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Make the child tax credit in its current form permanent so social security for children, average of over $400 a month going to families that live in poverty. this would be permanent once we pass the human infrastructure aspect of this bill. secondly, child care. as opposed to the exorbitant amounts of money people pay for child care you will not pay more than 7% of your salary towards child care. third, universal 3k program. at 3 there's a pre-school program for them and as a former educator that is life changing in preparation for kindergarten and what happens in the k-12 schools. we would de...

That would deliver rather than the price tag. >> absolutely. so let me try to provide some clarity on all of the things you are talking about. so the infrastructure bill. it's done. it is ready to be voted on. it is not going anywhere. it is not going to change. it is a bipartisan bill that the republicans and democrats in the room agreed to. president biden facilitated that process. it is there. it is ready to go. what is not ready to go is the build back better act which some call the social or human infrastructure aspect of the bill. let's talk about what's in that bill for a moment. the am...

Tax credit is a cost to the government. it's not. it's reducing taxes. reducing taxes. not increasing taxes. >> reporter: the president has said he wants a $3.5 trillion price tag on the more human infrastructure aspect of this legislation, but given the fact these negotiations are ongoing, we know they're huddling all weekend long, alex. that price tag could potentially come down, but in terms of paying for it, again, the white house has said this is how they want to do it and they want to be able to demonstrate they feel that the government can really work federally to expand the social safe...

Transportation, and when looking at this not from an overarching number, what do we really need to do to repair our bridges, roads and trains and transit systems? that gives us a certain number and it's a significantly larger number than the republicans are willing to move forward on. we know that we have sanitation systems that are woefully inadequate. we know that bridges are continuing to collapse. we know that the roads are as manchin said, there are potholes out there. yes, senators, there are potholes out there and the republicans are not willing to come up with a number to repair the st...