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Democrats sent the roughly $2 trillion social spending package to the Senate in a Friday morning vote.

Trust mat moderates in the senate are not going to change this bill enough when it comes back to you you are going to say this isnt what we bought in for? >> fair question. i believe some changes will be made. thats democracy. is it the exact bill i will right? probably not. is it a bill i will almost certainly vote for yes we have to compromise. progressive also compromise to help deliver for the working class. >> bret: are you concerned about the presidents approval right now? he has announced...

Amount of executive action that theyre sitting on that i think is underutilized on student loans. beingsive action on the table with respect to climate there are certainly things we can do with immigration. frustration is there. and its part of why the progressive caucus was holding out on passing both of these two pieces of legislation together. because, like, listen, were not going to take these empty promises anymore. you know, ben, neither is joe margen as far as what that bill contains. >> ...

WASHINGTON — Progressive Democrats have never been shy about fighting for what they want.

The House progressive spoke about “demoralizing” congressional negotiations, how she was told to stay away from Virginia’s elections, and what it means to excite the Democratic base.

The New York lawmaker cautioned that "the trust that was already so delicate will have been broken" if the legislation doesnt get approved.

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"I think that the worst and most vulnerable position we could be in is to over-promise and under-deliver," she said of Democrats to the New York Times.

The hard left attracts more media attention than votes — both in Congress and with the electorate.

Now, the Senate must make it possible for them to win the 2022 midterms by passing Biden’s Build Back Better bill.