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Soon to become the law of the land. president biden saying he will sign the bill soon, taking the delayed victory lap after a battering few months for the white house. >> were looking forward to have shovels in the ground to begin rebuilding in america. for all of you at home who feel left behind and forgotten in an economy thats changing so rapidly, this bill is for you. >> of course the divides within the parties themselves are on display yesterday. six house progressives rejected the presiden...

Done before thanksgiving, really, in this year? will it be done by the end of this year? >> im very confident it will be done by the end of this year, but the next step is the passage in the house. we dont want to get too far ahead of ourselves. weve got to get the bill passed in the house and that should take a place the week after next. it then has to go through a parliamentary review by the parliamentarian in the united states senate and there may be modifications that are required. we then h...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested a vote was imminent on a bill that would grant amnesty to nearly 8 million illegal aliens on Thursday afternoon only to rescind it just a few hours later. Regardless of yesterday's events, Congressional Democrats moved closer to passing their sweeping budget reconciliation bill.

Understand. i feel that way about myself right now. i will tell you this time, we do think its different. until now, house progressives have successfully delayed several would-be votes on the infrastructure bill, until they can hold a simultaneous vote on a much bigger biden agenda. bill it looks like they will get simultaneous votes on those two bills, tomorrow. again a vote on the infrastructure bill, a procedural vote on the build back better bill, but an important one. it looks like, pinch m...

"right now." >> lets get this done. >> reporter: the $1 trillion infrastructure bill would repair the nations roads and bridges and improve rural internet access. it includes new clean water initiatives and the largest investment ever in public transit. it would also install electric vehicle charging stations across the country. it is estimated to create more than 500,000 jobs. >> do you have 218 votes to pass it? >> well see, wont we? >> lets get to rachel scott live on the hill again tonight. ...

Spoke to lindsey graham who encourage democrats to keep it up if they want to continue losing touch with voters. >> the wind is at our back, it is in their face so keep it up. if you think you need, be my guest. >> house progressives are pushing for a vote on both bills, infrastructure and reconciliation as early as today. todd: senator john kennedys take on the election turnout. >> this election last night was a stunning, stinging rebuke of president biden and his racist woke agenda. voters are...

Back better plan and the hard infrastructure bill. about $3 trillion in total. and she wants it as soon as today, although that is considered unlikely by other members of her party. cnns daniela diaz joins us live from capitol hill. daniela, good morning. we have the possibility of a vote today and paid leave is now back in the bill. whats the back story there? >> reporter: laura, democrats are feeling the effects of this loss in virginia where terry mcauliffe lost the race to glenn youngkin and...

Very conservative folks who turned out in the red district to were trump voters, but maybe. >> it is important to note it was more than trump voters who turned out for glenn youngcan, he won right-leaning and center leaning voters in the suburbs as well as districts that voted. in 2020, to to bounce back biden faces pressure to get things done. the problem is senator joe manchin sees tuesdays election as a referendum on democrats progressive proposals while house speaker nancy pelosi sees it as ...

Youngkin last night. and today, both virginias democratic senators declaring their party has only itself to blame, pointing the finger at house progressives for refusing to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill until theres a deal on a sweeping series of social programs. >> only in washington could people think that it is a smart strategy to take a once in a generation investment in infrastructure and prevent your president from signing that bill into law. >> reporter: president biden asked toda...

Big legislative win, but the progressive caucus in the house refused to do that. the progressive caucus in the house wanted proof. all 50 democrats in the senate would support the reconciliation bill before the house progressives would be willing to vote for the infrastructure bill that the senate already passed. this afternoon senator joe manchin called that legislative hostage taking. >> ive worked in good faith for three months. for the past three months with president biden, leader schumer, ...