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Get maybe about 2 trillion passed. jake, will progressives be willing to take such a significant cut in the spending they originally wanted? >> they're going to have to. they don't have a choice. they have joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. this is going to be only at a level they're going to support or they're not going to get anything at all. that's just a statement of political reality. that's just a statement of the dynamics in the senate in a 50/50 senate where you have two senators who have staked out pretty conservative positions. you know, this gets back to the overarching dynamic of this...

Once-in-a-century that will fix everything from water, broad band, gateway tunnel between new york and new jersey. you don't hold that up and hold it hostage while we're working on another piece of legislation. >> if this falls apart, will progressives be blamed? >> reporter: it's hard to see -- it's hard to see right now who will get the blame at the end of the day. a lot of this, remember, just stems from a simple fact that members of the same party, moderates and progressives, do not trust each other. this is why progressives felt they had to use that bipartisan infrastructure package as ba...

And especially the more moderate candidates who were running as bipartisan problem solvers. so there is actually a ton of money in that sort of middle space. and you know, who raised a ton of money this cycle, people being attacked by donald trump, republicans like liz cheney and adam kinzinger. so there is actually -- when it comes to the money, i think being in the moderate lane is actually a place where you will do better. the question is, just in terms of energy and policy, how successful will progressives be and i think that you are right that while they haven't been able to get everythin...