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the american people know that a week from today, as i understand it, there s going to be a bill in the senate to rebuild our infrastructure, our roads, our buildings, our deteriorating buildings, our tunnels, our bridges. almost everybody in america understands that with a collapsing infrastructure, we have to rebuild it and we can create millions of jobs doing that. let s see if we re going to get one republican vote. this bill s s coming next we in the senate you think? next week. this is piecemeal to the jobs act. right. this is going to deal strictly with infrastructure. infrastructure. right. roads and bridges. well, it would seem to me that the republicans aren t going to give you any help on this at all. we ll see. senator, great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. let s now turn to msnbc analyst and pulitzer prize winning columnist of the washington