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A bipartisan win. well, after months of gridlock, mitch mcconnell was one of 17 senators backing a test vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. joining us now, mike emanuel. between mitch mcconnell voting on this thing and taking off pro-vaccination ads on kentucky radio stations, he's getting good press which is rare for the republican senator leader. >> most media folks don't care for mitch mcconnell. he's not a sound bite machine. he tells you exactly what mitch mcconnell wants you to know and not flowery sound bites. they see him as an obstacle to the joe biden and chuck schumer agenda...

The nation's public works system. this is a bill that includes $110 billion for roads and bridges, 66 billion for passenger and freight rail, 65 billion for high speed internet as well as other projects. and ultimately, 17 republicans joined with democrats to vote in favor of moving forward with this bill. joining us now, cnn's political director david chalian and kaitlan collins, cnn's white house correspondent. this is sometimes referred to as a test vote, but this is a vote for this. this is huge. >> when is the last time on a signature goal that a president had that you saw 17 people from ...

The future. this is a very progressive bill that will allow us to win the future and we're ready to make the case to democrats and republicans and independents at the appropriate time. >> former president trump tried to sabotage this. he threatened to primary republicans who supported it. you still got 17 who voted for cloture, this key test vote. you also saw that his pick in the texas special election recently did not succeed. another test case in ohio coming up here next week. do you think that the former president's influence is waning when it comes to the republican party? >> as much as i...

Not support the $3.5 trillion price tag. a lot to get through here. first senator schumer says they plan to work through the weekend on this program. it has a $550 billion price tag, but it is a trillion dollar plan. what's in it? >> it sure is. the fact that they took this procedural vote, the fact that it got 17 republicans was more than expected. mitch mcconnell came out and voted for it on this procedural test vote. there is good things in this legislation both sides say. we can run down what it said, it is about 110 million for roads and bridges. $73 billion for energy infrastructure. pas...

Capping the orphan wells, over thousands of them abandoned and abandoned mines, and modern resilient electric grid bill, and guess what, a lot of those abandoned wells are leaking methane, and guess what, the same union guys that dug those wells, they can make the same eugen union wage capping those wells. i'm working with democrats and republicans to get this done because while there's a lot we don't agree on, i believe we should be able to work together on the few things we do agree on . i think it's important. to get let's bring in rick scot for more on all of this further reit lead republi...