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>> why won't it add it -- >> because that's too small to get our priorities in. it's going to be somewhere between $1.5 and $3.5, and i think the white house is working on that right now. >> we have more now on the plans to push through biden's legislative agenda. >> reporter: joe biden will hit the road this week to promote his economic agenda, which he's still hoping to get across the finish line. he will travel to michigan, where he will promote the infrastructure proposal, and also that more sweeping economic agenda, which would expend the social safety net in this country. both measures c...

Will vote to raise the nation's borrowing limit as his party blocks democrats from doing so. >> mitch mcconnell is playing games with a loaded weapon here. >> reporter: democrats could still raise the debt limit using the lengthy process known as reconciliation, but party leaders have warned it's too comp complicated. if the debt ceiling isn't raised, which has never happened before in the history of the united states, the federal government could default on its financial obligations. >> social security benefits, salaries for service members, benefits for veterans and so much more. >> reporter...

Both bills soon. we have the responsibility and the opportunity to do so, but the white house may not be on board with the new end date. in an interview yesterday in an interview, it was said there was no set time frame to pass the bills. meanwhile negotiations continue over the size and scope of the reconciliation bill. progressives are shooting down senator joe manchin's $1.5 trillion price tag. >> so if we're not looking at numbers, what about 1.5, like what senator manchin -- >> well, that's not going to happen. >> why won't it add up to that number? >> because that's too small to get our ...

So it's going to be somewhere -- >> but why won't it add up to that number? >> because that's too small to get our priorities in. so it's going to be somewhere, you know, between 1.5 and 3.5 and i think the white house is working on that right now. >> michael genovese is a political analyst, and the president of the global policy institute at the loyola marymount. he joins me now. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> so, how dangerous is this democratic infighting between the progressives and the moderates? and what threat could it ultimately pose to president biden's ambitious agenda even ...

Yesterday, the head of the progressive caucus warned joe manchin, moderates who want to bring down the price tag to $1.5 trillion. >> that's not going to happen. so it's -- >> why won't it add up to that number? >> that's too small to get our priorities in. it's going to be somewhere between $1.5 and $3.5, and i think the white house is working on that right now. >> reporter: that's a huge difference. $1.5 to $3.5 trillion. but also so many difference in between about the key policy details of what that larger package will look like. but chuck schumer wants a deal, as he said to his colleagues...