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Way to getting the bill to joe bidens desk. it would be a significant victory after months of bickering. and jayapal had indicated directly to the president that she would not vote for the bill tonight because it was not moving at the same time as the $1.9 trillion bill, leading to a series of conversations, including one very long conversation with biden and the entire progressive caucus. they talked about how to get a way forward, coming up with a statement from the moderates saying they would...

Single thing. this is what its about. we can discuss it. we dont have to fall in lockstep. we can have agreements or different ways to get to the end, but we get to the end, and thats the most important thing. >> you did get some 1,300 republicans to vote with you. some did not, including alexandria ocasio-cortez and a few others in the progressive caucus, but does this give you hope for bipartisanship on the hill? >> you know, we work together a lot more than people think we do. i say that all ...

Not just limited to them, also senator bernie sanders and others want changes made to this. expect that to be also a long drawn out process before it makes its way back to the house side. jessica dean, cnn, capitol hill. >> and the chairwoman of the democrats progressive caucus is defending the strategy of linking the infrastructure bill with the social spending plan. listen to this. >> we made the determination that getting a commitment to this larger package, frankly, was absolutely important ...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the chairwoman of the caucus, Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, to announce a key deal, understanding that the lawmaker had more influence at that point than she did.

Progressive caucus. good to see you back on the broadcast. thank you for joining me. lets talk about the six of your progressive colleagues who voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill. you voted for it, we should remind viewers. i want to start first with why you voted the way you did. >> well, thank you for having me back. for me, i had conversations with colleagues across our caucus, and i feel confident that when we bring the build back better act up for a vote, we will have the vote...

Extreme weather, and president biden says theres still more work to do with the build back better act. rev, you named it. this is a huge leap of faith. i agree that the six democrats who voted against it voted on principle -- >> and they had given up a lot. i want our viewers to understand, they had given up a lot. they were not unreasonable. but go ahead. >> this started at $6 trillion, came down to $3.5 trillion, came down to less than $2 trillion now. but numbers aside, requires the sunsettin...

The same time. tonight, they were forced to back off of that as well. because joe biden made an aggressive lobbying campaign, calling the progressive caucus, in a meeting that went for about four hours, talking to pramila jayapal, having multiple meetings with members. and ftrying to get the two warring factions together. and the moderates putting together a statement saying they would support the bill later this month assuming it comes back from the cbo fully paid for. and jayapal said that was...

The House has passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, a major pillar of President Joe Biden's agenda, after months of internal deliberations and painstaking divisions among Democrats. It will now go to the President's desk to be signed into law.

House is finally voting on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. this has been back and forth all day. remember, the original plan was that the house was going to vote on the build back better act on thursday. and the bipartisan infrastructure bill today. that all got scrapped. theres been a lot of push and pull, and the way this all landed was just moments ago, the moderates that had been holdouts on the build back better act issued a statement committing to vote on that by november 15th. in retu...

Possible and should have done it six weeks ago when they got the go-ahead from the senate. thats something, they had seven, eight republican senators on board. its a win for everybody. infrastructure always works that way. everyone has something to go into the midterms with. the american rescue plan plus infrastructure. i dont know when this gets passed. probably next week. the progressive caucus wants them to come together. to lawrences point about our previous conversation, i think its really ...