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Ul after us, if she was not still in scrambling moded to find the votes, we would know exactly what time we could tune in to watch the house pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. we dont know be that because she doesnt have this locked down yet. noted, its some 2,500 pages or whatever it is in this text. not only did the house progressives say they want to see the text and make sure it matches the framework, but we have to ping back to the other side of the capitol now that the text is up. do...

Not legislative text. its the outline. things have been changing rapidly over the last several days of whats in here, how its going to be paid for. i think thats where the skepticism comes from on capitol hill. i do think the fact the president gave that speech at all from the white house speaks to the level of urgency with which the white house is viewing this. they delayed his trip to rome by about four hours. he was supposed to leave this morning about 8:00 eastern. they delayed so he could g...

Sinema. now that this text is up, its a very large bill. people will start to go through all of that. thats going to be the next step. again, at 3:00 we are anticipating the rules committee opens up for this. thats the next step for build back better. remember, will that be enough for progressives to then open themselves up to an infrastructure vote? theyve tied those two together. >> the text thats up, is that the text that satisfies the progressives who wanted to see the text of a bill to deci...

Framework as it is, as the progressives have said in our statement, and say, what is in there to celebrate. there is so much in here to celebrate. guess what. weve got more work to do do once we get this passed. >> congresswoman -- >> can i say one other quick thing to make sure your viewers know. its paid for. >> do you want to tell us how? >> number one, tax compliance. we know as much as $400 to $600 billion a year goes uncollected in income tax. rightfully due income tax. we have to make sur...

Bills, both the larger package to expand the social safety net, to pump hundreds of billions of dollars in efforts to combat climate change and the separate bipartisan infrastructure bill, $1.2 trillion. that passed the senate. its been awaziting action in te house. the division of strategy, its unsure if the infrastructure bill can get the votes. steny hoyer wants a vote tomorrow on the infrastructure bill, and hes calling on joe biden to come and talk to house progressives and tell them that t...

House Progressives are cautiously scaling back on their demands for passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, passed ...

Fighting for legislation on this. look, during a meeting with house progressives on tuesday night, president joe biden told them that the final bill is not expected -- is expected not to include free tuition -- tuition-free community college which is a major white house priority. and staff and members were shocked also tuesday to learn that instead of getting a larger or longer extension for the child tax credit, a major provision democrats fought for, moderates and progressive democrats to be c...

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President Biden has privately informed Democratic lawmakers he is optimistic they can reach an agreement on a social spending plan capped at about $1.9 trillion, a spending target that would mark a significant reduction from the vast economic overhaul he initially envisioned, according to a report Tuesday.

Congressman chamberlain, not real republicans, theyre taking part in a partisan effort to attack people and the former president, and this isnt a fair process, so they cant abide supporting it in any way. i think theyre just going to say its an illegitimate vote to begin with and write it off. i will absolutely be stunned if anybody steps forward to support it beyond the two that are on the select committee. >> well, thank you for your candor, though im not sure its a message people want to hear...