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As we talk about, um, what happened yesterday on Capitol hill yesterday, the house passed
the 3.5 trillion guys, uh, blueprint, budget, blueprint that was passed also in the Senate,
a, uh, just recently.
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Let's get into the substance friends.
Um, so the house, according to this is the New York times article.
It did a really nice job of summarizing what happened yesterday and, um, why this is really
important if you've been following me, you know, that I've been talking a lot about reconciliation
on Capitol hill.
Okay.
Uh, because that, um, provides the vehicle right now for immigration, for folks to find
some sort of amnesty program that would allow them to become lawful in the United States.
And I know that a lot of you are watching and waiting, and I meet with you each day
in consultations, and I'm eagerly watching this issue as well.
So yesterday on Capitol hill, the house of representatives passed the 3.5 trillion budget
plan.
Um, uh, and what they also did friends is they, um, passed various rules that would
allow them to vote by September 27th on the bipartisan infrastructure plan and trillion
dollar plant.
So there's that as well.
And so, um, according to the article in New York times, it was a divided house right on,
on Tuesday approved a 3.5 trillion budget blueprint that would pave the way for a vast
expansion of social safety net and climate program.
Um, and then, you know, it includes investments in education, childcare, healthcare paid leave,
and tax tax increases on wealthy people and corporations.
And, um, so this, you know, it took a lot of effort, obviously for Nancy speaker Pelosi,
too, um, to rally her members to all vote for this.
And for them reconciliation guys, they need on the Senate side, all Senate Democrats must
support it.
And then on the house side, they could only afford to lose just a couple of Democrats.
Okay.
So it's a very, very, very close situation.
And so this, the pat, the blueprint friends, the 3.5 trillion that is, uh, that blueprint,
which was crafted by Bernie Sanders and some others, but that blueprint has a one-liner
in there for immigration, um, programs.
And that one liner says to create a lawful, permanent, to create programs that would allow
lawful permanent, um, status for qualified immigrants.
And so they're now defining who these qualified immigrants are and, um, who would be eligible
for this.
So we're watching September 15th.
That's the date that we're watching here because that's the deadline that they have to, um,
to produce these legislation that would allow us to understand how these programs are going
to work and who would be eligible for them.
So this was, uh, a very, uh, big and positive thing that did happen yesterday.
And the vote was, um, was, uh, two 20 to two 12 on, uh, party lines.
It was approved on part party lines and it allowed future votes on both the infrastructure
bill and a voting rights measure that the house did pass, um, right after, um, they've,
they voted on these other, uh, measures.
And so, yeah, they're moving, they're going through the legend.
This is going through the legislative process, guys.
This is going through the legislative process.
And I know that for many of you, it may seem slow, but in fact, what they're doing, you
know, there's, there's, uh, quite a bit of speed here because remember they have a deadline
that they must meet, right.
With respect to the budget.
And that's October 1st, the new fiscal year starts October 1st.
So whatever they do, they've got to do it now, do it before October 1st.
And so September 27th is the date that the house said that they're going to vote on these,
these measures.
And so they're getting very close to accomplish.
And what they've set out to do now with immigration, with the programs for that would allow for,
or, um, the lawful status, um, um, that, that part of things, guys, you know, it's still
quite iffy.
It's still iffy because the parliamentarian still has to weigh in on that.
Okay.
So let's see what the legislation will look like, who it will impact, how it will help
you.
And, um, and, and just, you know, before you know it, the next couple of weeks is going
to go by just like that.
And I'll then be presented this thing before you saying, okay, here it is, this is what
they're talking about.
So let's just stay optimistic.
So guys, that's all I really have for you.
The house took a major step yesterday towards, um, moving reconciliation, uh, forward.
Okay.
And that package that they, um, voted on and passed yesterday includes that immigration
framework.
All right.
So let's see how things shake out.
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