manchin moderate that are worried about this price tag. there is haggles about where does that money go and how much goes for people who are staying home taking care of a loved one or how much goes for education. but again with this onus, this pressure that we have to do this is going to drive people. the big story is on the bipartisan infrastructure side because there are republicans who are unhappy that schumer has set up a vote, the first vote for this on wednesday. they don t even legislative text yet and they re waiting for a cbo report to score this bill and concerned about pay-fors and you re hearing the moderate republicans who agree to this framework sort of saying i m not sure any more. so i think that is going to be the big question of the week, can they do that, can they land it and it is tbd at this point. i ve described this before as whack-a-mole. to get an inch on one part of it and then on the other part you take two steps backwards.
more. they said they were blind sided by the time line. what s the intention here and can democrats stick to that time line? reporter: the majority leader chuck schumer sending a clear message it s crunch time. this bipartisan group has been working several months. he s arguing it is time to put together a bill because we are ready to go to the floor. there is a limited legislative calendar on capitol hill. schumer knows he has a lot to get done in the month of july before the month-long august recess which, of course, is already potentially in jeopardy if they can t get their job done. what schumer is trying to do is leverage his ability as the leader on the floor. meanwhile republicans say they feel squeezed. we talked to rosh portman and mitt romney, key republicans in this group. they said they re not going to vote yes on a procedural vote as soon as wednesday which is when schumer is scheduling it. if you don t have a bill, that would be irresponsible. that is a key point democr
figure. we re seeing the outlines of the democrats radical freight train to socialism. and everybody, one way or another in america is going to end up paying for it. let s bring in elizabeth and jake sherman, an msnbc political contributor. jake i ll begin with you, you ve been following and covering every twist and turn of the negotiations. we saw it on camera from bernie sanders, people i talked to privately yesterday. democrats cannot hide their glee with this $3.5 trillion package which includes so many of the objectives they ve held for generations. that s right. this morning we looked at what s inside and punch bowl news this morning we looked at what schumer and mcconnell are both thinking here and we hit on exactly what you said, willie, which is this is a party, the democratic party, wanting to do big things for a long time and
addition to a bridge you also need a babysitter which is the best illustration of the differences between five infrastructure. that s the key conflict here. i think president biden the plan was to have him be mr. bipartisan. while nancy pelosi plays tough partisan hard ball. certainly she does that. i mean, after all, she held up a covid relief bill for months last year they worst part of the pandemic. she would certainly be happy to hold up this bipartisan bill in order to get the so-called human infrastructure bill that democrats want. i don t think it s been any secret what schumer what schumer and pelosi are planning, biden just said the quiet part out loud. we re condensing panels because of the breaking news. talking about crime spike. homicides in major cities. new york up 12%. oakland 82%. portland, 533%.
houses of congress and the white house. if they can agree among themselves as to what must be done, if they can coordinate the presidents agenda with pelosi said, with what schumer can move in the senate, democrats should theoretically be able to get stuff done. if there aren t party defections of democrat becoming a republican or unexpected retirements or god forbid deaf sorted to realty illnesses within the democrats the majority they ve got this precious thing for two years. two years until the next election where they very well may lose their majority, right? they ve got two years 24 months to get stuff done with this precious control of both houses of congress and the white house. it is democrats goal to use that 24 months efficiently to get as much done as possible. on the republican side, if we are honest, it s their goal to us as much of that time as