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Other ways to bring the costs down. that being said, he is also into means testing on a lot of these policy priorities, which could bring the cost down as well, though we're also seeing on the other side of this as those things are floated in the press, other parts of the coalition come back and say, hey, that's not just for me. we're seeing this jockeying not happening just in the white house between these top senators and lawmakers, we're seeing it spill out to the press in a very public way. the negotiaing is happening, but i'm not sure we're doing anything other than treading in place at t...

That. one of the things we talked about is we need to be more specific about what's in there. there's going to be universal preschool. the president was the most passionate about this saying all these other countries do this. this is going to give every kid in america a fair starting point. there's going to be a child tax credit continued. we will have vision, dental, hearing. that's going to be in there. there will be some funding for community college scholarships. there will be funding for the expansion of the affordable care act. so it is a robust program and there are going to be climate ...

Proponents of means testing propose turned the guys of fiscal responsibility. fundamentally means testing is a choice to deprive millions of our neighbors of what they need simply to cope. if manchin is a firm no and you can't pass something without manchin's vote, are you willing to accept some means testing to these new benefits you want to create? >> well, john, look, progressives are pragmatic. i also hope that joe manchin will be progmatic in that he'll look at what the research shows. in that same op-ed which i co-authored with katie porter we cited to a 2011 study when it was attempted ...

The key players are talking more all of a sudden but there's no evidence yet key policy differences are being bridged as democrats try, try and try to put together a giant social safety net package. for example, senator joe manchin wants to include means testing. what you earn, the senator says, should determine whether you're entitled to some government benefit, but progressives call that bad policy and bad politics. joining me now one of those progressives, the democrat from new york, congress montana dair jones. congressman, hanks for joining us. key players are getting face to face, senato...

Build-back better program have to be accessible to people in -- but in your latest op-ed you wrote that means testing which limits these benefits based on income would actually prevent more people from accessing these programs. i just want a quote from you, in theory, means testing excludes the undeserving rich in practice it often excludes the most vulnerable poor who aren't always able to jump through the required hoops to prove their eligibility. can you tell me a little bit about what you mean here? most people say if you means test, that means the wealthy don't get benefits that they don'...