get this done. i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on a reconciliation provision as well. so i m still hoping we can put together two bookends here. joining us, the cofounder of punch bowl news, john bresnahan. great to see you. let s start with infrastructure. it s sort of seems to me that this bipartisan group got their behinds in gear, essentially, because suddenly they were worried democrats were going to move along without them. what s your take on what we re seeing here, and how likely it is that this ultimately becomes law? yeah, i think your take is right on it. it did look like the democrats are going to move, and so if there was going to be a bipartisan deal, this is the window. you know, they ve gone further than i thought they were going to get. me, too. 20, 21 members, you know, now. we re going to report that
capitol hill. there is a new bipartisan idea that seems to be gaining momentum as senate democrats are privately talking about going it on their own with infrastructure with a massive package. president biden turning the focus to his domestic agenda as a new bipartisan infrastructure pitch is gaining steam. our focus is on a bipartisan proposal that focuses on true infrastructure and doesn t raise taxes. reporter: spearheaded by senator romney and others, it calls for $2 trillion in total spending on roads, bridges and other physical infrastructure with roughly $579 billion in new spending. 21 senators, including 11 republicans are on board. aides briefed president biden on the proposal today after he struck an optimistic tone in switzerland. i m still hoping we can put together the two bookends.
i know my chief of staff, and i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on reconciliation provision as well, so i m hoping we can put together the two bookends here. and the second issue yesterday, mitch mcconnell saying, he did not see a way he could get the supreme court justice confirmed, your response to that? it would be next year. president biden: i know. the answer is, mitch has been nothing but no for a long time. and i m sure he means exactly what that says. but we will see. did you talk to president putin about the iran
there may be a means to get this done. i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on a reconciliation provision as well. so i m still hopeful we can put together the two bookends here. and the second issue is yesterday or earlier this week, mitch mcconnell said if republicans were to take back the senate in 2022, he did not see the way you could get a supreme court justice confirmed. do you have a response to that? that would be next year. i know. i know. the answer is mitch is mitch has been nothing but no for a long time. and i m sure he means exactly what he says, but we ll see. mr. president, did you talk with president putin about the iran nuclear deal? yes. what did you discuss and did you find a way to work it out.
there may be a means by which to get this done. i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward. so i m still hoping we can put together two bookends. reporter: do you have a response to that? no, i know, the answer is mitch is mitch has been nothing but no for a long time, and i m sure he means exactly what he says, but we ll see. mr. president, did you talk with president putin about the iran nuclear deal? yes. reporter: what did you decide? it was about how we would jointly work, and i m not going