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Joe manchin is not moving. 1.2 trillion has been passed by the senate it makes sense the house would look at it. pete: leverage, game inside the democratic caucus. here is the crazy part. we talk about all the numbers. and cover the post says i only want this much. meaning $1.5 trillion. still a huge, huge number. ultimately, joe manchin hit on it. this is a cradle to grave government dependency bill. thats what the left wing of the party absolutely want and they making tweets before the vote vi...

Be $3 trillion-ish if you did the 1.5 plus the 1.5-ish. and there are $2 trillion between the progressives progress and manchin and sinemas position. they did the hard part. they got it through the senate with 67 votes. theyre part of this. the squad over here is nah, nah. and they say to hell with your bipartisan infrastructure which im kind of surprised theyve hung on this long but $2 trillion is a large gap to close. >> its the only leverage they have. they only have leverage if that bill is ...

Felt that everyone in the richest nation in the history of the world deserves to have quality life-saving health care in this country. people think that and have thought for a very long time that child care should be affordable and that if we can spend trillions of dollars on a pentagon budget, then we can at least also spend that same amount of money or even a fraction of it to ensure that people in this country can live in dignity and so this is something that obviously has gotten more attenti...

Benefit our seen stores. >> do you want to stop us from saving the planet from climate catastrophe and ensuring a livable future. tell us more specifically what you dont want to see in this final bill and well negotiate and negotiate in good faith and then well pass both of the presidents bills. the presidents proposals are in the larger human infrastructure reconciliation build back better bill and we must pass that legislation. thats what the president ran on and thats what americans elected t...

Especially as you see the progressivess try to flex their muscle, the socialist wing of the democratic party, bernie sanders sending out a tweet and that does more damage to negotiations than anything, he has that leverage with democratic party voters and diameters in the house. he controls the democratic party today. more they get dug in, more frustration on the faces of my democratic colleagues, they want out of town as much as we do, when they do, it will be major failure for the democratic p...

Is not going along with their scheme to pass this, i am not surprised, one of many democrats talking on capitol hill about sick of the power the progressive wing has in washington, d.c., shes smartest one to get out of town. >> sandra: with president bidens agenda in question, in jeopardy, however you look at it, political implication, could be long lasting. staring 2022 in the face. what do you see happening as result of the division in the democratic party were seeing today? >> first of all, w...

Have to know of what robert was talking about as to how this president was trying to pressure and influence different elements of this party. i think that has been interesting to watch and wonder about, what type of leverage he does have over these players right now. what leverage does he actually have over a senator joe manchin? if this was the trump presidency, you wouldve heard trump threatening to primary some one, threatening to go hold a rally in their home district. that obviously wasnt o...

Support in two weeks when we actually get legislative language because we dont trust him. congresswoman jayapal and the house progressives as well as progressive senators in the senate do not trust that sinema and manchin will vote for the larger build back better package if they surrender all their leverage and just vote for the highway bill now. what they want to have happen is have these bills pass in tandem. they want to see the senate move and pass the full reconciliation bill. then theyll ...

Negotiating will realize this is much, much bigger than their individual demands for this or that. >> you go t the leverage. >> the margins as slim as they can be. they ought to vote yes on this infrastructure package and move. they believe theyll lose their leverage if they do that and get nothing close. >> i have enough headaches here in the senate. i think what they are looking for and not unreasonable. we dont have to have all the is dotted and ts crossed. >> we are suffering the economic an...

Night working the phones even as she was at the congressional baseball game. but what i can tell you is that you know, today is a long -- is going to be a long day. and i think while we should assume that the speaker is not going to put the infrastructure bill on the floor unless she knows she has the votes and those locked in. she described a path. but i also hear from progressives that you know, the reality is that they will lose their leverage if that infrastructure bill passes and then there...