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In part for purely political reasons. they want to run against democrats and say, look, democrats raise the debt by $10 trillion or whatever the number will be. democrats are frustrated. they know this is a political move. they may get forced into doing a lift that be time-consuming and throw them off their agenda, which is having problems already. >> its interesting to see when the debt limit issue becomes important depending whon is in the majority. what more do we know happened in yesterdays ...

Progressive caucus make this kind of maneuver against speaker pelosi. she is handling as you said in her fun way. david if manchin is 1.5 and only to budge a bit beyond that, how do you interpret schumer and others, they knew all along, a lot of people are what was the thinking? >> ari, i am really looking forward to reading coverage in the washington post and elsewhere that will get into the tiktok at the last 60 days. listen, i think at this point whether you are manchin, sinema or the progres...

Parks will come to a stand still if there is a shutdown. and for all the talk from lawmakers, theyre not the ones who would feel the brunt of this pain. >> a lot of the businesses around town also rely on tourists and tourism from the skyline drive and the parkway. so definitely missing that business, its definitely impactful. it hurts. >> weve been through that a couple times at the food bank. its not something we want to experience again if we can avoid it. >> according to schumer, the stopgap...

All. susan ian tempted to build tonights opening question under the banner of, what could go wrong, whats stands in the way, between our discussion tonights, and what is being built by schumer and others is a kind of pro formal debate, on a clean down measure, just to keep the government going, say nothing of the votes that await. >> nothing is done until its done. we seem to have funding for the government, although not as long, its not like were funding the government for a whole year. but it ...

>> oh, look, the treasury has been engaged, they call it extraordinary measures in order to get to the 18th which is what secretary yellen told us was the x date yesterday. i dont think of them as extraordinary anymore. there is a pressingly ordinary because we have been here before. default is not an option. and the idea that republicans are playing political games with the economys future, not just the american economy, the global economy, were talking about a trillions of dollar treasury mark...

Time. >> one step at a time, not the same as committing to the vote schedule. the speaker and senate leader are working hard. pelosi and schumer went to the white house today, reportedly moving beyond planned phone calls for the final push this week. most democrats believe the way to get it done is by putting everything together, combining the infrastructure bill with the sweeping spending. you can see why they think its the best course, because red state democrat joe manchin is pushing back on ...

>> we are negotiating. you have to communicate with them. >> $3.5 trillion, then there is an invention in the past 10 days of saying we cant go there. laura: but how much? democrats seem a little bit in disarray with president bidens agenda on the line, senator christensen about told president biden she is not there on the massive tax and spend plan. president biden met with senator joe manchin, didnt win him over and utah senator mike lee. i always think nancy pelosi and schumer are extremely c...

Someone has to communicate with them. >> we wanted to pass $3.5-trillion. there was intervention saying we cant go there. but we will pass both bills. >> laura: how much? democrats are if disarray with bidens agenda on the line. and in the news today that senator sinema said she is not there on the massive tax and spend plan. biden met with senator manchin and didnt win him over. joining me now utah senator mike lee. i think pelosi and schumer are crafty and experienced. they will get to a dolla...

Is very significant when youre talking about the bipartisan infrastructure bill, this $1.2 trillion plan passed and president bidens domestic agenda, it may be $3.5 trillion, its probably going to be less than that. up until now, they said they had to be passed together. president biden promised that. nancy pelosi overnight said, you know what, no. not anymore. infrastructure is coming up for a vote on thursday. and were going to separate the two. how significant it that and how does the white h...

Spending proposal before they pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. she is also working along with schumer over in the senate to calm some democrats in both chambers who are alarmed at the size of the proposal to widen the social safety net. >> i know my work ethic. i know the basic of where i came from i know the people that i represent. and were just concerned about the entitlement mentality versus a rewarding mentality. >> as we mentioned, it bare bea repeating senate democrats killed a bi...