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Senate. >> gloria, how basic deal do you think this is in. >> it's a very big deal. they've convinced the moderates to come onboard. it's a large figure, but the white house estimate and phil, you know more about this than i do, it's that it's not really over 300. it's actually 160 billion and the issue is how much money you get from cracking down on tax cheats. so there's a little bit of discrepancy there, but as my colleagues say, look, this has to go to the senate. there is no margin for error at all in the united states senate and it all depends on these couple of senators and what arm twi...

Get from cracking down on tax cheats. so there's a little bit of discrepancy there, but as my colleagues say, look, this has to go to the senate. there is no margin for error at all in the united states senate and it all depends on these couple of senators and what arm twisting biden can do with them and whether they're going to demand so much being taken out of this bill that when they send it back to the house the liberals will bolt. so it's a, you know, it ain't over until it's over, but obviously, this is the first step that nancy pelosi has been really working towards. >> jessica, obvious...

Build back better including in the senate once the cbo score came out and you have joe manchin not responding yesterday directly when asked what his spet is on the cbo numbers and whether that hinder his ability to support this bill. so we'll have to see what happens. we do know that it will be a lot of wrangling behind the scenes to get it over the finish line. of course will paid family leave be a part of the final piece of legislation? we know that there is going to be a very robust push by quarters within the democratic party to make sure that that provision is in. that's one of president ...

The house was, of course, an uphill struggle and passage uncertain shortly before the vote was held. but late-night arm twisting by the president got enough democrats onboard to make it happen. cnn's jessica dean has the details. >> reporter: big news out of the u.s. house of representatives tonight as the bipartisan infrastructure bill makes it out of the house and is now headed to president biden's desk for his signature. so, a major part of his legislative agenda getting done. house democrats getting that done with 13 house republicans joining them in that vote. we did see six progressives ...

In their homes. a lot of shots about it, but here's the deal. we could not have done it without crossing over the aisle and bringing democrats and republicans together. >> and it really would not have happened without -- i apologize for interrupting, but it really would not have happened if not for the republican support, particularly because you had six democrats who voted against the bill in the house. you know, it would have been dangerous if just three democrats would have voted against it. so what does this tell you about the road ahead in terms of the negotiations or what you can count o...