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Infrastructure investment and jobs act is inexcusable and deeply disappointing for communities across the country. what americans have seen instea is an ineffective stand to gain leverage over a separate proposal. democratic leaders have now linked to the tube per the infrastructure bill and the social spending bill. that something they are working on now. >> thank you rich, good to see you at the white house press. >> republican congresswoman nancy mays, who is a fiscal conservative from califo...

Looking at. but the chair of the progressives in the democratic caucus say thats not even close. >> its too small. it will be somewhere between 1.5 and 3.5. and i think the white house is working on that right now. remember, what we want to deliver is child care, paid leave, climate change. >> yeah. >> reporter: while this new deadline gives the progressive democrats more time to negotiate, theres real frustration from democrats like kyrsten sinema, and there are some republicans who are now beg...

Let me ask you, if this is not about a number, why dont we have a deal? >> its about a number. i think everybody is trying to figure out what the number is, what can fit inside that number and what they can do. i think what youre seeing is this is a general piece of legislation. were next to the pelosi-ologist here. she said everything shes been building up to for 30 years in public office, more than that, is in this legislation. people are taking it seriously. every side is doing what they can....

Legitimate relationships with these leaders and you see for yourself what theyre doing and dealing with. you provide leverage and aid in order to persuade them in a gentle way or in a direct way. they better start clamps down. steve: why would kamala harris want to go because her boss essentially was asked why he doesnt go and he said, you know,. ainsley: never been. steve: why do i need to go. brian: he gave her the assignment. the vice president got the assignment from the president. go do you...

Than obstruct new jobs and critical infrastructure investments for no substantive reason. what americans have seen instead is an ineffective stunt to gain leverage over a separate proposal. shes referring to what happened in the house and the delay of that vote as a stunt. you were very supportive of the decision to hold off supporting that bill until everything was agreed upon. what do you say to senator sinema and other moderates who dont like the linking of these two bills, that it sends a me...

The social spending bill. some are questioning, you know, whether this infrastructure bill is really just dead, so right now, not taking a vote on it last week as promised by speaker pelosi. it is really enriching republicans and moderates alike. theyll believe progressives have taken the spell hostage. senator kyrsten sinema, democrat, calling the whole deal "inexcusable and deeply disappointing," blaming liberals for using the bill as an ineffective stand to gain leverage over a separate propo...

They have leverage that perhaps some of these republicans will withdraw their support for that bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> when that bipartisan bill passed a 50-50 senate it had 69 votes. it was a lot of momentum on its side. in any kind of a normal world that would have been signed into law by the president. this was two months ago. >> while progressive democrats say theyre reticent to sign it into law, they say theyd rather talk about the issues, the priorities, the programs theyd like ...

Using this bill is an ineffective stage, she calls it, to gain leverage over a separate proposal, the social spending bill. republicans are blaming the left are taking this bill hostage, as they say, warning that the social programs like universal pre-k on the expansion of medicare and medicaid, that they are all going to cost all of us in the long term. democrats and the president are still selling this idea with their multitrillion dollar plan is not going to cost a penny at all. >> this piece...

Senate to get it done. we should be clear to our audience, because a lot of this stuff can be confusing. democrats are asking the republicans to stop filibustering a bill. you heard the president use the phrase "get out of the way." why wont mitch mcconnell do that? is it because he cant keep his caucus in line or is this a leverage play, hes holding out for something else? >> geoff, its unclear. the letter that mcconnell released today saying hes asking for nothing in return other than the fact...

Trying to get the troops and people out of afghanistan. because the rhetoric is similar. i think if there had been one foreign policy question asked in the presidential debates last year or if there had been any questioning of biden the way that margaret did there, people would have realized that his foreign policy rhetoric on afghanistan has been consistent. now, a lot of people say in the trump administration, we negotiated, trying to get troops out. theres a difference between the conditions-...