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Massachusetts. what do you say to them? >> well, i would say the proof is in the pudding with our membership. theyre probably 85% vaccinated today, and there are certain instances, folks, not just troopers, citizens alike should have alternate means to not get this shot and were fighting for them. >> got it. sergeant, please keep us posted on this, we appreciate having the service to your people. the massachusetts state police association president. we told you at the beginning of each hour here...

They may be delayed or denied. frankly, i think it had to do with the promising developments of the vaccine on the virus front. having said that, its the price of the big human infrastructure goes down then the tax toss pay for them goes down. and austan goolsbee on this, to you first, do you think its inevitable that the price of the package goes down, maybe tax hikes to pay for it goes down? >> i think, youve already seen that at work a bit. they were fighting about the step-up bases and closi...

Is that the white house legislative affairs team they just experienced their first brush with reality and the lesson theyre going into this weekend with, is that progressives in the house are just as entrenched as democratic moderates in the senate are. and basically, what progressives were able to accomplish, they were able to scuttle the infrastructure bill that was massively popular and had bipartisan support, in order to get the administration to agree to continue to couple that actual physi...

You might be shocked that food played a dominant scene year in and year out on the 25 years that fox news channel existed and ive been here from the beginning, you get a lot of free food. something to chew on right now is what is going on in washington. you see what i did there? and having a food fight not so much republicans and democrats, but democrats against democrats, moderate democrats against progressive democrats and they say spoil the party and they called a lay-up win on infrastructure...

The wealthy and to corporations. i believe, still believe that this-- these tax increases which are certainly coming in some form, are going to impact more than those that are just wealthy and large corporations. neil: we shall see, guys, thank you very, very much. were keeping a close eye on developments in washington and the president is on the phone were told talking to the principal players, advocating for both of the packages and the infrastructure and the far larger spending package isnt g...

Wilmington, delaware, where hell be spending the weekend, but the message is clear, these two bills are linked together. the infrastructure-only measure and the far more expensive $3.5 trillion plan. nonetheless, by linking them, he put the speaker, nancy pelosi, on the spot. she had wanted stand-alone votes on the bipartisan infrastructure plan as an indication of getting something done for the american people and then work on the bigger package separately. progressives were not buying that. th...

Rebuild americas roads and bridges. neil: it is interesting right now because one thing that revealed itself yesterday, was the president aligning himself with the progressives of your party. they wanted these two kind of linked. hed gone back and forth and whether he was going to do that, but he obviously shows where hes coming from and where he will be coming from. does that make the possibility of getting this thing voted on, im talking about the infrastructure only package, more difficult no...

From chairwoman pramila jayapal. the liberals would have to ask for a lot less on the social spending side. jayapal is a big winner in this. she said she had the votes to block the vote, and she made good on that promise. to be frank, house speaker nancy pelosi got rolled by progressives. pelosi insisted all week the house would vote on infrastructure and pass the social spending bill. it never happened. jayapal proved he had the cards. now, this underscores the progressive grip on the house dem...

Were supposed to have the vote on the 27th. and i think what the progressives are doing they were using the threat that it was the bill was going to sinkment i truly feel that this bill going to-- i mean talking about the infrastructure. i think we could have got enough democrats and even progressive who would not have voted against it, $1 trillion of infrastructure, roads, bridges, $2 million-- i mean two million jobs for the next 20 years, and we could have got the moderates, but it wasnt put ...

Dont target industry because you dont like industry. and when it comes to taxes, punish business, things like that, i dont like. and on the infrastructure -- i mean, on the human investment, lets look at who really needs the help and means test it. have accountability. you know, we dont just come up with a number and fill it up with taxes and spending, no. lets look at what the needs are and take it from there and see if we can afford that. neil: theres a concept. henry cuellar, the beautiful st...