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Progress. his press secretary today moments ago trying to put pressure on the republicans. >> our concessions went time as far as theirs so the ball is in their court. we are waiting their counterproposal. we would welcome that. we're eager to engage and even have them down here to the white house. >> back with us, cnn's manu raju. and laura lopez. let's start with that. we're in the inevitable finger pointing phase. the white house says republicans to do more. the original white house proposal $2.25 trillion, the president counters with $1.7 trillion, being reasonable, coming down. the republ...

1.7 trillion. republicans would like to see $568 billion. it doesn't seem like there is a ton of hope. the president circled memorial day as a deadline he hoped to see progress, but the talks reached an impasse over the last couple days. in terms of what we are hearing from the gop senators, susan collins of maine said it comes down to what they can define as problems, a problem since the beginning of talks. it's not clear how this part can be resolved. >> at the heart of the negotiations is defining the scope of the bill, what is infrastructure. the democratic definition seems to include soci...

Them? joining me now, nbc news congressional correspondent leigh ann caldwell. leann, walk us through why republicans aren't budging on the sticker price of this plan. >> hey, alicia. so the sticker price is one of the key sticking points obviously. republicans opened their offer at $568 billion. the president came down to $1.7 trillion, as you mentioned. mitch mcconnell, the minority leader, had mentioned a couple of weeks ago up to $800 billion. while the rank and file republicans are doing the negotiating, what we really have to listen to is what mcconnell says because he is really pulling ...

Senators had put forth something in the ballpark of $568 billion. so the two sides are very, very far apart at this time and it doesn't seem there's anything that's going to get them to find actual common ground, at least in the immediate sense, these talks, alex, the best way to describe them, are quite stalled out. >> so it looks like you're trying to for bipartisan success here but if they have to go it alone, they'll consider it seriously. thank you very much, monica. the senate could vote as soon as this week on the january 6th commission. democrats need support from ten gop senators fo...

Great state of california, we will follow the talks. thanks so much, sir. >> thank you. mike: now let's bring in oklahoma congressman markwayne mullin, also on the house energy action team. congressman, welcome. >> the thank you for having me, appreciate it. mike: you heard your colleague, congressman sherman, how do you respond? >> the democrats believe you can tax your way out of spending. their idea is to tax more. while they're still trying to spend more. you've got a $1.9 trillion infrastructure tax -- or bill and only 6% builds infrastructure, and they want to talk about raising corporat...