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>> reporter: despite pelosi's efforts, nine house progressives refused to vote on the infrastructure bill with only a framework of the bill the back better bill even blocking a proposed infrastructure vote yesterday saying they need to know what is on the other bill. here's what republican congressman james comeare said. >> in the end progressives will get what they want because they were not budge. nancy pelosi can only boost four votes. >> arrested extend expiring transportation funding pushing it to december 3rd, the same deadline they gave themselves to figure out the debt ceiling and gove...

Sinema of all times get roped into that? it's "way too early" for this. ♪♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show whose staff is still debating yesterday's question on "morning joe" about which halloween candy is best. team snickers. i'm jonathan lemire. we'll start with the news. yesterday morning the president pitched a slimmed down version of his social spending package to lawmakers and the american people. the white house had hopes that the announcement of a build back better act framework would be inuvik to convince house progressives they would vote for the infrastru...

Behind. >> i will say this, a statement from the group individual.org saying, house progressives have once again demonstrated what a collective aggressive power can do if we hold onto our fight. saying the members remaining unified is what made this possible. you say the end will be news. that will be news you made here tonight. we'll keep asking you back until you say no until we get to the end of this, senator jayapal. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. ank you fo tonight. >> thank you, rachel we're in a screen saver. (man 2) yeah, but we need to go higher. (man 1) hi...

Are high on the list. it's important for your viewers to realize the major development yesterday was that the congressional progressive caucus, most likely to say no to this deal in the house, endorsed the framework and both senator manchin and senator sinema made public and private statements that this is a framework they can work with, that they look forward to getting this done. so although there wasn't a final vote on on the infrastructure deal or this package last night i am confident that it's a matter of when, not if, this bold $1.75 trillion investment in areas from howing, elder care,...

Leave. that is something that joe manchin in particular had raised concerns about. that was left out. t no requirement for companies to give workers after they have a child to take some time off work or if they are sick to take time off of work. the challenge for the president here is to sell the larger proposal that has been after months of negotiations, detail, what is in that $1.75 trillion package, convince his party this is the right way to go but also convince his party to get behind that separate $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan dealing with roads, bridges, waterways and broadband. nan...