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Democrats' plan to move forward to pass both that $3.5 trillion spending bill as well as the bipartisan infrastructure bill sometime next week. nbc's julie circuit is joining us from capitol hill. so julie, what exactly does this virtual mark-up mean for the process of getting these bills passed? >> reporter: yeah, well, alex, that budget committee mark-up is getting under way right as we speak now and if you're wondering why they're convening this meeting on a saturday, it's because they're under immense pressure from democratic leadership in the house to get this done. now, what they're doin...

Place. the reason this is now the likeliest option is because senate republicans did block that vote that took place on friday from moving forward in order to establish an independent bipartisan commission. there were only six republican senators who ended up joining with democrats to support this legislation when they needed at least ten in order to be able to break that 60-vote threshold in order to move on beyond a filibuster. that was met with a very harsh statement from house speaker nancy pelosi as to the political calculation of those republicans who did not join in. i want to read you ...