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To get something passed. and i think this bill meets the needs of this country very, very well. i am talking about the bipartisan bill. and look. once we get this done, when we go to reconciliation, that bill may be really, really good, too. and we will make that assessment, once that bill gets drafted and built and amended and all the things that this bills going to go through over the next week. >> well, look. you and the other nine senators involved in this negotiation have -- have overcome s...

Road looks like in reconciling two things. you heard what pramila jayapal representing house progressives had to say. senator kyrsten sinema issued a response about the reconciliation bill where she said i do not support a bill that costs $3.5 trillion and in the coming months, i will work in good faith to develop this legislation with my colleagues and administration to strengthen arizonas economy and help arizonas everyday families get ahead. so what we have here is two pieces of doubt both ca...

And we are on track. >> reporter: the really hard part is what comes next. the bill is not well received by a number of house democrats. they have to be convinced to go along with some compromises that senators negotiated. in addition, house progressives are determined to torpedo the bill unless it is paired with a separate multi trillion reconciliation bill, a fancy word for major economic safety net expansion. president bidens priorities like child care, elder care, mitigating climate change, ...

That is already way below what house progressives want. youd ask progressives to eat their peas at $3.5 trillion. alexandria ocasio-cortez jumps in and says good luck, tanking your own partys investment. you can read on child care and so on. immediately back to a family feud that the president is going to have to referee. its not going to be easy. >> yeah. i do think you have some of the presidents advisers going out today, sort of laying the ground work for their defense. you know, you have ced...

Chairman. he told manu raju this is a good deal. >> this is the most consequential program in the modern history of this country. it could impact millions of working class people. very proud of what weve accomplished. thank you. >> how important is bernie sanders to house progressives? heres pramila jayapal on twitter saying we need to go big and bold, acting on climate change and creating a road map to citizenship. lets get this done. that does not specific endorse the deal, but it doesnt attac...

A debate on policy on one hand, but also a debate on party. that is because some of congresswoman omar has people coming at her about her comments on the middle east. she said i was no way equating terrorists with democratic countries with legal systems. so, garrett haake who is joining us now here onset, is that it? is this the end of drat ma or the saga for this? >> democrats hope sew. this statement was part of a thank you for clarifying. she had another statement of support later in the day ...

We cant do that this time. we just cant. the moment has come for our nation to deal with systemic racism. >> so what form will doing something actually take? because one thing that hasnt changed over the past year is the law. there has been no new legislation passed in this country to try and prevent more deaths like george floyds. a police reform bill named after george floyd that would ban choke holds and no longer protect law enforcement did pass in the house back in march, and the president ...

To protect officers from lawsuits. and instead of capitulating, house progressives are insisting that instead of getting rid of qualified immunity -- getting rid of that and making sure thats in the final package, that has to be in the final package, they say. senator cory booker leading negotiations for democrats in the senate, he says he has faith that a deal can be reached. >> i wouldnt have a negotiating partner in tim scott if mitch mcconnell didnt believe this isnt something at the table w...

House progressives are insisting in a new letter getting rid of qualified immunity, getting rid of that and making sure thats in the final package, well, that has to be in the final package they say. senator cory booker leading negotiations for democrats in the senate, he says he has faith a deal can be reached. >> i wouldnt have a negotiating partner in tim scott if mitch mcconnell didnt believe that this is something we should be at the table trying to work through. we are on the senate side w...

Ocasio-cortez. >> i think that their outreach and collaboration with house progressives -- well, i wasnt there at the time. from what im hearing from my colleagues, is less contentious than it was with even the obama administration. and so when it comes to that perspective, i think the administration has acknowledged that there are very strong parts of the progressive movement that frankly, like, saved the partys [ bleep ] in november. and they recognize it. >> in her interview with latino usa, ...