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From the bottom and the middle out. [ applause ] >> democrats now have an opportunity to put their money where their mouths are. let's take a beat and remember what we are talking about. the bipartisan infrastructure bill sets aside $550 billion new dollars for roads, bridges, and public transit, a major expansion of high speed internet and funding for clean drinking water. think flint, michigan. it also includes some new measures to combat climate change. this is the bill that moderate democrats and some republicans are all for, but the second bill, which would focus in large part on presiden...

>> so your leader of the progressive caucus, if she sees what manchin is willing to go for and you all know the biden presidency is on the line here, if this fails he becomes a lame duck going into midterms, almost, it is a really tough vote to fit to lose. so you believe that the caucus, which is now 60 some strong, you're willing to go for a scaled back reconciliation bill and not today, not tomorrow, but sometime in a week or two? >> i believe the president's agenda includes both bills, very clearly. he had a $6 trillion propoal brought down to $3 trillion through compromise. but if you hav...

>> reporter: it will be a chaotic week, deadlines crashing into each other over the coming days let's start with government funding and the debt limit the house has passed a deal to extesds tend the debt limit. it is facing a vote in the senate today and the republicans promised to filibuster it because they imposed an extension of the debt limit. they say it is necessary they say they want no part in it they want democrats to put it in their separate party line bill they're pursuing the democrats are rejecting that on to president biden's agenda, this is a huge, huge week for president biden'...

Crucial bills as it stands now house is set to vote on a $550 billion infrastructure package on thursday and progress i-s are vowing to block it. unless the house takens up a massive 3.5 trillion dollar spending plan taxed with liberal goodies but speaker sounding confident that she has votes for that infrastructure bill to pass. listen. >> will bring the bell to the floor tomorrow for -- consideration. but you know, i'll never braining bell to the floor. that doesn't have the vote -- progressives woact change their meengd but she's open to some cuts as long as the key issues in the spending b...

Democrats to put together the $550 billion package. i think it's a start. what is a nonstarter is the 3.5 trillion package that they're still talking about. i think that speaker pelosi and leader schumer have their own challenges to get to that number. they also have the looming debt ceiling vote to deal with and they can deal with alone. >> neil: the president was scheduled -- i don't know if these meetings have concluded between nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. he was going to meet with the progressives, the top blue dog democratic chair, one of the more moderate members, a member of the prob...