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Infrastructure bill within the last few days and an estimated $1.85 trillion for the build back better act. of course, we're seeing numbers 1.75, 1.85, some are estimating it as over $3 trillion. the reason there's not a specific number is because the senate has not put its paws, some people would say, on the, so there may be stuff taken out or added in. when president biden was asked about this on the south lawn yesterday, neil, he said he believes this will happen at least after thanksgiving, it could be before christmas, and that's where may see the numbers go up, go down. it all depends on...

You'll have a knockdown drag-out in the senate. this goes back to march of 2020. this is what your government has done now. not this one. guys, call for number three. spending totals, government spending that we have here. march of 2020 you had families first covid response act $192 billion reading left to ride. the cares act 2.2 trillion. april paycheck protection program, 483 billion. we went on to the appropriations act march, american rescue plan at 1.9 trialian less than a year ago. infrastructure at 1.2 and bbb at 1.85 as advertised. see if the senate comes close to that or even push it ...

Process to get to this point. remember, there's a very slim margin of democrats in the house. they could only lose three democrats. it looks as of now, they only lost one democrat. and they hit that magic number of 218. now, this bill has been shaped and changed and amended many many times. remember, it started at $3.5 trillion. it's now about $1.75 trillion. 1.85 if you include the immigration components, and this vote was supposed to happen three times before. speaker pelosi said she was going to bring it to the floor. only having to pull it because she did not the votes. now all of the info...

Back to america. we have concerns about supply chain? if you are taxing these companies they will take the job overseas. you have an inflation problem, supply chain problem and taxing problem. >> bill: you gave your number. in seven months on paper you would have passed the american rescue plan in late march 1.9 trillion. infrastructure 1.2. build back better on paper 1.85, that's just shy of $5 trillion in seven months. you wonder how people are paying attention in states like virginia. interesting analysis tomorrow to see what they say. thank you, mark short. thanks. >> thanks for having me....

Virginia. he wants to make sure families in west virginia have economic opportunity. it's our job to convince his state this is good. i have always had a respectful conversation with him and found him very welcoming of me to come to west virginia. >> bill: i know you think it will go through and see in the end whether or not you are right about that. how much of the american rescue plan in late march at 1.9 trillion has not been spent? >> there has been some portion of it that still hasn't been spent and that money will get out to the states and localities so that we can help bring the economy...