown or poor and middle class. PAYNE: What's really amazing about the whole part about the eligibility, up to $200,000, where it starts to phase out, up to $400,000, you're still getting something. He doesn't want to undo that connection between a government benefit and a work requirement that so many Democrats apparently want to axe. And if you do get the benefit, you have to be working or looking for work. That is to say, the wealthier you are, the less likely you are to get the benefit. He thinks at any measure ought to be tied to work requirements and ought to be also tied to income. But he's been very clear he doesn't want - he does not believe we need a big spending bill. So, of course, he's saying, I will be happy to sit down with you. And he doesn't want to look like the bad guy. I mean, it sounds to me, like - what's he going to say, no, I'm never going to be open to having discussions with you? I don't think that's his style. KARL ROVE, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: I don't think so. Karl, I got to tell you, the news is not really news, right? I mean, this is what - this is what Senator Manchin was talking about this whole time with respect to the child care tax credit. So, are Manchin's new demands a sign that this spending bill may not be dead?įormer White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove joins me now. GOP Utah Senator Mike Lee described a potential change as a - quote - "desperation move." He said a change would convert the Senate into what he described as a "Lord of the Flies" environment - Charles. PERGRAM: Schumer told Democrats the Senate could vote to change the filibuster by Martin Luther King Day. And as I said in the dear colleague that I issued a while ago, we are going to vote on voting rights shortly, including considering rules changes. We're discussing them actively with the senators. CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY): Yes, rules changes are on the table. But that requires an agreement of all Democrats. Democrats are considering changes to the filibuster just for voting rights. If the president could implement the Democrats' policies, he would have done it already. PRAMILA JAYAPAL (D-WA): There are executive actions that the president can take today to actually make life better for people and to, let's say, up the ante a little bit to make sure that we do get legislation done, because the other path has to be executive action. Some Democrats are pushing executive orders. PERGRAM: Democrats still want to pass the social spending bill and voting rights legislation. It comes as a surprise it was snowing, and the snow can be slippery, and probably they should have gotten some plows out. PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT): I hoped to be open in this new session as president pro tem. Well, the Senate was delayed on its first day back in Washington, no debate, no votes, everything canceled due to a major snowstorm in Washington, D.C. And this is "Your World."įirst to Chad Pergram on Capitol Hill, where the spending pressure is back on.ĬHAD PERGRAM, FOX NEWS CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon, Charles. West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin is reportedly open to talks with new demands.Ĭoming up, Karl Rove on if Manchin is about the cave. Congress is back and Democrats are trying to ram through trillions in social spending. CHARLES PAYNE, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Well, here we go again.
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