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Here, jake. the senate parliamentarian needs to decide whether this can pass muster under the senator's budget rules. if she does say that, then the bill can pass along straight party lines avoiding a filibuster, meaning they don't need any republican votes to get this done. so these are the two cheap hurdles. but chuck shumer is optimistic this will move ahead after he and joe manchin reengaged in talks and cut this deal. manchin told me and other reporters today that he was alarmed at the inflation numbers that came out in june, mid july about the june numbers. that's why he initially steppe...

You doing? you still upset, this and that. i said, this is ridiculous. let's recalibrate and see if something can be done. to his credit, he said okay, and he put his staff with our staff and we started talking and told him what we thought could work. >> reporter: and the other big question, if it gets out of the senate, what will happen in the house? a handful of democrats from northeast states are concerned how these tax provisions have been dealt with, namely whether or not to allow for the deductions of state and local taxes and increase the caps put in by the gop tax law that hits their c...

Proposals in the past and still has not taken an opinion on this issue. but democrats are confident she will ultimately get on board. >> have you spoken to senator sinema? >> i'm not going to get into any conversations with colleagues that i've had. what i will tell you is reviews thus far have been very, very positive. my phone was ringing off the hook, as i said, late last night. >> i just think that everybody gets apprised by certainly i think representations that have been made by the democrats about this deal. and it -- i think there was a certain amount of people getting blindsided not o...