build back better act. so, it is popular. and, you know, that's what we have to continue to emphasize. it's popular with the american people, 70% agree. >> yeah. >> and with, you know, the vast majority. 98% of democrats in the house and the senate. >> just in terms of process, i mean, did the self-imposed deadline set by the speaker, did it make sense? i mean, if the president of the united states has to drive up to capitol hill and essentially tell his party to take a deep breath, you have more time to get this done. does that suggest the party leadership needs to handle this process differently in some way going forward? >> well, look, the speaker was in a tough position because there were nine house democrats who said that they wanted that deadline or they weren't even going to vote for the budget resolution. and that's unfortunate but, you know, these things happen. and so, that deadline got set. and i have said from the beginning -- i think i said it on your show the other day -- that's arbitrary. and the president made that clear today. six minutes, six days, six weeks. we're going to get this done. we need a little time to negotiate. there was a lot of time to negotiate the infrastructure