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Cassidy was on neil cavuto and neil asked him, is this bernie sanders' world and we're living in it? and the senator said no, because bills have not passed yet. but did he add this, take a listen. >> if you mean that people are willing to hold hostage a piece of legislation that would make the american, the life of the average american much better with better jobs, and they hold it hostage, either because they want to oppose it because one side puts it up and they don't or they want to hold it hostage to get another agenda forward, i'm not sure that's just bernie, that seems to be a lot of peo...

Live in it. that's not bad for a guy who lost the democratic presidential nomination to a moderate, joe biden, but it does say something about the times now certainly for the democratic party and its priorities going forward. >> i don't know if it's bernie sanders' world because of the tax and spend extraffic -- extravaganza, the 3.5 trillion. if it's making the life of average american with much better with jobs and hold it hostage either because they want to oppose it because one puts it up or hold it hostage for another agenda forward, i'm not sure it's just bernie, it's a lot of people and...

Projects suspended. you have a larger ripple effect from this. general contractor of america group put it this way, that would put countless construction workers out of jobs and leave materials and equipment suppliers across the country holding the bag on orders they are already ready to fill, but won't be paid for. republicans sorely disappointed by this. they wanted to pass the bill separately. house speaker nancy pelosi promised progressives to move it through if she moves the president's multi-trillion tax spending bill along with it. >> do the infrastructure bill passed, but they are -- i...

Complete idiots. that we're just not going to watch this or we are going to -- we are going to believe this garbage. i mean, everyone knows that there is no free ride and this is a perfect example of it. we are talking about 5. -- over $5 trillion in spending. this is going to wreck this country if it goes through. take the win and do the infrastructure -- get the infrastructure bill passed. but it's the far left of the party that's controlling all of this right now. and they are holding it hostage. steve: they're, indeed. meanwhile, yesterday, up on capitol hill, you were able to talk to the ...

Today. but, again, that doesn't mean these are two separate pieces of legislation. you don't hold up and not vote for an infrastructure package that is historic once in a century that will help fix everything from water, broadband, to fighting climate change to the gateway tunnel between new york and new jersey. you don't hold it up, hold it hostage while working on another piece of legislation. we're going to get both done. it doesn't make any sense to me that you have a faction of folks in my party that would blow up the president's agenda, refuse to vote on infrastructure as some sort of wa...