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Congressional leaders acknowledged the top line number will need to come down, little has been said about where the cuts are. this has made lobbyists, according to the "the new york times" searching for clues about the bill. the "times" said the fact sheet handed out by the white house, left off what was a cornerstone for the president's plan. a paid leave plan for workers. the president also failed to mention paid leave in a speech in michigan. joining us now co-founder of yankee news and depressed yankee fan, john bresnahan. thank you for being here. the infrastructure bill, the reconciliati...

Filibuster threshold and we can get somewhere on not just voting rights but on infrastructure too. it's interesting how things are panning out at the moment where you get some of the moderate republicans saying we want to legislate. >> imagine how popular it will be if within a couple of weeks of each of these bills passing, you pass a significant infrastructure bill and you pass a voting rights bill. there are going to be a lot of -- >> that's the rub right there. >> that isn't hard for mcconnell to carry on saying no when you have enough republicans saying we want this, we want to bring it t...

I think he wants us to lose track of, frankly. >> i agree. he does. >> this is a great point, mika. this is why we have a guy like john meacham on. >> bishop john meacham. >> i don't know if you know it or not but he won the pulitzer prize. >> what? took selfies. >> yes, there are photographs. what a great point that we sit here every day talking about disruption. we talk about all the norms that have been blown up or thrown out the window. yet, despite what he says, he has accomplished less as a president, if you look at significant bills passing, than any president in my lifetime. it's not e...