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Between the 3.5 trillion has to be weighed against what's in the infrastructure bill. so i think members will have a better sense of how to balance those out and what needs to be included after they actually see the -- the infrastructure bill come over from the senate. griff: you have a great point talking about the balancing act with 3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill which senator cassidy called tax and spending extravaganza. let's back up because we are about to find out whether speaker pelosi will make good on her threat that she will not bring the infrastructure bill to a vote on the...

Now, republicans on the other hand have no particular interest the larger package. moderates want the smaller bill first. if either pulls out, the bill has no shot of passing both houses and getting to the president's desk. so chuck schumer and nancy avth pelosi are stuck on one side of the river with the fox, the chicken, and the corn. there are differences between the bills. the bipartisan one is being significantly smaller. it's also focusing on hard infrastructure, things like roads, bridges, broadband.e biio the larger reconciliation bill broadens out issues like education, child care, an...

Alone vote on the bipartisan plan, but the speaker, nancy pelosi recommitted that she will not take it up unless she gets the reconciliation bill from the senate. that is likely because she doesn't have the votes unless she brings up the bill first. what good is it to bring the bill to the floor if there is huge questions about whether or not it could pass. >> first, part of this infrastructure plan is to improve the potholes in the roads so i can bring the van back out again. >> the problem solvers caucus is aligned with the white house right now. we want to lead. have the best infrastructure...

>> bill: house democrats calling for senate action on a bill that would expand background checks. it passed in the house back in february and my next guest is one of the lawmakers attending the haven't debbie dingell. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill, good to see you. >> bill: give me the bullet points, well, not a great choice of words. give me the headlines from the bill first. >> what we're trying to do is just get the senate to act on the background bill we passed in february. we have kids going back to school in a couple weeks and parents and kids are scared to death about what'...