the bipartisan infrastructure bill. and based on the size of that stack, it will take some time to go through all of those page to know what it s in it. but still it needs the support of house progressives. chuk schumer says he will move to the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. house progressives won t support the bipartisan bill if reconciliation isn t also embarked. who better to turn to than democratic congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota and jan schakowsky of illinois. thanks so much for coming back on the show, together. let mow start with you, congresswoman omar. alexandria ocasio-cortez, your colleague in the house, made it clear that progressives may reject the bipartisan bill if this reconciliation bill is not advanced as well. she appeared on cnn this morning where she was asked how many progressives in the house support her stance. she said this. have a listen.
infrastructure bill, and based on the size of that stack, it will take some time to go through all of those pages to know what s in it, but whatever comes out of the senate will still have to get the support of house progressives. senate majority leader chuck schumer expects the bill to be completed in a matter of days. he says he ll then move immediately to the $3.5 reconciliation bill. house progress f-s won t support the bipartisan bill if reconciliation isn t also advanced so who better to turn to than the most two influential voices in the progressive caucus. democratic congresswoman ilhan hoemore of minnesota and jan chakowski of illinois. thanks so much for coming back on the show, together. let mow start with you, congresswoman omar. alexandria ocasio-cortez, your colleague in the house, made it clear that progressives may reject the bipartisan bill if this reconciliation bill is not advanced as well. she appeared on cnn this morning where she was asked how many progressives in
and they will like to spend money and will they be able to implement these projects? there s a roadblock standing in front of joe biden s infrastructure bill when it comes. we can build roads and bridges if they see these burden summer there s of books on the law called the national environmental policy act of 1969 and remember, a lot of that didn t happen and a lot of money got wasted because of that so i don t think they re thinking about the implementations of this and the consequences of a lack of infrastructure either. jesse: is biden not the dealmaker we thought he was? jessica: i don t think joe biden has failed at all thus far, $1.9 trillion american package is a core component of the american jobs act and mitch mcconnell set over the weekend if the reconciliation isn t necessarily tied to this, republicans should be for this.
reconciliation is great we re defending the philly buster during the bush years. i think the most important thing to know, they no longer have 60 votes in the senate so they have to do an end run around this process. and if reconciliation isn t so important to this, fine. let s do a conference committee, work out the differences and have the house pass it and the senate pass it. they no longer can do that because the bill was rejected by the public as demonstrated in massachusetts so they need the end run. final point on this piece, which is doesn t the president have a bigger problem if he doesn t get the reform he s after than on taking a hit politically for the process? you re right. results are more important than process. the only ideology a majority of americans are concerned about right now is the result. two, reconciliation is a rule that can be used and invoked in the senate. if democrats have the votes, they should move forward with it. what senator hatch is saying is sim
rights of the minority unless they are in the minority. some of those pundits saying reconciliation is great we re defending the philly buster during the bush years. i think the most important thing to know, they no longer have 60 votes in the senate so they have to do an end run around this process. and if reconciliation isn t so important to this, fine. let s do a conference committee, work out the differences and have the house pass it and the senate pass it. they no longer can do that because the bill was rejected by the public as demonstrated in massachusetts so they need the end run. final point on this piece, which is doesn t the president have a bigger problem if he doesn t get the reform he s after than on taking a hit politically for the process? you re right. results are more important than process. the only ideology a majority of americans are concerned about right now is the result. two, reconciliation is a rule that can be used and invoked in the senate. if democrats