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Your reaction. >> well, i do think they can get things done in the next 30 days. what i found so interesting is when the congressman said his nonnegotiable item is the child tax credit. it's probably the only thing that, if it went to the house on a stand alone, that could be negotiated with and gain republican support. it is very important that the democrats start itemizing what they want and how. for example, the child tax credit, don't make it universal. do means testing. that's what joe manchin has said. and when i say means testing, i'm saying, $400,000 and above to hold on to president b...

>> look, we are committed to passing both bills. do i have nonnegotiables? yes. one of my nonnegotiables is the child tax credit. if the child tax credit is left to expire, it will affect 69 million children. it will plunge 10 million children into either poverty or deep poverty. so, plunging children into poverty is unacceptable to me. it's a nonnegotiable for me. so, we all have our nonnegotiables but you know, speaker pelosi, majority leader chuck schumer, president biden, these are some of the most gifted politicians of their generation and they're going to land these two planes smoothly a...

Years. so it's $350 billion, which, for $20 trillion economy like ours, is a modest investment. so i think it's shortsighted to focus on the price tag. we obviously have to be mindful of the concerns of senator manchin and sinema. we have a once in a generation opportunity to combat climate change, to cut child poverty through an expanded child tax credit and instead of focusing on the price tag, i'd rather focus on the people. >> but a lot of this talk about is about the price tag. a lot of this talk during the negotiations is about how much money is being spent, especially when it comes down...