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>> joining me, one of the republicans i know is watching the negotiations closely, north dakota senator kevin kramer. senator, obviously the motion to proceed on infrastructure framework failed yesterday while everyone was watching the house. are you confident the senate can start work on this monday and what do you need to see in the bipartisan package for it to get your vote? >> great points because i am confident, garrett, largely because i trust people that are negotiating, both the republic...

From a compromise package of $1 trillion to a democrat only package of $6 trillion. $5 trillion is a big difference. its a big difference. youre not going to get republicans to go along with that. arthel: to that point, what is the republican comprehensive plan to fix highways, bridges, some of them are on the verge of collapsing and at the same time to boost or bolster the economy for the benefit of the middle class, the working class, low income families and the question becomes in terms of ti...

Realistic, track one may happen, but track two may not. >> we have to have the commitment if we went for track one, you have to have a solid commitment that track two will be supported. this is about peoples lives and quality of lives and were coming out of a pandemic and peoples economic security needs to be addressed and the infrastructure of this country needs to be addressed. so we cant have one versus the other. so, we have to have an iron clad commitment that if it were two track that we w...

Among the republicans for negotiating some kind of a compromise package on the infrastructure matter. the two sides are millions of dollars away from each other, and progressives, the progressive wing of the democratic party is publicly disappointed with the president for not pushing harder for the entire $2 trillion question, and the issue for president biden is does he want to run, does he want democrats to run in the midterm elections on having gotten no money for infrastructure or getting ab...

Can go home until this national emergency got thrown back into the mix, which takes it potentially from a good moment for the president, whose numbers have been trending positively, and throws it back into chaos. >> members say they will not vote for this compromise package, alexandria ocasio-cortez, chomar, pressley and tlaib. there was an opportunity for progressives to say republicans hate this bill. >> the message he stated at the state of the union, continued in el paso. instead hes uniting...

Reopen the government, and then follow up with a long-term bipartisan solution that ensures strong, effective border security. we came to congress to represent our constituents." and they are demanding action. we can and should respond accordingly." chief congressional correspondent mike emanuels life force on capitol hill. is there any sign of movement at this our customer >> no, there are a lot of folks looking for a deal but they will go through t. majority leader mitch mcconnell needs at lea...

Think we had that, until the president, you know, went off his meds, and who knows what happened. >> shannon: you know the president loves having someone to joust with and words like that are most certainly to get a reaction from him. i would suppose. >> yeah, i dont think that that is actually really helpful to the conversation. the senate voted 100-0 on a compromise package that we know what the democrats would support. i actually believe the only people who really care about the blame game ar...

Until the president went off his meds and who knows what happened? >> the president loves having someone to joust with and words like that are most certainly to get a reaction from him i suppose. >> i dont think that is helpful to the conversation. the senate voted 100-0 on a compromise package so we know what democrats would support. the only people that care about the blame game of people in washington. across the country people are wondering if this week as paycheck will pay next weeks bills,...

The house speaker already. this basically represents revolt from the moderate side of his conference. and the president had been engaged in trying to convince ervatives and others that they needed to get on board with this compromise package. but late last night as we were wrapping up a very crazy news day yesterday they were meeting behind closed doors calling the bill not ready for primetime. there were accusations that members of the freedom caucus were moving the goal posts at the last minut...

Related to border security and immigration. so timing, totally up in the air. but we do expect to go mike turk about this week. one of the most conservative plan, engineered by bob goodlatte, which does not include a pathway to citizenship for daca recipients browse for this country illegally as kids. then there is the compromise package, and the trading on that is still happening, but its favored by republican congressman jeff denham, who drew up a plan to work with democrats on immigration to ...