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Ed: >> reporter: those moderates to vote on the infrastructure bill as a stand-alone bill but she intends to pair it with the $3.5 trillion spending bill. those moderates include representative josh scottheimer saying if it was good enough for bernie sanders and 50 democratic senators why cant we move forward? minority leader mitch mcconnell says republicans are unified opposing the larger bill. >> every single republican in the house and senate is opposed to it. it is a devastating blow to the ...

But now you have to deal with what comes next. >> i want to move over to another big topic for members on the hill. nine moderate house democrats signing a letter urging speaker pelosi to hold an immediate vote on the bipartisan bill. dozens of house progressives threatening to withhold their support for that bill unless it is linked to the budget reconciliation package. what do you think here, representative? where do you stand on that? how do you want this to all play out in the end? >> well, ...

Republican senators to support a one trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, but the next legislative hurdle might be harder for biden. roll call of reports that at least 8 to 10 moderate house democrats, moderate house democrats are privately expressing a willingness to vote against the democrats only budget resolution which would greatly expand the social safety net for americans if speaker pelosi doesnt first schedule a vote on the infrastructure bill. house progressives have a differ...

14 states, newly released data show that fires had a burned 30 square miles of land every day since june. so that is an area about the size of washington, d.c. scorched every other day for more than two months. more than 95% of the west is now under some type of drought. the biden administration working to trackle the climate crisis. first track is a $1.2 billion bipartisan infrastructure package. the second is the $3.5 trillion budget resolution packed with climate provisions that democrats are...

House progressives have a different pran in mind, they want the democrats only bill to come first. nancy pelosi apparently agrees. joining us, jonathan kayepard, "washington post," former editorial writer and columnist at ""the new york daily news"," host of "the sunday show" on msnbc, and christina greer, professor of political science at new york university, so great to see both of you friends tonight. thank you for being with us. christina greer, lets talk about this. getting 19 republicans t...

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Happened. when joe manchin says the morning after he supports the framework. he says ill go ahead with the initial 3.5 trillion. then the morning after he says its simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more suited to a great depression or recession. many thread as never mind. i read that as telling house progressives just dont make it any bigger. >> its all a negotiation at this point. i got off the phone with a different moderate democratic senator who was saying at least for him ...

Passing the house. i think up this is halftime, right? or the halfway point. some house progressives are already threatening on oppose it if they dont get $3.5 trillion in domestic spending they want. >> well, look, i think this has been like watching expert drivers back a semi into a small loading dock here. you inch it one way, you inch it another way. you kind of ease it in. i think there is a reason why chuck schumer is now, he went right from the infrastructure bill to the reconciliation bi...

Are offering such an openly racial identity message that is attractive to many of those voters. >> david, president biden says that he is optimistic about this bill passing the house. i think you said that this is halftime, right, or at the halfway point because some house progressives are already threatening to oppose it if they dont get that $3.5 trillion in domestic spending that they want. >> look, i think this has been like watching expert drivers back a semi into a small loading dock here....

Infrastructure that appeal to a very broad base, how does she manage what democrats are to americans when the next election comes around? >> look, front and center on what they delivered. i think that point around infrastructure is key because we know, especially when the bipartisan package gets through the senate, house progressives are gonna be looking for that reconciliation package to come right along with it. so avoiding friction on that is going to be key for speaker pelosi, and we heard i...