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Sinema and manchin. neither of them have explicitly said they support it. theyve put out comments, they have said things to us in the halls or manchin has said things to us in the halls that are vague about progress and they want to keep working and looking forward to getting this done, that sort of thing, but no explicit support for this framework. i think thats what people are waiting to hear from when it comes to the house progressives. >> the american people are waiting to hear deal. deal or...

Sinema. i will circle back with senator manchin, and look, there is a bit of a leap of faith. here that we will take, but i believe, that we are finally in a place, where that can happen. and im just so proud of the progressive caucus, im proud of the progressive movement. i think we showed the country what it means to fight for everybody, and leave nobody behind. >> i will say this statement tonight from the group indivisible.org, saying, house progressives every once again demonstrated were ef...

Didnt even as the president arrived in rome congress still did not have a deal to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill which progressives are holding up. >> we need the vote on both bills in the house at the same time. >> we need a little bit more than an iou. this was not what i thought was coming today. >> reporter: despite policy and whip teams efforts, 9 house progressives refused to vote on the infrastructure bill with only a framework of the build back better bill blocking a proposed...

What you know. when can we expect to vote on these bills. >> i spoke with congresswoman alexandria cortez. so i asked her, what is commitment what does that look like? she said maybe its legislative text. maybe its a vote in the senate. it could be either of those things. she wants, in her words, clarity with them as the house progresses on this that it is going to move forward. this started with all eyes on joe manchin and kyrsten sinema and ultimately have come back around to that because hous...

Your show before. i see the end. >> no, you havent said that. >> of course, the house has to pass these, and then the senate has to pass it, and i am trusting the president when he says he has 50 votes in the senate. plus ive spoken to senator sinema. i will circle back with senator manchin, and, you know, look, there is a bit of a leap of faith here that we will take. but i believe that we are finally in a place where that can happen. and im just so proud of the progressive caucus. im proud of ...

>> reporter: despite pelosis efforts, nine house progressives refused to vote on the infrastructure bill with only a framework of the bill the back better bill even blocking a proposed infrastructure vote yesterday saying they need to know what is on the other bill. heres what republican congressman james comeare said. >> in the end progressives will get what they want because they were not budge. nancy pelosi can only boost four votes. >> arrested extend expiring transportation funding pushing ...

Sinema of all times get roped into that? its "way too early" for this. ♪♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show whose staff is still debating yesterdays question on "morning joe" about which halloween candy is best. team snickers. im jonathan lemire. well start with the news. yesterday morning the president pitched a slimmed down version of his social spending package to lawmakers and the american people. the white house had hopes that the announcement of a build back bette...

Behind. >> i will say this, a statement from the group individual.org saying, house progressives have once again demonstrated what a collective aggressive power can do if we hold onto our fight. saying the members remaining unified is what made this possible. you say the end will be news. that will be news you made here tonight. well keep asking you back until you say no until we get to the end of this, senator jayapal. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. ank you fo tonigh...

Are high on the list. its important for your viewers to realize the major development yesterday was that the congressional progressive caucus, most likely to say no to this deal in the house, endorsed the framework and both senator manchin and senator sinema made public and private statements that this is a framework they can work with, that they look forward to getting this done. so although there wasnt a final vote on on the infrastructure deal or this package last night i am confident that it...

Leave. that is something that joe manchin in particular had raised concerns about. that was left out. t no requirement for companies to give workers after they have a child to take some time off work or if they are sick to take time off of work. the challenge for the president here is to sell the larger proposal that has been after months of negotiations, detail, what is in that $1.75 trillion package, convince his party this is the right way to go but also convince his party to get behind that ...