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>> will you guarantee you will bring it to the floor. >> its one of the things we are considering on lgbtq. we believe there it. its a busy june. we are looking at it. what was the first thing? >> will you guarantee a vote on a policing deal -- >> senator booker briefed me. they are making progress. i will not set artificial deadlines. i would hope they can come to a good bipartisan agreement. have a nice break. i will not use the words for you, patience. >> as a journalist watching this, i appr...

Week if theyre not going to vote for it? >> reporter: chuck, just right before we came on air, senator schumer sent a letter to his democratic colleagues saying that he reserves the right to bring there commission up for a vote again. so we could see it. even though republicans and mitch mcconnell said that he does not want this commission to happen, he has publically cited the politics of it and privately im told by many sources that politics is driving his decision here, the politics of this i...

They more likely to trust an independent commission, not composed of members of congress, or are they more likely to trust one hand picked by speaker pelosi? clear who they will trust most. i think this is as much as anything about building trust with the american people. >> give senator cassidy credit. he tried to make an argument that he thought fellow republicans might be persuaded by. we have a lot happening in washington. lets dive in. turn to our reporters. joining me now is leigh ann cald...

Next. >> senator schumer, yesterday republican senators stood where you are standing and proposed using leftover covid money, appropriated for pays out, to pay for infrastructure. is that a red line? >> we need -- im not going to get into the specifics. we need big, bold action. we need significant infrastructure money along the lines of what president biden proposed. go ahead. he went like this. i hardly saw his hand. >> do you have a budget resolution -- [ inaudible ] >> i said previously that...