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>> i think we should start by accelerating a renovation of our nations highways, bridges, water and sewer systems. >> our economy depends on us having the most efficient, reliable transportation system in the world. >> the inadequate state, our a teubgz to foreign oil, crumbling bridges, roads, and levees. >> were going to get this infrastructure going. >> after all that talk, president biden finally corraled a bipartisan group of senators to pass a trillion dollar bill in august. this is a big ...

On them. that is what this running battle within the party to pass two big spending bills is really about. senator bernie sanders is going to join me in just a moment to talk about those priorities, as well as if and how democrats will be able to cut through the legislative and procedural weeds that they, themselves, cultivated in order to deliver on them. house progressives -- progressives, as you know, wont vote for a bipartisan roads and bridges bill, until they get an idea of what senate mod...

Right now in the final innings. >> thats right, capitalizing off the mound in the dugout working with lawmakers and the phones. all to shore up support for his transformative legislation. today what should be a home run instead could be a swing and a miss. house progressives and senate democrats still cant even get on the same team for mr. bidens larger social safety net plan, which means that bipartisan roads and bridges plan set for a floor vote today may be destined for defeat. house speaker ...

House Progressives have starkly warned congressional leadership that they will block infrastructure bill Thursday.

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Congress has until the end of the week to prevent a government shutdown, and...

Intense negotiations over the path forward for his agenda, there is still no clear agreement between the two sides, and they are still deeply divided over what that path forward should look like even though they are running up against some time lines, including that vote that house speaker nancy pelosi has said they will have on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan on thursday. thats now something that a lot of house progressives are threatening to vote no on because they dont say that...

Was not advised against putting all us troops out of afghanistan. todd: border patrol agents being told to get the coronavirus vaccine by november or lose their jobs as a little immigrants for through the southern border without being tested or vaccinated. jillian: "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. a lot of news to get to. todd: we begin in washington, president biden changes his plan to stop a deepening divide among democrats on capitol hill. jillian: nancy pelosi want to vote on in...

Agenda. and what we know is that 4% of members of the house in the senate are not supporting the presidents agenda the democratic agenda and want to make se changes. well weve been saying for sometime, weut that britain out there, its the presidents agenda it is not some crazy out there left wing agenda, it is the presidents agenda that w are fighting to deliver to the people. and so we still have had no interactions, no negotiations with senator manchin and kyrsten sinema on what is that they d...

In trying to get involved in bringing these players together and take much more of a leadership role. psaki didnt rule out the president going to the hill tomorrow. he obviously had meetings yesterday. some of his top staffers were up there today. she said the focus at the moment is on trying to negotiate in the senate senate on that reconciliation bill and find out where those members of the senate are. there has seemed to have been a lot of foep focus, at least publicly on the public end from ...

Infrastructure package. its already passed the senate and would create an estimated 500,000 jobs, rebuild the nations roads and bridges and expand rural broadband internet. but house progressives say theyll vote no unless congress passes a separate $3.5 trillion package covering everything from early childhood education to funding to combat climate change. >> im a hard no tomorrow. im an absolute no, you can write it on the wall with cori bush next to it -- no. >> reporter: progressives are frus...