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Working class and the middle class of this country. that was the fear. that fear if manchin continues along this path, turned out to be justified. >> senator manchin is opposed to getting rid of the filibuster, something a lot of progressives want to do, only takes 51 votes instead of 60 to pass legislation. whats your message to the millions of americans who were hoping for the enhanced child tax credit extension, new child care programs, health care subsidies, paid family leave environmental m...

But we understood that if we didnt keep it together, there would be those who would pass the infrastructure bill and not deal with the needs of the working class and the middle class of this country. that was the fear. that fear if manchin continues along this path, turned out to be justified. >> senator manchin is opposed to getting rid of the filibuster, something a lot of progressives want to do, only takes 51 votes instead of 60 to pass legislation. whats your message to the millions of amer...

An hour, far less than k through 12 teachers. in this competitive hiring market, other industries are raising wages to attract workers. >> this developmental time is the most critical in the human life cycle and yet, were competing against other minimum wage jobs. >> reporter: the american rescue plan passed by congress in march spent billions to keep the child care industry afloat. it helped nurseries raise wages a dollar an hour, but a worker here still workers a second job at home depot. >> i...

And getting behind on my bills. >> reporter: with the staff shortage worsening, nurturing is now taking 15% fewer students. how long could a family be on the wait list? >> they may be on it for the better part of 2022. >> reporter: across the u.s., roughly 10% of child care programs have closed. others are downsizing. and many parents are seeing prices rise and wait lists go. >> parents, predominantly women, cant go back to work. >> reporter: a recent survey found 84% of parents feel overwhelmed...

Care industry afloat. it helped nurture and raise wages a dollar an hour. but he works a second job at home depot. >> i was working check to check and i was getting behind on my bills. >> he is now taking 15% fewer students. >> how long could families sit on a wait list. . >> they may sit on a wait list for the better part of 2022. >> across the u.s., roughly 10% of child care programs have closed. others are downsizing. many parents are seeing prices rise and wait lists grow. >> parents, predom...

Those child care programs, many of them are struggling to get back to work. >> theres a crisis at early education in boston. the non-profit staff has shrunk 30%. >> why cant you find employees. >> because they can make more money working anywhere other than in child care. >> 10% have left the industry during the pandemic, driven out by closures and furloughs early on, and now wage competition. nationwide, the average child care worker makes just over $12 an hour, far less than k-12 teachers. in ...

Safety net package, theres been so much made about child care and how making child care more accessible and affordable for families will hopefully get more parents, specifically more women, measure mothers, back into the workforce. theres also talk about how the hourly wages for child care workers need to increase. they are notoriously low. im curious. where is that funding going to come from? is it ultimately going to be passed onto the parents? >> no, actually, thats one area that i feel that ...

In just a bit, but the question is what is washington doing about all of this? president bidens ambitious social spending plan took a big hit this week after weeks and weeks of tough negotiations. senator joe manchin, finally -- finally let the white house know hell not support the clean electricity portion of the bill. while dropping that from the plan might secure his vote, it could cause other democrats to break off. and to make things even worse democrats still cant agree on a top line numbe...

That he will not support the clean electricity portion of the bill. while dropping the plan to secure his vote it could cause other democrats to break off and to make things even worse, democrats still cant even agree on a top line number for all of these programs. the build back better plan as it is known would fund paid family leave, universal pre-k, free community college, child care programs. these are exactly the kind of things all of the workers that are protesting and part of strike-tober...

An ideal world for democrats and as i sit here today they are just not there. theres still significant disagreement primarily on. the senate side between joe manchin and everyone else, possibly kirsten scinma. joe manchin want to see targeted programs, means testing, aim these programs at people who need them the most. thats controversial within the democratic party because what it means to be in the working class or middle class can vary from place to place and so thats part of the challenge th...