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>> i think so. i think that last night there was a good faith effort on all sides of our party and our caucus to move forward. the president himself asked that we move forward. the president helped to broker that discussion and our leadership agreed, and like i said, on the vote on the rule, we saw that everyone voted in favor of moving the bill forward, and so i think that that showed that everyone is excited about this package, they understand how important and transformative it is for our communities, and we're going to fight to get it done. >> all right, representative melanie stansbury, t...

Almost every member has indicated, and i believe we will have an overwhelming democratic vote and pass on our side of the aisle, the build back better legislation. i would now like to yield to my friend, jim clyburn, who's been so important in moving this bill forward. >> thank you for your vision, getting this to where we are today. i think what we are about to do -- it's a piece of legislation that will be very transformative in our community. if you look at the so-called infrastructure bill, we see funding that gets us to about 70% of the way and her country.

Almost every member has indicated, and i believe we will have an overwhelming democratic vote and pass on our side of the aisle the build back better legislation. i would now like to yield to my friend jim clyburn who has been so important in moving this bill forward. jim? >> thank you. thank you for your vision getting us to where we are today. i think that what we are about to do is hopefully pass a piece of legislation that will be very transformative to many of our communities. if you look at this bill, the so-called infrastructure bill, we see funding that gets us to about 70% of the way ...

Wants and what she stands for in this bill has caused them concerns, in addition to the fact that she doesn't want to, she's not helping to move this bill forward. so we'll see where senator sinema comes at the end of this, but right now it's a very tough road for her, but she's also making it very a tough road for democrats to pass their agenda. jose? >> kristen, president biden met with lawmakers a number of times to get a sense of where they stand on size and scope. we know where a lot of congress stands. what about the president? what are his top priorities? >> well, his first priority jos...

Be different and this will succeed? >> i would reject the notion that we've seen failure. what we've seen is movement. each time, there has been the argument that there is no way to move this bill forward, we have seen senators come to the table and take action. we have seen senator joe manchin put forward a framework. and when we were able to work collectively to meet those concerns, we saw his name go on that bill, and we saw -- the democrats in the senate stand up and say, together, that they are willing to protect the freedom to vote. and what we need to do now is to continue to push this ...