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Attended bipartisan very active conversation about all of the issues that i know you guys have been reporting on. there was a very, very long line of people leading to ask questions and we ran out of time for everybody on that line to be able to ask those questions. weve been asking those questions through other means. i came out of another briefing myself on the foreign affairs side and helpeding into another one on armed services this afternoon. the opportunity we have in smaller group setting...

A bipartisan infrastructure bill just minutes away from passing in the senate. the work, though, is far from over. chuck schumer said senate democrats will move to pass a budget resolution to begin a $3.5 trillion plan without bipartisan support and with heavy skepticism from moderates in the house and senate, it is not clear if it could pass. joining me now ryan fitzpatrick and josh gottheimer, the problem solvers caucus. before we came on the air, i was just witnessing a really lovely moment b...

Kyrsten sinema. shes raised concerned about the $3.5 trillion price tag. but what is complicated is that nancy pelosi has demanded that the senate pass that democratic only approach before she moved on bipartisan infrastructure proposal that will pass the senate later today in the next hour. even though moderates in her caucus are calling for the bipartisan deal to get a vote immediately. so how they could navigate the caucus together will ultimately determine whether this ultimately becomes law...

Vote on this bipartisan measure as soon as possible. that is as many democrats including president biden as we know are linking it with the passage of the $3 trillion budget plan. so do you feel your concerns are being addressed? >> well, i think the president came out pretty clearly and said that we should vote on the infrastructure package. it is bipartisan and today is a historic day. the senate will pass the largest investment infrastructure in a century including everything from water to el...

Wants changes to that proposal. just a sign of the challenges ahead for democrats to get both factions of their caucus in the house and senate in line on that proposal. much less the narrower bipartisan deal that theyre trying to get through with ten republicans to back all raising questions about whether this eventually can get to joe bidens desk. >> all right, manu raju, thanks so much. lets talk to one of those democrats on the left, the chair of the progressive caucus, democratic congresswom...

>> i think number one we have to get to 60 votes to make this -- to get it through the senate. i was aiming for 20 republicans, 25 republicans. i had a broad negotiating committee with me that represented the ranking members of the relevant committees writing these bills and i thought that was critical math there. im not sure how many republicans will go with the problem solvers. well have to see how they work it out. i think all ideas are welcome. im a bit frustrated and disappointed that the w...

Doesnt at least know about or couldnt shut down it seems. the same goes with china. so if you are going to talk tough, the actions have to back that up. so far we havent seen the actions. >> dana: well continue to keep an eye on it. before he meets with putin he will meet with members of the g-7 and see if theyre united on that. back at home talks for an infrastructure deal got called off last night by the president saying republicans you didnt do a good enough job here. here is shelley moore ca...

Many states, certainly. poses a challenge which is why two things we have to address for sure. the more moderates we have in congress the more compromise there will be the less gridlock. but the gerrymandering and close primaries are two huge problems. >> congressman gottheimer a great development to haerm of the problem solvers but sad there needs to be a formal caucus for civility. the more i hear you and brian speak, to me, this is like a throwback to the way things were as late as the 1980s....

Policys spokesperson said that was not necessarily directed at anybody in particular but democrats suspect it was referring to a congressman who recently called the problem solvers caucus which consisted of moderate democrats. he called them the child-abuse comments. could have been referring to alexandria ocasio cortez who attacked nancy pelosi on twitter. >> allegations she was implying that she was racist. ocasio cortez was asked if she plans to change her twitter behavior and she said no. mo...

They are the most determined foe i believe that were dealing with, and their tendency is not to give up, but to lash out. and we have to be prepared for that. paul: all right, general, thanks for that. well see what happens. still ahead, the pelosi congress, the speaker recently caught between her progressive caucus and her more moderate members as she struggles to get her agenda passed. so what does she have to show for the first six months of the 116th congress? ♪ ♪ you ever wish you weren...