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Caucus together. and its not just progressive, rachel. i will tell you on the floor today and just really taking in all of the people across the caucus, including people out side of the progressive caucus that are thanking us for holding the line. who are thanking us for a tactical decisions. who are saying, we would never be where we are without you doing what you did. and so i feel incredibly good and strong. and i want to, say people should understand, it is not just a few progressives. this ...

Are tonight without the work and the advocacy of the congressional progressive caucus. and its leader, washington congresswoman, primala jayapal, from the beginning she has been a vital part of the negotiations. equally cheerful and unrelenting. earlier in the day today, primala jayapal posted this photo of herself with a mascot that looked like it jumped out of schoolhouse rock. you see the caption says, love meeting the build back better bill today. there he is, bill. i wouldve guessed white p...

Have, at least democrats strategists think, an easier time selling this bill to the public than the infrastructure bill. because while the infrastructure bill is very popular, the top issues on peoples mind, when you look at polls, are not necessarily roads and bridges. its child care and cost of living. and this bill addresses that a lot more directly than we saw with infrastructure. >> i want to bring in washington democratic congresswoman, pramila jayapal, chair of the progressive caucus. its...

Where we are tonight without the work and the advocacy of the congressional progressive caucus and its leader, pramila jayapal. from the beginning shes been a vital part of the negotiations, equally cheerful and unrelenting. earlier in the day today, pramila jayapal posted this photo of herself with a mascot that looked like it jumped out of "schoolhouse rock." loved meeting the build back better bill today. theres bill. hi, bill! i wouldnt have guessed white pants, but still, hey, its all right...

Member of the progressive caucus. last night he was one of the 228 lawmakers who voted to send the bipartisan infrastructure bill to the presidents desk. thank you for joining us this saturday evening. and you just heard me talking about some of the major provisions in the infrastructure bill. from your perspective, why is the legislation so significant for the nation at this time? >> well, thank you for having me on. the congressional black caucus as you know played an integral role at a critic...

House lawmakers voted to pass the procedural “rule” for President Biden’s expansive social spending bill late Friday night, securing a measure of progress for Democratic leaders who were forced to delay a planned vote on the bill itself.

Progressives who had threatened to sink the measure agreed to support it after extracting a promise from moderates that they would ultimately back the social safety net and climate bill.

House Democrats were struggling to build support for the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrats’ social spending and climate plan.

WASHINGTON: The House passed a $1-trillion bill Friday night to rebuild the country’s ageing public works system, fund new climate resilience initiatives and expand access to high-speed internet service, giving final approval to a central plank of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda after a daylong drama that pitted moderate Democrats against progressives.

Washington D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Whip James E. Clyburn for a media stakeout on the path forward for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the rule for consideration of the Build Back Better Act. Below are the Speaker’s remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Today, we have an opportunity to proceed down a path to advance a very historic and