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Well get to paid leave later. well, rachel, we are committed to delivering the entirety of the presidents agenda to the presidents desk. and that is what we have had to do. the speaker says it beautifully. she says, the children have the leverage and were not going to give that up. this is the leverage for transformational investments that people will wake up feeling differently about themselves and will know that government delivered for them. over half of our caucus has said that they will not...

Time the desire to get something done has also led to serious pressure points that allowed certain members with certain pet projects, thats allowed them to use it as leverage. this is old-fashioned legislating behind closed doors, where youre trying to expose a vulnerable from someone youre negotiating with, in order to get something you want. the big question is, tess end of the day, will they be willing to compromise? does that mean progressives are willing to scale back the $3.5 trillion plan...

That would be not only a tragic circumstance for the country but it would be a really disastrous one for the democratic party. i think one thing that manchin and sinema have taught progressives in the house is how to use leverage. and everybodys trying to use leverage to shape the final form of this legislation. but if they miscalculate and it ends up in the whole thing crashing, the infrastructure bill, the reconciliation bill, that would be a disaster for the democratic party. i think they und...

Both of those bills on monday? >> well, well just have to see. i think even when the commitment originally was made for some consideration of the bipartisan bill, it was with the understanding that we were moving the reconciliation bill at the same time. thats still where we are. jake, i think the ultimate thing here is we have to deliver on the entirety of the presidents agenda. we have to deliver on child care, we have to deliver on paid leave, we have to make sure people can go to free commun...

Bill. so it is very difficult to do. they have very narrow majorities. the progressives and the moderates are fighting one another. i think the white house remains confident that they can get this done. they still have a path to do it. however, they are also aware that as both these sides seek leverage in these negotiations, you have the possibility that the game of chicken goes on too long until you reach a full-blown collision, and everything could fall apart. that same game of chicken applies...

Progressives in the house is how to use leverage. and everybodys trying to use leverage to shape the final form of this legislation. but if they miscalculate and it ends up in the whole thing crashing, the infrastructure bill, the reconciliation bill, that would be -- that would be a disaster for the democratic party. i think they understand that. i think that they will come to some conclusion here. i cannot believe that theyre going to walk away empty-handed. but as harwood said, you know, it c...

Democratic party digging in, moderates like senators manchin and cinema on one end and the house progressives like congresswoman ocasio-cortez on the other. is it possible for biden to bring the party together? i dont know if i should be qualifying manchin and sinema as moderate. >> from my perch and i think many people, i dont think you can compare the power or the leverage of alexandria ocasio-cortez to that of manchin and sinema. i dont think its fair to equate her, simply because she doesnt ...

Loss. do you think that should be something used as leverage by democrats because now on the senate side, mitch mcconnell said democrats have to do this on their own so its democrats and democrats negotiating this. >> as we talk about leverage, joy. what were really saying is the people in our community thals that are suffering struggling for such a long time, long before the last 18 months with this global, deadly pandemic were struggling before that. what were seeing is no, you dont need the i...

Is it possible for biden to bring the party? i dont know if i should be qualifying manchin and sinema as moderate. >> let me just say, you know, from my perch and i think many people, i dont think you can compare the power or the leverage of alexandria ocasio-cortez to that of manchin and sinema. i dont think its fair to equate her simply because she doesnt have that same type of juice that manchin and sinema have. i think the democratic party has a manchin and sinema problem. a couple of months...

The moment because they are skwubling internally over $1 billion they want to add to funding the israel security system known as the iron dome. some progressives are pushing back on that. trying to resolve that issue and once they do they hope to get it out of the house and we know what the fate will be in the sunday, the republicans will block it and figure out what plan "b" will be. >> the political stakes could not be higher for either party. who has leverage? >> remains to be seep. democrats...