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As joe manchin said compromise is not good enough for some democrats, what does this mean for the democratic party? >> well, they have an issue and we are watching it play out with the liberal wing of the party refusing to vote on infrastructure unless the reconciliation and the tax is driven, and two joe manchin came in as a moderate saying you are not going to hold infrastructure hostage by forcing me to vote for a reconciliation package that has not been scored, that we have not seen the tax cuts and we need to pump the brakes. and he just pump the brakes on the whole entire kabul agenda on...

We'll see how she does. it puts the spotlight on how much sway the squad does or doesn't have. they lost a lot of what they wanted in the bill and they are finding maybe it's easier to campaign on social media and tick-tock than it is to get hundreds of members of congress to agree to anything. it may be a little bit of a reality check. >> katie: there is a game of chicken going on. progressives are holding infrastructure hostage. democrats are saying that we voted on a infrastructure bill that was bipartisan and we are not going to vote for it unless you cut the spending. someone has got to f...

Flames. we'll see how she does. it puts the spotlight on how much sway the squad does or doesn't have. they lost a lot of what they wanted in the bill and they are finding maybe it's easier to campaign on social media and tick-tock than it is to get hundreds of members of congress to agree to anything. it may be a little bit of a reality check. >> katie: there is a game of chicken going on. progressives are holding infrastructure hostage. democrats are saying that we voted on a infrastructure bill that was bipartisan and we are not going to vote for it unless you cut the spending. someone has ...

Trust issues here on the hill. i don't mean between republicans and democrats. let's first of all start with this $1 trillion infrastructure bill that is kind of on hold. this one deals with roads and bridges and broadband, the future of it is uncertain right now. it could even really be dead because it's shocking because this one has bipartisan support. house speaker nancy pelosi speak to her own deadline to pass it, she broke her own promise to moderates to pass this because she and the presidents president are just determined to tie this bill to the larger multitrillion dollar social spendi...

Ambitious spending agenda. also social agenda with, you know, tied senate and a tiny handful of votes, you know, majority in the house. >> it was probably never going to work and it looks like it is not going to work. the decision by the 9 parliamentarian was obvious and obviously correct. though i think that's where we are. big bill, no mandate. >> bret: where does this go? i mean, you have got the house essentially holding the other bill, the bipartisan infrastructure hostage until they deal with the 3.5 trillion or at least that's how it sets up right now. >> i think this is looking like a ...