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Yet. this just beginning debate. with thuns he have final product, hell swap it as the legislative beat going forward. it is unlikely at this moment to succeed. it needs 60 votes and republicans are overwhelmingly saying theyre not ready to move forward without that finished product. of course, that doesnt mean the deal is dead. schumer can bring it up again and the target deadline for republicans later this week and the vote tomorrow may not have the support it needs to succeed, chris. >> thank...

Vote on advancing that legislation when its not written yet. thats becoming a major sticking point for a lot of republicans. i asked majority whip or min minority whip john thune whether or not republicans will block this. he said i can guarantee schumer will not have 60 votes tomorrow. in all likelihood the democrats and republicans in that bipartisan group will keep trying to work together. thats their commitment right now. how much time will they give this deal? thats what we dont know at thi...

You are retiring grant them souvenir of legitimacy here? >> we are not going to proceed to a bill that is not written because that makes no sense of president biden wants to do infrastructure, roads, bridges and ports around $1 trillion, plenty republicans work with them, chuck schumer is trying to blow this effort up. can you imagine, youve been around town for a while. i cloture on a bill that doesnt exist is insane, so president biden, get on the phone to schumer and tell them to stand down, ...

To look at donald trump. they have all the factors there as well. but the first thing they want to talk to are the police officers themselves. testimony next week expected from the capitol and metro police officers who defended the building and their experiences. >> thank you. keep asking the good questions. lets turn to the senate. patience is running thin. chuck shiemer plans to force a vote to a bipartisan interest plan. they argue schumer is rushing the process and it may hurt his chance a...

Today is we expect senate majority leader chuck schumer to file. its kind of a long-winded way of saying schumer is trying to get the group to turn over the proposal, release it in legislative form. he needs to get it scored, have the policy analysts and the congressional budget office look to see how much revenue it raises as it covers the trillion dollars that they owe. hes really trying to set the clock going on this group. hes trying to up pressure on them. i dont know if theyre going to get...

Negotiated infrastructure package and we will stick with that. and president biden, to his credit, said we will not be renegotiating these items in the reconciliation package. >> just to be clear -- >> the infrastructure package initially -- >> go ahead. >> originally, infrastructure package that president biden put forward was twice as big as ours in terms of core infrastructure. so, you know, they have different ideas on this. we have a bipartisan process here. its a compromise between both si...

Reason you see this difference between what senator schumer wants to do in terms of -- >> if thats off the table. >> -- and what we must do on behalf of the country. >> if thats off the table, how are you going to pay for the $1.2 trillion plan? >> well, thats one reason were having initial meetings today and had more meetings over the past few days. there are other ways to do this. theres legislation, one called the medicare rebate rule that provides significant revenue. ive been on the phone w...

This is not a joke, this is not a drill. this is for real. for the first time in years, it really is about to be infrastructure week. senate democratic leader chuck schumer has announced that on wednesday next week, the united states senate will likely hold its first big vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill being negotiated by a group of moderate democrats and republicans in the senate. at the same time schumer has made wednesday the deadline for senate democrats to finalize their much big...

Infrastructure proposal, you have the negotiators who have not been able to figure out how to pay for this deal, that is the biggest question here. and republicans really expressed their anger to schumer for forcing them to try to negotiate on this deal quickly when the text hasnt even been written. senator mitt romney, one of the key negotiators for this deal, he told cnn that if they vote on this next week, which is when schumer wants them to vote on this, it would be a, quote, dereliction of ...

Schumer is setting up next wednesday as a key date for advancing both a bipartisan bill on roads and bridges and the massive $3.5 trillion agreement on things like medicare and education. heres one really big problem. neither bill has been written yet! nbcs garrett haake is on capitol hill. garrett, it does not sound like they have got their house in order. how is it that chuck schumer is forcing this timeline, to vote on one what? >> how many times have we talked about this, stephanie? that con...