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Line up behind this offer, although i expect they will. we dont know if schumer is going to accept it, because again, well be back here in about 90 days, which is very difficult. >> and we should underline that, right now this is an offer, this is not an agreed-upon deal. jake sherman, well cut you loose, we appreciate you spending part of your afternoon with us. yamiche, lets talk more about this. the president, before this offer was made, yesterday the president talked about a carve-out to the...

Who both argued they want to preserve that. would they see this exception as potentially so important to the countrys economic future and the potential calamity that would happen if the debt ceiling wasnt increased, would they change their minds on this specific carveout? thats what were trying to understand right now. yesterday, joe manchin did not answer our questions, specifically about it, saying that he thought that schumer and mcconnell should get in a room and come to some kind of consens...

Behave, the more likely they are that filibuster is going to go away, and i think a lot of people want the filibuster to go away. i think we saw some good news in that when quite frankly now joe biden is at least talking about it and considering it. i tell you this, if joe biden says the filibuster needs to go away, i think its going to be hard for the senate republicans, even manchin to hold out when republicans are doing these sort of extreme acts of foolishness. >> cornell, youre talking abou...

Think is very damaging in the upcoming midterm elections. now, well see if schumer accepts this offer. i will say as far as the tactics are concerned, mcconnell is someone who does not share his secrets. and he told his republican conference behind closed doors what his plans were, what his offer was, before he even told schumer. of course that gets leaked to the press. and that is not usually how mcconnell operates if he is in serious negotiations. >> good point. >> so we will see if this is so...

Theres any reaction yet from the white house. you have senator durbin who told friend of this show jake sherman who works for punchbowl news, "well see," to mcconnells offer, so to leigh anns point, really noncommittal reactions from democrats here. >> as far as what the white house is looking for here, their last ask of republicans was to get out of the way, to let the senate vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling, let democrats go alone. you dont have to get a bunch of republicans on board, ...

Ten votes and clear the debt limit to bees in regular order. thats now done and off our backs through december. then we finish up the deal making between the white house and speaker pelosi and senator schumer and make sure our caucuses are all united and pass build back better for once and for all. then the american people see why they voted for democrats. >> you said something -- in this description of mitch mcconnell folding feels like a development that we shouldnt skip past. it seems like mi...

The Senate will vote on Wednesday on a Democratic-backed measure to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday, as partisan brinkma

Sufficiency is the bare minimum. $3.5 billion is said to be a compromise. progressives said they didnt just want free community college. they wanted all state colleges, four year universities to be free. they also didnt want to expand medicare but also wanted to lower the age to qualify for it. >> so were going to go forward, negotiate, give and take. at the end of the day, my own view is the 3.5 is a conservative number. >> would you be willing to go to $2 trillion? >> $2 trillion is still $500...

Popular with -- with many many republicans. so, what we need to do, is the issue of getting schumer and speaker pelosi at the white house, we essentially need to get joe manchin and kyrsten sinema at the white house, and in my view asked them what theyre proposing to take out of the build back better agenda. you want to take out the proposal that extends -- to middle or lower income families with that, you want to take out the provision that reduces the cost of prescription drugs for all america...

. president biden named a new price tag for his infrastructure bill telling house progressives it could get passed between 1.9 and 2.2 bucks. schumer said it must be raised this week. treasury secretary yellen saying this morning "there is no time to wait." >> failing to pay any of our bills become due would be catastrophic. >> mike is in michigan where president biden will be visiting today and also with us, john.