Infrastructure Plan Vote News Today

Wrangling over how to get there. on capitol hill this morning, new insight into where things stand with the democrats reconciliation bill as moderates negotiate to reduce the $3.5 trillion price tag. progressives are seemingly open to the idea of a smaller number, though refusing to say how low they would be willing to go. >> have you accepted the fact that its not going to be $3.5 trillion? >> chuck, that is -- by the way, that is not my understanding of what he said. what he said is theres goi...

Take one or both of the houses, then biden is a second press, and hes wagered so much by putting so many elements of his agenda, his priorities in a single bill, almost like lbj put the entire society on the line with a single vote, he has made it a an all or nothing situation. if he were to not get this through, it would put him back on his heels. he would have to rethink how he wants to progress in the presidency. >> peter baker, i love those. ient know if theyre sunflowers or daisies, but the...

What they were missing is where the law meets politics. thats what donald trump understood. the violence prevented a peaceful transition of power. but mike pence was equipped with the tools that donald trump laid to prevent certification and try to undo this election by kicking it to the house for a vote based on politics. >> wow. how chilling is the question to you, susan you first, then don. >> its terrifying to think thats where we are. my biggest takeaway is, we said the guardrails held duri...

Have to work in tandem, we need to work legislatively to block some of these changes and we have a postal reform bill that, by the way, passed our committee on a bipartisan vote. it has a lot of bipartisan support that would bolster the postal service and help reverse some of these very negative changes. but we also need to get at governance, which you just mentioned. hes postmaster general because of both of the governing board of governors put him in there. we need to change the majority on th...

Disingenuous of sinema to say this when we dont know what her objective is other than a random number, and that top line number doesnt matter. the devil is in the details and what goes into that number is what we should be focused on. we as progressives, particularly those in phoenix and tucson who voted her in there, are really disappointed in her behavior. >> david, politico playbook is reporting senior democrats thought the president was coming to the hill on friday to support speaker pelosis...

Colleagues for delaying a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, including this from congressman john yarmuth. >> i served with kyrsten sinema. she spent most of her time in the house talking with republicans. the only time she ever talked with us was to ask us for money. >> joining me, don callaway, democratic strategist and founder of the national voter protection action fund. susan del percio, msnbc political analyst, and david jolly, former congressman from florida and msnbc political c...

Know, respect the political dynamics at work. respected different political points of view and priorities, but he also exhorted us to recognize reality. its not going to be $3.5 trillion. its going to be something less than that. we have to maximize our priorities and our values, and we all share those. we also have to pass that infrastructure bill. so lets come together, work it out, take the time we need, and make it happen. the american people deserve no less. and a lot of political future is...