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Bounds. he gave for republican congressman in a member of the house budget committee byron donalds will weigh in on it all. >> first to capitol hill and congressional correspondent to kick things out for us. >> it appears right now on capitol hill that the divides are deepening and it could cost you at home very important, some critical legislation. lets start with the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. right now the future of that bill which includes roads, bridges, broadband, is uncertain. it co...

Senator joe manchin and also now on his lesser known partner in so-called centrism arizona senator kyrsten sinema. calling it, quote, an ineffective stunt to gain leverage over a separate proposal. leverage over other proposals? senator, its called politics. while manchin has been monopolizing center stage sinema has c largely stayed on the sid lines, and her motivations, honestly, theyre still unclear. her arizona allies say she wants to be considered a maverick like the late m arizona republic...

Can feel it ♪ ♪ >> all right. theres still plenty of time here. theres not all losers just yet. but whether we become winners, thats a whole other question, one that seems to depend as always as senator joe mancion and on his lesser known partner in so-called censurism. leverage over other proposals? separate? its called politics. sinema has largely stayed on the sidelines and her motivations honestly are still unclear. her arizona allies say she wants to be considered a maverick like

Measure for the department of transportation after the house failed to hold a vote this week on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> everybody is frustrated. its part of being in government, being frustrated. >> reporter: president biden made an in-person appeal at the capitol yesterday to opposing wings of his own party, preaching patience to democrats at odd over two major pieces of legislation. >> there is no reason why both these bills couldnt pass independently, except that ...

This scathing statement calling their efforts quote an ineffective stunt to gain leverage over a deceptive proposal. president biden is caught in the middle of this one. he is voicing his support for passing both bills which is delivering a bit of a blow to the partys moderate wing. here is "saturday night lives" take on the position biden finds himself in. >> lets go through this agenda together because were going to realize, hey. were all on the same page. were all saying the same thing. >> th...

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Have the votes and the white house cant help but notice. >> yeah, this is one of the first times we saw the progressive caucus hold their line and say were not going to move. we know what we want. we want to use the leverage we have because in their view, if they were to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure, there is no knowing what mansion and cinema will agree to and in leverage. the white house was very aware of that knowing progressives were not going to be there so all week long, they wer...

I remember it was i think a week ago we had nancy pelosi and chuck schumer out saying we have a framework if an agreement. agreement on a framework. a week later we have no agreement on the dollar figure, no agreement on the time line. everyone says time is not of the essence. i think there are more -- should be more democrats like the congressman you just had on with the problem solvers caucus agreeing to look at a more scaled down version. lets do what we can do and pass the bipartisan infrast...

Made in the last week or two around the national narrative. what i mean by that is recall there are two bills. the traditional infrastructure planes, trains, automobiles, water. that passed the senate with 69 votes. mitch mcconnell and other republicans joined. and it could pass the house this week. so joe biden and house democrats could actually declare victory with a trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill that does create jobs. thats what the message could be from democrats. instead, b...

3.5 trillion package pretty much as is so i have been calling for joe and krysten to tell us what areas they support to get down to the figures. >> let me read for you a part of the sinema statement from yesterday about the vote from friday. what americans have seen instead of an ineffective stunt to gain leverage of a separate proposal, good-faith negotiations however require trust. over the course of this year democratic leaders have made conflicting promises that could not all be kept and hav...