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They dont align themselves too closely with what is seen as the fringe movement. >> and katie, let me get your perspective on all of this from the presidents standpoint. he wants to get this government funding debt ceiling raised so that he can focus on "build back better" and getting that bigger piece of legislation through. how big of a threat is this to his agenda? >> what were seeing now is that as has been mentioned there are several roadblocks in place, republicans have made it clear one d...

50 members of the senators are supporting it. >> cnns suesan malvo is with us now from capitol hill. another deadly for the democrats. where do things stand? >> good afternoon, friend. well it does look like they are getting closer to potentially voting for both of these bills, the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the $1.75 trillion, thats trillion, both "ts" for those bills, for the social safety net program, but there are criteria, fred, three hurdles that progressive democrats...

Hes the guy at theeel elected . you wont have to worry whats going on in the white house anymore. thats not how things have played out. >> basic competence is what he told and and say thats not what hes delivered. the social safety net program that biden wants which addresses everything from climate change to child care, most democrats in the poll would rather go big rather than scaled back. look at the divide within the party. 84% of liberal democrats want to see all these programs, safety net ...

Brown people and immigrants into a system that hard work will never get them out of. soaring inequality in the world and at home. and mitch mcconnell is trying to address this as socialism. billionaires flying into space while americans cant find affordable housing but joe manchin worries about america becoming a entitlement society. biden is pushing for a sweeping safety net program that would be considered conservative among

By. whats the president planning here in the days and weeking ahead to try to lock this thing in? >> reporter: he understands after yesterday everything that we saw that maybe moderates like sinema needed time to be angry and at the end of the day they know that the votes just were not there. he made that clear on friday with the democratic lawmakers in the house. so moderates wanted the infrastructure alone package. they wanted to do a much more scaled down social safety net program and the pre...

We have fox team coverage. north carolina republican congressman will join us to weigh in on this in a few minutes. but we begin tonight with mark meredith, live at the white house. >> good evening, jon. president biden says hes convinced that congress will eventually get around to passing his economic agenda. after a wild week at capitol hill, not even some democrats are convinced it is going to happen. the president went up to the hill on friday to get a chance to convince some of these lawmak...

Lower prescription drugs and help on childcare and community college and all these other things. it also will create millions of jobs, many of them tackling climate change. and its paid for. and thats a good package for the american people. we want to get as close as possible to president bidens vision and i think we can still get there. >> whats your reaction to those who say that democrats talk about this social spending bill like its a safety net program for the poor, when its really a govern...

Different bills, the bipartisan infrastructure deal and the social safety net program, that they were going to move along on the same track. and the second that the moderates decided that they wanted to do it in two different pieces of legislation, two different points in time, they no longer felt that they were b bargaining in good faith. and they are not going to feel comfortable. and theyve really not backed away from this at all without seeing that bill passed in the house and the senate, th...

Little bit more than 24 hours before a potential government shutdown, and if congress lets that happen, hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be furloughed, and millions of social security payments could be threatened. now, solving that could be easier than getting his two signature pieces of legislation passed, the infrastructure bill and his social safety net program. the total price tag is in the trillions of dollars and mean new tax hikes and it is a few fellow democrats who are s...