senator ben cardin has been outlining the strategy in recent days. fake had a listen. >> our democrats are hoping to scaling it back even more or passing various pieces of stand-alones may be attracting senator manchin or maybe even some of the gop on some of these issues? >> that's a strategy decision that's being negotiated. we're open to a way to reach the finish line. >> i think our best strategy is to find a common spot where all democrats can agree and move that legislation. that's what we're trying to do now. that's what the negotiations are about between the president and joe manchin and the speaker of the house and the majority leader in the senate. >> as you know, jess, the problem with that strategy is democrats have only one chance to use the fast track reconciliation process which have enabled them to pass bills in the senate for 451 votes so essentially they need republican support if they want to pass these stand-alone bills and it's