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The democratic party right now who have repeatedly and consistently shown themselves to be two of the biggest obstacles toward passing his agenda. so this is just a different era of politics for biden. >> lauren, if "build back better" is broken into smaller pieces, democrats expect to pass universal pre-k, bidens climate change plan. but there are other parts of the bill, say child tax credit, paid family leave, that likely get dropped, elliott haspel is a childcare policy expert, we have him o...

The possibility of get something republican support. but 60 is a really high bar in the senate. so i think democrats are very clear eyed that what goes in this bill might be all that they can get. >> elena, to that point, this week jim clyburn said, quote, if we keep talking about what we have not done rather than what we have done, we deserve to be defeated at the polls, sort of underscores what you were saying earlier. i have a few questions really. how do you -- how do democrats address that ...

Despite voting against it, some in the gop, like iowa republican congresswoman ashley henson, are now boasting about the new highways, dams, and flood-control projects the bill is bringing to their home districts. hinson calling the legislation she voted against a game changer. yet the person who actually delivered that game changer doesnt seem to be getting credit for it. new polling from nbc news shows only 43% of americans approve of the presidents job performance. more than 50% disapprove. d...

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Voters, disabled voters. another concern, senate bill 1 in texas increased criminal penalties against people assisting voters. extra step. talk us through that. . . >> yes. one of the changes in this bill you have to include your, either your drivers license number or your social security number on your vote-by-mail application. and youre supposed to use, whichever number, whichever of those numbers you use to register to vote on your original registration form. like me, registered at 18, i have...

Need to get 50 democratic votes on a bill. they know they want to include a big piece on climate change. that seems to be an area of agreement. but i think the rest -- you know, joe biden in his press conference mentioned universal pre-k which is an important to many democrats, so i think those are some of the top-line priorities that will be in a scaled down version of a "build back better" plan. but then what gets stripped out is really unclear because if you strip something out from this bill...