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Decades in this country. >> john: i still think people cannot fully comprehend how much $1 trillion is. some of this bill, universal pre-k, paid family and medical leave, tuition free community college, affordable housing, expand medicare, renewable energy investment, path to citizenship, and encouraging union membership. they plan to do it under reconciliation, which would require only a simple majority to pass. that is a lot of benjamin's to bet on a slim majority vote without having any kind of meaningful debate on this. >> it is a lot of benjamins. i just want to get his math right. it is ...

Democrats to end debate. a final vote expected on tuesday. it features $550 billion in new federal spending on roads, bridges, and passenger and fright rail. along with funding to expand broadband internet access. two former trump administration officials testified before senators this weekend about efforts to use the department of justice to promote false voting fraud claims. crime and justice reporter has more. >> reporter: the senate judiciary committee over the weekend made quick work of getting on the record key leadership at the justice department at the end of the trump administration...

Passed with republican support, but former president trump had been threatening to primary anyone who supports it, support primary challenger for them. he said yesterday whether it's the house or the senate think twice before you approve this terrible deal and july 28th, he said don't do it republicans, patriots will never forget. if this deal happens, lots of primaries will be coming your way. so are republicans up for reelection being held hostage by that and also what kind of message does that send to house republicans who are also considering their support for this? senator: first let's se...

Frustrated and said, i am not holding up the bill. i want amendments to move forward, i want the process to continue. i am just asking for regular order. of course, that means we will likely not see the bill passed today, or tomorrow. it could drag on to tuesday morning, before we see this 550 billion dollar investment in our nation's infrastructure, passed the senate and head to the house, guys? >> all right julie, also, we are hearing that to top former doj officials sat in interviews with in the senate judiciary committee about former president trump's efforts to overturn the election, what...

Still could not happen? >> yes, we saw the pizza, we were bracing for a long night. obviously, they eventually gave up and adjourned. this was one of those times when we are talking about not being a billable past but when and of course 18 senate republicans joined all democrats, would've been more if lindsey graham was back from quarantine, to vote to advance the bill yesterday. now of course, this is one of those examples where we also see a vulnerable of the senate is. it comes down to just one senator, of course i'm talking about republican freshman senator bill haggerty, who decided he wi...