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Convoluted procedural process which allows passage with a simple majority. >> here's a snapshot of what's in the legislation. it includes $369 billion to combat climate change. it gives medicare the ability to negotiate some drug prices, caps medicare out-of-pocket costs at $2,000 and extended the affordable care act subsidies for three years. >> melanie zanona joins us with more. can you update us on where things stand right now? >> yeah. so the timing of all of this is still very much in flux. we're waiting for a final ruling from the senate par liamentaria to see whether this passes budget ...

Zanona has more. walk us through the process what democrats are using this weekend to try to get this major piece of legislation across the finish line. >> i'm going to try not to put your viewers to sleep. i know it's early. the process they're trying to use is a budget reconciliation. it will allow democratic senators to pass it along party lines. they won't need the help of republicans, but they have to comply with certain budget rules. they'll make a determination whether the package complies with all of the rules so they can pass the bill. once they get a final ruling about that, they'll ...

Done deal, now it is could they even get it through? where are we right now? >> right now, the democrats believe they have all 50 of their members in line after intensive negotiations over the last several days with senator kyrsten sinema who cut a deal with democratic leaders after raising objections to some key tax provisions part of the deal. instead, they fast-moving a different direction, including tax on -- help make up the shortfall that is a result of her demands. because of their deal that she got behind as well as the support from senator joe manchin, the two key holdouts, from manch...

That is significant because in a 50/50 senate, it debilitated process, 60 senators could require a bill to overcome a filibuster. because of the budget rules, they could pass this by democratic votes alone. the senate parliamentarian released a greenlight on that first. that's one big hurdle. another big hurdle? the voting. that will happen all weekend long. republicans plan to push forward a series of controversial amendments aimed at, essentially, muddying up this bill, appearing back this bill, and trying to get democrats to defect on key issues, to make it harder to get this bill out. demo...

Here, jake. the senate parliamentarian needs to decide whether this can pass muster under the senator's budget rules. if she does say that, then the bill can pass along straight party lines avoiding a filibuster, meaning they don't need any republican votes to get this done. so these are the two cheap hurdles. but chuck shumer is optimistic this will move ahead after he and joe manchin reengaged in talks and cut this deal. manchin told me and other reporters today that he was alarmed at the inflation numbers that came out in june, mid july about the june numbers. that's why he initially steppe...