Infrastructure politics
b'We discuss this week\\u2019s apparent breakthrough in the U.S. Senate on a $1 trillion bi-partisan infrastructure bill. What\\u2019s in it, and is it really on track? We then evaluate the progressives\\u2019 two track strategy on infrastructure, and the threat from moderate Senator Kyrsten Sinema to derail the entire Biden Build Back Better agenda. In the state Legislature the Wisconsin Manufactures and Commerce reveals their hand behind this week\\u2019s failed GOP effort to cut UI for workers with a veto override vote. Q Anon caucus member and Election Committee chair Rep. Janel Brandtjen embraces conspiracy theories and the \\u201cBig Lie\\u201d as she launches an Arizona-style fishing expedition of the 2020 election in Wisconsin. We review the CDC\\u2019s new recommendation for indoor masking where infection rates remain high and Sen. Johnson\\u2019s incorrect statement calling it a mandate and saying the CDC should stop making recommendations to end the spread of COVID. Finally, we celebrate Medicare and Medicaid\\u2019s 56th birthdays on Friday and Sen. Baldwin calls for rejecting Purdue Pharma\\u2019s bankruptcy plan.'