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People? if mitch mcconnell's number one objective is to make sure we don't help the american people, then i think the public demand will force them to come around and show some bipartisanship. but right now we're engaged in meaningful negotiation. republicans are on our infrastructure plan. we passed a $1.9 trillion rescue plan, and we'll continue to move in a bipartisan way until that effort is futile. right now what we're seeing is waiting for a counteroffer from the republicans. they came up $50 billion, we came down 550 billion. so now the ball is in their court, and we're going to see wha...

This on the backs of the middle class that has been working and struggling and breaking their backs to keep this country afloat all these years. the president came down $550 billion, the republicans went up $50 billion. we're eagerly awaiting a response from the republicans with a new proposal, how to pay for it, what's their number, because this issue is too important. the president has said that his only bottom line is he won't raise taxes on people who make less than $400,000 a year and inaction is not an option on infrastructure because it is crucial to making sure we can compete in the fu...

>> i think the president coming down $550 billion off of his initial proposal, i think, shows the willingness to negotiate in good faith and in a serious manner. the real question is whether the republicans will meet the effort that the president is showing. he came down on two areas, infrastructure and broadband, both areas that are important to him. but it's a sincere effort to move this country forward. the president has been very clear, inaction is not an option. >> and what about the scope? the question i asked about whether he's willing to compromise on the other aspects of the bill, nev...

They will not have a bill together this week. later in the week the president will travel to cleveland, ohio, to deliver marks on the economy, and he will also be releasing his budget, outlining his spe spending priorities for the coming years. there will also be a lot of attention paid behind the scenes as the white house is trying to negotiate a infrastructure deal, and the republicans have cut about $550 billion in funding from their initial proposal. republicans have objected to it saying that right now the two sides remain further apart than they were just a few weeks ago. the window for ...

Even further in order to reach a deal? >> i think the president coming down $550 billion off of his initiative proposal, i think, shows the willingness to negotiate in good faith and in a serious manner. the real question is whether the republicans will meet the effort that the president is showing. he came down on two areas, infrastructure and broadband, both areas that are important to him. but it's a sincere effort to move this country forward. the president has been very clear, inaction is not an option. >> and what about the scope? the question i asked about whether he's willing to compro...