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We have this separate bill sitting here and hard working men and women ready to go to work and get this done and we havent voted on it. thats why i know we have to get it done and we will and we also have to get reconciliation done and thats also going to get done. >> you know the answer to the question, the reason its not going to be voted on tomorrow is because house progressives are worried that more moderate democrats such as you or more conservative democrats like senator joe manchin will k...

Push the big lie that fueled the insurrection with former president trump more popular to his base than ever. republican senator pat toomey who voted to impeach former president trump joins me ahead. hello im jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is wondering if todays democrats will prove they can govern. this is the most important legislative week of bidens legacy. in a letter to house democrats saturday, house speaker nancy pelosi said "the next few days will be a time of i...

Weve seen among house democrats, house moderates want speaker of the house nancy pelosi to go ahead and hold that vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill on monday, but house progressives are pushing back and holding firm to this moment. they say theyll tank the infrastructure bill purposely vote against it before they can get agreement on the broader economic plan, social spending bill they have been calling for. as of now, that big divide still exists and threatens to derail both bills. spe...

Demanding pelosi hold firm and hold a vote on that infrastructure bill, that bipartisan infrastructure bill, on monday, but progressives are pushing back against that. they want to tank that infrastructure bill, say they will vote against it, unless their first is an agreement on that broader economic social spending bill and at this point they are very, very far from agreeing towards any of the contours of that bill. speaker pelosi has said next week she intends to hold a vote on both of these ...

Bipartisan infrastructure bill. cnns sund lin joining us. what more do we know about the talks? >> reporter: theres no progress or agreement and that is why lawmakers behind closed doors right now are meeting to try to break this logjam and that issue is the stalemate on the house represent side that has existed for quite some time. you have house progressives who say they will potentially tank the vote monday on the infrastructure bill, they will not vote for it unless they first see an agreeme...

Progressives here. they say if theres a vote on infrastructure on monday, they say that will only make things worse within the party. just check out this language within the house democrats. >> speaker pelosi, will the vote still happen on monday for sure on the infrastructure bill? >> the bill will come up when i want. >> i dont think the vote is going to happen because i dont think the speaker is going to bring a bill to the floor thats going to fail. and actually the number is growing, but we...

President biden met with a parade of democratic lawmakers in the oval office in an attempt to get the caucus to look past divisions and support his economic agenda. that includes the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion spending bill. with his first meeting it was with democratic leadership and then he spoke with the group of moderate democrats including key senators joe manchin of west virginia and kirstyn sinema, bernie sanders of vermont and congresswoman of washin...

Very key house progressives. the marine posted outside the door is what tells us in washington speak, classic signals of this traditional white house, that the president remains in the west wing. this is the latest in a series of meetings the president has been holding. earlier we know he spoke with top democrats, schumer and pelosi and met with key senators who can sometimes be holdouts including sinema, manchin and moderates. joe biden is doing what he did before. he is doing what he said he w...

Uncertain. president biden will hold several meetings today. the meetings are an effort from the white house to break a stalemate from house progressives and centrists that threaten to derail. that was on display yesterday when house democrats doubled down that it pass both chambers of congress before the house votes on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. senate majority leader chuck schumer says he did not believe it will be ready by the democrats self-imposed deadline. moderates say the infras...

Been having for months. progressives want to pass the $3.5 trillion package and the infrastructure bill, and at the same time moderates, not just joe manchin, moderates in the housings moderates in the senate want him to do one at a time. hows biden going to fix this? republicans, theyre just sitting back and watching. >> reporter: yeah, and you are not mistaken. this is a debate, an issue that has been going on in washington for a while. if there was an easy solution to this, if there was a way...