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I think the speaker has made that abundantly clear. i think its positive momentum, but nobody should be under any illusion that this package is going to pass as a stand-alone measure without more because there is so much more we need to do for the country. >> on that $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget deal, its not even clear if there were 50 democrats in the senate, though, congressman, to approve it, so its by no means -- even thats not a done deal. >> thats right. you know, first there will ...

House encyclopedia that is suited for twitter with 140 characters. the shrug on this failed test vote, that is certainly otherwise looking for a bad sign for them is not the reaction that we have been seeing play out from this white house. they are supremely confident in this process both because of the conversation that we are having privately behind the scenes, and we will hear more about this over the course of the next few weeks, the politics, they see it on their side here, and what is stri...

Share their stories. >> congressman pete aguilar who is a member of the january 6 select committee, we appreciate your time this afternoon. >> thank you. and now, a test vote is failed in the senate blocked by republicans, and will the bill get another vote next week? that is what the democrats are hoping for. and now, a bill to help fight violence in the country. and a spike in covid in children, and what that means for schools this fall. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent anothe...

Im working seven days a week because we cant get people to come in and fill the jobs to work with us. and it is taking a big toll on americans and their families. both of the issues. and it took a while for republicans to get their talking points down on this, but you are really hearing that now. we heard from jim jordan this week, from joni ernst talking about the price of milk and eggs. talking about biden economics. and really trying to blame president biden for that. and so i do think this i...

So what do you make of this? whats the state of play? is this something thats going to get done? we know how much the biden administration has invested in this being a bipartisan agreement. >> yeah, absolutely. i think first off its no mistake you saw president biden speaken from cincinnati, which is the hometown of ron portman. he kept praising him specifically because it seems like, according to president biden, there is actually room for bipartisan agreement on this. he didnt seem all that bo...

Democrats or that biden is hiding people and sucking the blood of children. im serious. now you may not like me, and that is your right, but the kinds of things that are being said of late, i think were beginning to see this -- and democrats as well, the venom leak out of a lot of it. we have to get beyond this. >> meanwhile, a big piece of bidens agenda has been temporarily block in the senate, its a mess like everything in the senate. republicans all voted to oppose a test vote on the bipartis...

Of facts. >> and they are seeing what is before their eyes. but i want to make sure we have time to talk about infrastructure because republicans blocked that test vote in the senate on wednesday night. >> i am told they are finalizing details with the white house waiting on this final budget analysis of how the legislation would they are giving democrats some time to get their ducks in order on a 3.5 trillion partisan climate infrastructure package they want to pass.

Youre beginning to see some of the -- and democrats as well, sort of a venom sort of leak out of a lot of it. weve got to get beyond this. >> meanwhile, a big piece of bidens agenda has been temporarily blocked in the senate. its a mess like everything in the senate. republicans all voted to oppose a test vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which is still being worked out. it now looks like that vote will take place next week. we also heard an extraordinary defense of the u.s. militarys ...

Infrastructure plan. >> and he is talking about the infrastructure bill, and that will allow trillions more to be passed, and to get it done is an understatement difficulty. and joining us is garrett haake, the hardest working man here in the washington bureau. >> ill take it. >> how does this work? say everything goes the way that democrats planned it. monday, the second test vote on this bipartisan infrastructure framework and moves forward and then you to add to it the democrats only build, a...

Exortation. more effort to reach out to those who are skeptical and there are a lot of people skeptical that, by itself, is going to make much of a dent given the ideological underpinnings of the problems he is having expanding vaccination rates and whether he needs to look at more kind of forceful measures like supporting mandates. so, you know, it was the best of biden but it was, also, the biggest question about biden i thought crystallized over 80 minutes. >> yeah. but let me push back, then...