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Against the direction of the democratic party has taken so one may assume that they are kind of like heading toward the edge of the cliff, but cannot figure out an alternative path. paul: mary, politicians i know like to keep their jobs but i wonder, why the swing state democrats going ahead when nancy pelosi says we got to pass the hospital? if you look in the bill, a lot of it is killed in the senate so voting for things that are unpopular like higher taxes. that may not be in the final bill. >> it's not clear to me either why they are going along with this except nancy pelosi is known for h...

Jayapal is suggesting that if she does that, 45, 50, maybe even more members of the congressional progressive caucus will vote against the infrastructure bill. right? if she brings -- without build back better being voted on at the same time, will you vote no on infrastructure? >> i am open to having that conversation. i think the chair would be open to having the conversation. but our recommendation is, have the vote on both bills. that's what the president wanted. if there's an alternative path, let's have that conversation. you can't just say let's announce the vote and see if we can come t...

Allow a debate on this issue. >> majority leader schumer later hinted that the democrats would find an alternative path to passing voting rights legislation, even if they have to do it without any republican support. well, with that, let's bring in our starting line on this wednesday night. susan page. veteran journalist and author longtime chief for usa today. jacqui, political report for the washington post author of the newsletter. the early tool to, and eugene robinson, columnist for the washington post. good evening, welcome to. all i have some idea how tired some of you are our. [laughs]...

Is affecting our shellfish. the warmth of our streams is affecting our salmon and trout. so we have to act and we have to lead the world and we can't miss this opportunity. i personally, if we don't have a clean electricity payment plan, fine, but tell me how we are going to be on track to cut carbon by 50% by the end of this decade. i don't care, many paths. it has to be a viable path. lock everybody up over the weekend. put this kind of nightmare to rest, come back with a strong set of programs. it won't be all of them on family investments. and a strong set of strategies on climate that joe...

He does, and there is ample precedent for that. >> my question is does he know whether joe manchin would support a carbon tax? >> we will let senator joe manchin speak for himself on what he would and would not support. >> and i voting rights, would they have to come up with an alternative path forward? it's been known for some time that republicans are not going to come forward and you don't have the vote in the states or the congress and unless the joe manchin agrees to a carve out for the filibuster, how far along are you on figuring out where that alternative passes and where where it woul...