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Progressives along with them? >> i think there is a lot of internal discussions with the white house and key senaors holding out where they got to a point where they feel comfortable. they need to bring progressives along and that's why the president is going to capitol hill today to make that pitch that he feels confident that if they do pass this bipartisan infrastructure framework, they can bring the moderate members of congress and the senate in the house along to pass this social spending bill that's a priority of the progressives. progressives are not there yet, they need to see and they...

Deadline for the bipartisan infrastructure framework to pass. to do so, we must have trust and confidence and an agreement for the build back better act. but congresswoman pramila jayapal says they're still looking to see the votes passed in tandem. >> we want to see both bills moving forward at the same time with a vote in the house. now, as you remember, we had called for a vote in the senate. the president had said to us, please trust me around the senators, and so if the president says to me, i've got all 50 senators and nobody's going to undermine this and vote-o-rama and all that and if ...

They made progress on climate. they felt good about universal pre-k and child care. what is on the edge, they're still working on a paid family leave policy. we've been talking to democratic senators, they're trying to work something out as we speak. it remains seen if they can get that in the final bill. that's a big one they wanted to get into the bill. the other thing is expanding medicare to include dental, vision and hearing. that was a big one, it is a big one for senator bernie sanders and progressives. right now it remains to be seen if all three of those will be included, if none of t...

Earlier today president biden met with senator manchin and chuck schumer at his home in wilmington, delaware. serious stuff meeting at home. the white house called it a, quote, productive discussion and said the three of them continued to make progress. back in washington speaker nancy pelosi seemed pretty confident democrats were nearing the finish line. sources tell msnbc news she is planning a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure framework on wednesday but that vote could be pushed if they fail to reach a deal on the bigger spending bill, social spending bill. build back better. here was p...

Negotiating, both, the bipartisan infrastructure framework as well as the build back better act. he is very involved. he understands the importance -- importance of this. especially, as we respond to covid. the president had a vision, you know, and i align with his vision to invest at least $6 trillion into our economy and to deal with the issues that are catastrophic, like climate change and many others. but he is not king biden. he is not emperor biden. he's president biden. and he has to work within the framework of congress and our democracy. and the majority of democrats are working in al...