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Moderate democratic senators that they will ultimately vote for that separate social safety net package. joe biden will have to convince his colleagues it's time to gor go for this because they have reached a crucial point in his president spi. that is the message he delivered behind closed doors saying their majorities are at stake in the house and the senate if they do not act within the next week, particularly today, on this infrastructure vote. progressives are not ready to v vote. bernie sanders moments ago told reporters that it doesn't make sense to vote for the infrastructure bill unti...

>> house speaker nancy pelosi was noncommittal on when the house would vote on the social spending plan. she was even more cryptic when pressed if the house could vote on the infrastructure bill tonight. >> are you holding a infrastructure vote today? have you made that decision? >> are you holding a infrastructure vote today? >> that sounds like a no if you're not going to say yes. >> progressives said they would hold the infrastructure bill hostage unless they got bill text. liberals are leery. >> so many changes in this process. so many people, you know, yes, no. doing the hokey pokey. >> d...

Show up. let there be a senate vote. i cannot vote on the infrastructure package today with a yes because i need both of them to go together. and i've said it from the very beginning. we cannot have one part of infrastructure without having the other. education is infrastructure. housing is infrastructure. that's what we need. >> so, this is exactly where i wanted to go with you here. to confirm then, you are a no if nancy pelosi were to bring up this infrastructure vote in the next couple of days. >> if it's by itself, if it's a stand alone, absolutely, i'm 100% a no. 100% a no and there is n...

Progressives that even this slimmed down 1.75 trillion human infrastructure frame work as they're calling it, he's trying to say to them, this would do it. this would achieve the economic transformation of america that you seek. >> any single element of this frame work would be viewed as a fundamental change in america. taken together, they're consequential. >> martha: they weren't so convinced of that. it wasn't flying with progressive that are dug in. >> so you're not on board with the frame work? >> i want to see it improve. >> this is not what i thought was coming today. >> martha: she sai...

That. >> and certainly i imagine there are going to be some people we hear continuing to weigh in because you mentioned the policy priorities that have fallen out of this bill. paid leave was one the speaker mentioned specifically, saying she wants to fight to have it in there. there are people on the senate side, specifically kirsten gillibrand who want to fight to keep it in. the other thing that's happening is progressives are trying to figure out where they stand on this. i was forwarded an email that was sent by congresswoman pa jayapal trying to whip her members and take their temperatur...