what's on the chopping block here? and how are democrats trying to navigate it? >> reporter: yasmin, you know who else is feeling that once in a lifetime pressure. a lot of democrats here on capitol hill. many of them campaigned on the issues, now they see a majority with both the house and senate, albeit slim majority, but what we've seen in the course of the last few days, frankly, overnight, is the reality setting in here on the hill that you'll have to cut programs. lawmakers have likened it to having to choose their favorite child. look at this letter that speaker pelosi put out to colleagues last night. one part says overwhelmingly, the guidance i'm receiving from members is to do fewer things well to have a transformative impact on families in the workplace and responsibly address the climate crisis. it's important she says that. there were two schools of thought. first that you could do fewer things well.