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Progressives hope in other primaries that would potentially be challenging other sitting members of congress. if shantel brown wins as the other candidate -- and john, the whole leadership of the caucus over the weekend was supporting her in full force in cleveland, so there really is a sense here of establishment versus the progressive wing. john, its clear that the 2016 campaign with bernie sanders and hillary clinton, even hillary clinton weighing in supporting shantel brown. that race is sti...

Political capital he needs to start the bill or diminish the kind of damage the democrats may face in the 2022 midterm. covid is the priority. this is the acrisis in which he was elected. >> president biden, though, saying he hasnt given up on build back better and there may still be a path with getting senator joe manchin of west virginia on board with some of the specific items that he objects to in the larger legislation. given though president biden and joe manchen have become close over the...

House right now, but a slim majority. are you confident that the progressives, i know you say youre a progressive, but the more progressive wing of the party, is going to go for that? i mean, they were holding out on the first bill because they wanted to put leverage and pressure on the second bill. they only voted for that first bill because they were assured the second bill would go through. it didnt go through. are they going to feel burned? are they going to want to frankenstein build back b...

Policy, like looser underwriting standards for mortgage or lower downpayments that helped to lead to the terrible housing crash in 2008. so, the idea is, please, dont do it. >> okay. weve got a big spending bill, of course, the president is trying to get across the finish line between now and the end of the year. howie, does he get it done? >> if they dont get it done by christmas, its a major defeat for biden and the democratic party. the bill was held hostage by the progressive wing. enough de...

Underwriting standards for mortgage and lower down payments that helped lead to the terrible housing crash in 2008. the idea is, please dont do it. >> mike: weve got a big spending bill, the president is trying to get across the finish line between now and the end of the year, does he get it done? >> if they dont get this done by christmas, its a major defeat for biden and the democratic party. the infrastructure bill was a victory but it was held hostage by the progressive wing. i think in the ...

Sort of protect that recovery and stay that course by keeping this consistency here. its also a name thats probably not going to get a lot of opposition in the senate, though who knows. everything seems to be able to create some opposition in the senate from republicans. but powell has had bipartisan support in the past. so he is someone that should be able to withstand a confirmation process. he is not necessarily the number one pick by the more progressive wing of the democratic party, who wan...

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

But he has been bogged down for weeks because of wrangling between members of his own party, progressives and moderates. the progressives and moderates. the progressive wing wanted to tie this legislation to the passage of a larger social spending climate control bill but in the end, the house speaker decided to press ahead with a vote on the infrastructure package alone which has already been passed in the upper house, the senate, and she succeeded in pulling that off with the help of some repu...

Feel left behind and forgotten this an economy thats changing so rapidly, this bill is for you. the vast majority of the thousands of jobs that will be created dont require a college degree. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america, and its long overdue. >> reporter: heres whats in the will. $110 billion for roads, bridges and transformational projects, $89.9 billion for public transit, $66 billion for railways, $65 billion for clean energy transmission and another $65 billion to expan...

Speed internet, 50 billion to protect against droughts, floods and wildfires. and 13 republicans voted for it, six democrats against it, including the so-called squad led by alexandria ocasio-cortez, the progressive wing blocked the bill for months to force a vote on the massive social spending bill, a separate spending bill which will come after congress returns. moderate democrats wanted to wait for the budget office to provide a score on the spending bill. estimated 1.75 trillion down from 3....