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I have tried everything i know to do. pete: progressives are furious because they have been promised by their leadership if they just went along with that bipartisan infrastructure package, that pelosi and schumer and biden would deliver this massive social spending plan designed to transform the whole country asap. its not happening asap so jen psaki at the white house is saying senator manchins comments on fox are at odds with his discussion this week with the president, the white house staff ...

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's insistence that Senator's go on the record regarding Build Back Better could backfire spectacularly.

Senate. a lot of democrats still masking here in the senate. but a lot of republicans, john, unfortunately not really masking any more on the floor. >> all the cases mild at this point, which does indicate, and maybe we should be talking less about cases per se across the country and more about serious illness when it happens. i appreciate the reporting. lauren fox, thank you very much. for more, lets bring in cnn political commentator jess mec macintosh. the fact that we saw this statement fr...

Essential social security programs and medicare and to go forward is the definition of fiscal insanity. that was three or four months ago. >> dana: he told chuck schumer and they signed a letter and chuck schumer and both signed it and said we know where joe manchin is and schumer held that back from the squad so they acted like they were so surprised. schumer shouldnt have been surprised. the other thing the point about mitch mcconnell. he made a calculated risk to go ahead and vote for biparti...

To talk about what sort of amendments, carve-outs, changes could that make to try to get 50 votes. im told all options are on the table, schumer has been working on this for month and they do see it as a priority goings into the new year. >> well, between now -- hang on, ive got to get going here. between now and the state of the union its going to be interesting to see what do they prioritize in the wake of omicron, how much is the child tax credit, what will they try to accomplish before the e...

Commitment. progressives are infoour yaitd. they wanted to keep the infrastructure bill and reconciliation package linked together. they dont just blame manchin but also schumer and pelosi. >> joe manchin but it is really up to leadership in the democratic party who made the decision to get us to this juncture and how we will move forward. >> enough today senator joe manchin is defending himself saying his colleagues should not be surprised because he has been clear all along how much spengd he ...

I went and spoke to the leader schumer at that time and explained to him where i was and the concerns i had, and at $1.5 trillion was the most we could do if we did it and basically took care of the things we thought were the highest priorities. if youre going to do it, pick the prized priorities, like most people do in their families or businesses, and you fund them for ten years and make sure they deliver the services for ten years. its hard to deliver service for one year or three years or fi...

Contempt. >> well, you heard bernie sanders earlier in the program saying that senator schumer, the democratic majority leader of the senate, should bring the bill to the floor of the senate for a vote anyway and force manchin to vote no. do you agree? >> i do, absolutely. >> do you think president biden in telling progressives -- and i realize you were one of the six who were skeptical, not of biden but manchin, do you think president biden broke his promise? he said, i give you my word as a bi...

The presidents agenda, to obstruct the peoples agenda. jake, all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> well, you heard bernie sanders earlier on the program saying that senator schumer, the democratic majority leader of the senate, should bring the bill to the floor of the senate for a vote anyway, and force manchin to vote no. do you agree? >> i do, absolutely. >> do you think president biden in telling progressives -- and i realize y...

We might be headed. >> that is extraordinary. next to you, ashley. whats your choice? >> ill take the manchin decision. i know it was already a little bit touched on, but it was just truly shocking this morning in the fact that, you know, this is really going to be a huge blow to the biden agenda moving forward. this was supposed to be the hallmark legislation of this administration. and having, you know, a democratic senator come out and do this, especially when the biden administration really ...