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Sinema and manchin. neither of them have explicitly said they support it. they've put out comments, they have said things to us in the halls or manchin has said things to us in the halls that are vague about progress and they want to keep working and looking forward to getting this done, that sort of thing, but no explicit support for this framework. i think that's what people are waiting to hear from when it comes to the house progressives. >> the american people are waiting to hear deal. deal or no deal. >> yeah. >> thank you very much. i appreciate both of you. thanks. >> so joining me shei...

Sinema. i will circle back with senator manchin, and look, there is a bit of a leap of faith. here that we will take, but i believe, that we are finally in a place, where that can happen. and i'm just so proud of the progressive caucus, i'm proud of the progressive movement. i think we showed the country what it means to fight for everybody, and leave nobody behind. >> i will say this statement tonight from the group indivisible.org, saying, house progressives every once again demonstrated were effective collective power can, do if we stay united in our fight. seeing that you holding your memb...

Didn't even as the president arrived in rome congress still did not have a deal to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill which progressives are holding up. >> we need the vote on both bills in the house at the same time. >> we need a little bit more than an iou. this was not what i thought was coming today. >> reporter: despite policy and whip teams efforts, 9 house progressives refused to vote on the infrastructure bill with only a framework of the build back better bill blocking a proposed infrastructure vote yesterday saying they need to know what is in the other bill. >> this is a bad...

What you know. when can we expect to vote on these bills. >> i spoke with congresswoman alexandria cortez. so i asked her, what is commitment what does that look like? she said maybe it's legislative text. maybe it's a vote in the senate. it could be either of those things. she wants, in her words, clarity with them as the house progresses on this that it is going to move forward. this started with all eyes on joe manchin and kyrsten sinema and ultimately have come back around to that because house progressives are saying they're behind the build back better act. they've said they've had to ma...

Your show before. i see the end. >> no, you haven't said that. >> of course, the house has to pass these, and then the senate has to pass it, and i am trusting the president when he says he has 50 votes in the senate. plus i've spoken to senator sinema. i will circle back with senator manchin, and, you know, look, there is a bit of a leap of faith here that we will take. but i believe that we are finally in a place where that can happen. and i'm just so proud of the progressive caucus. i'm proud of the progressive movement. i think we showed the country what it means to fight for everybody and...