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To the floor. i think frankly, we look like fools to the american people when month after month after month quote, unquote, negotiations are ongoing. >> majority leader schumer is on board for an early new year's vote which would allow democrats take part and force democrats up for re-election in purple states to go on the record. >> i find this very dangerous. democrats need to unite and they need to be in the business of flipping red seats to blue not blue seats to bluer. >> meantime progressives like aoc are putting the pressure on the president tweeting biden needs to lean on his executive...

>> thanks to gabe cohen for the report. later this morning we're going to talk to the ceo of a nonprofit that serves low-income families. she says she can't find enough teachers to serve the children in her community. stay tuned for that. she joins us live next hour. meantime president biden conceded this week that congress would not pass his build back better spending bill before the end of the year, despite democrats' efforts to pass it before christmas. not only does the white house not have any republican support it's a democrat impeding their goals. senator joe manchin of west virginia....

Manchin is okay with it. the question is whether manchin and and sinema are okay with bringing down their party. there are many examples through history of a party passing its agenda but still having a bad midterm. but i think it's fair to say failing to pass the legislation would increase the odds of a bad midterm. voting rights chuck schumer said is going to be coming up next week and they are deciding whether they will allow republican obstruction to basically run the congress from a minority position. and the stakes could not be higher on both of these questions. the reconciliation bill an...

With these two calling the shots, when will this, if ever, be resolved? >> well, look, as we've said before, it is a rubik's cube because they are trying to do so much in one bill since it is their only way around the persistent obstruction of the filibuster. and, you know, the conflicts become almost unending. sinema is resistant to have medicare negotiation of prescription drug. joe manchin's okay with that but he doesn't want strong climate provision. she's okay with that. bernie sanders demands expansion of medicare for dental, vision, and hearing, and manchin doesn't want that. at some po...

The heart of the negotiation right now. how big will it be, what programs will be included, what taxes will be raised, on who. i think it's really important that they get away from the top line decision of how many trillion, whether manchin and sinema are going to do anything with the filibuster and hone in on the popular parts of the bill that most americans support. i agree with susan, political pressure builds, it was substantial and mitch mcconnell did blink. he will blink again. he's not going to let his members be the ones to be known as first political party to cause the united states o...