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Progress out of bipartisan infrastructure framework or rising inflation fears stop him from pushing forward on a budget reconciliation for two massive democratic spending plans. they may not need a single g.o.p. vote to pass trillions in new spending. white house correspondent kevin corke is tracking it. good evening, kevin. >> its not exactly clear how the democrats will maneuver around the political roadblocks on capitol hill to forge ahead with a new massive spending plan but one thing defini...

Deal and focuses on physical infrastructure. there was a time when something like this would check boxes on both sides and put a bow on it and gotten it done. will that happen this time? >> i sure hope so. a lot of it depends on how we pay for it. we feel like we have reasonable pay-fors. to your point, if i can get bridges in louisiana that cross the mississippi river and connect shreveport and lafayette, im doing my job and i hope we can get this across. >> martha: so give us a quick example o...

Parties. the five republican and five democratic senators say they worked in good faith to form a realistic framework to modernize the countrys infrastructure. now, they didnt offer specifics, but several sources tell cnn the package includes a total of $1.2 trillion of spending over eight years at a cost of $974 billion in the first five years and $579 billion in new spending. the plan includes no tax increases. with so many americans 12 and up at least partially vaccinated against covid, wha...

1 billion covid-19 doses, bret? >> bret: all right, peter, thank you. the s&p 500 closed at new record. it was up 20. the dow gained 19. the nasdaq jumped 109. a bipartisan group of senators says it has reached an agreement on what it calls a, quote: realistic compromise framework to modernize the nations infrastructure and energy technologies. a source familiar with the deal says it calls for $579 billion in new spending above the baseline for a total of 974 billion over five years and $1.2 tri...

Of -- sorry, 1.043 trillion its a baseline of 974 billion. thats a wonky thing to say but important because skets like the 974 billion number believe its a significant cut in spending and why john boehner would have a real difficult time actually trying to do anything to replace the sequester. conservatives dont want a budget above that number. he said as much to david gregory today saying he sees no clear pathway. next week you will see the republicans write their budget for the rest of the yea...

It. are you willing to take 33% of what you want? >> were the minority party in washington, theres no doubt about it. were willing to talk about whatever it is that actually gets us to a solution. the problem that weve had with the democrat-controlled senate in the last two years is they havent produced a budget, so theres no way to even talk about a compromise, as youre working with the senate, because they dont even say what they believe, what they think we have to do to solve these challenges...

does the tough talk add up? why all the talk about paul ryan as a possible vp for mitt romney. it shows huge interest and tell you why its not going to happen. a developin story in louisiana where the earth is devouring trees stories tall and sending residents running for solid ground. lets go out front. . out front tonight, american loophole. today we got this e-mail. i printed it out. its from the u.s. state department and it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in...

"outfront" tonight, american loophole. today, we got this e-mail. i printed it out, from the u.s. state department. it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in syria for doing business with iran. now, at first we thought, hey, this is proof of how tough sanctions really are. theyre going after everybody. after all, heres the president and the secretary of state talking about how tough american sanctions on iran are. >> this resolution will put in place the toughest sanc...

Representatives is so worried, guys, that they have recessed until monday so they will not be here in session when the sequester goes in to effect. john boehner very adamant today regarding the house gop position that they have done their work and waiting for the senate to do something. right about now, two proposals, one to give the president an authority to do the cuts or democratic one to replace the sequester. both going down to the senate floor and well go in to a sequester. the next fight ...