A lot depends on how -- whether there's any drama to it, whether there's any news in it. If he is simply endorsing a legislative position that is emerging now as a compromise in the Senate, and he's not going to really push hard to make that the final bill, then, I don't think it helps him very much.
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I think the evidence is still coming in that this country is deeply divided.
Mitch McConnell has just thrown down the gauntlet, Anderson. I think we're going to have a titanic fight over this.
I think the main thing is to represent the President around the world.
Yes, absolutely, Anderson. And in fact, Democrats on the House side are starting on this and of course, Nancy Pelosi is pushing it within the confines of the badly run negotiations.
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