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Of the realization for highway programs and the rest of that. our best interest is served by passing this bill today. okay. >> so when you -- so when you talk about these concerns and i know you were asking about senator sanders said it will blow up the bill on the floor. the progressives say they have 50 votes. what do you say to those left in the caucus on your moderates to get them together with things going the way they want? >> we are on a path to have something that i can say to my colleagues with integrity and certainty is a path we're on and in terms of timing and the

More with you in just a minute. some funds for critical highway programs are at risk if the bipartisan infrastructure bill fails to pass. pete muntean is joining us now to talk about this. what's at stake here? >> reporter: well, brianna, this is one of the kinds of projects that could be hurt by this. this is the frederick douglass memorial bridge. it just opened. $200 million, 60% of its funding, comes from the federal government. it is that kind of funding that ex pierce at midnight. a one-year extension expires tonight. a five-year extension is called for in the biden infrastructure plan...

I mean, joe mansion, of course, central to all of this. one of the things pelosi said, she'd only put the bigger bill on the floor of the house if it has the same price tag the senate will agree on. they are not anywhere near agreement on what the senate, particularly because of joe mansion, the three of us at this table talked to joe mansion every single day. it not there. bergis you write his colleagues hope he'll single out which provisions in the social spending program he wants to act to begin negotiating in earnest but he's in no rush. what's the timeline? i want to understand it. can ma...

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