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You should probably have this vote on bif by itself. ive gotten confirmation that this whole thing did happen from a senior democratic aide on the hill. what was up with what congresswoman jayapal was doing if you have any insight into that? >> yeah. i mean, colleagues broke this conversation, this story. it seems like, you know, she was being clear about where her caucus stands, right? in trying to get the president to say -- to agree with them. and at this point weve seen mostly that this whit...

Have the votes. >> reporter: progressive house members want firm commitments from their moderate counterparts in the senate on the much larger spending bill that would expand the social safety nelt and address the climate crisis. >> the speaker is a good vote counter. she knows where her caucus stands. the votes atlanta. >> reporter: the white house declining to say if joe manchin or kyrsten sinema have made clear their specific demands to the president. >> you cant just say if theyve actually t...

Have seen now is three branches of government, equal branches of government that have oversight responsibilities. i dont want to put kerosene on fires already out there. lets get the facts. >> bill: there is plenty of kerosene on this one. >> im trying to be one of the calm ones. >> bill: there are 31 democrats in your caucus that won in trump districts. if there is so much confidence it makes sense to the american people you go ahead and express the votes and then everyone knows where your cauc...

Members were extremely interested in the subject, and i personally couldnt handicap the outcome at this point, but we will certainly be voting on it. one thing thats not in debate in our conference is we really do think theres a crisis at the border. it doesnt seem to be any difference of opinion about that. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell would not guess on the outcome of a potential vote in the senate and the presidents emergency declaration. house democrats are set to deliver their ...

On the congressional hispanic caucus, youre a member of that caucus, that theyre pushing back against this idea, drafting a memo that rejects calls to abolish the federal agency. tell us where you stand. >> well, im on the border. i dont know where the caucus stands, but i.c.e., we have a lot of very good agents that protect our country and have a job to do. so i dont know that abolishing the agency is the brightest move. i think we need to be careful with the policy that they have. i think we s...

Knowing where the caucus stands ask then returning to it later. i know theres a school of thought that mcconnell just wants to show the body, get the vote over with and if the republicans lose, hes ready to move on. im not so sure thats the case. the republicans are looking for a legislative victory and there is so much momentum on trying to get something done on health care that if theyre close enough, there may well be another vote later on, even if they dont have the votes right now. >> so, f...