on the democratic side of the aisle. they don t need these progressives. where the hell are the republicans? thank god in the end 13 of them stepped forward. for the latest we go to cnn white house correspondent john harwood. john, what do we know of the president yesterday working the phones and really putting skin in the game to get this across the finish line? look, he decided and speaker pelosi decided that they needed to move right now. that, of course, was accent waited by the results in virginia and new jersey but also the product of months of negotiation that had dragged on a long time. the reality is that the president does need those progressives because he doesn t want this only to be what he ach achieved. he s going to like that result, the survey, the 59% that you just mentioned because for joe biden it is critical from his perspective to get both parts of this agenda. and the people who are trying to help him get both parts of this agenda are in fact those house
soon to become the law of the land. president biden saying he will sign the bill soon, taking the delayed victory lap after a battering few months for the white house. we re looking forward to have shovels in the ground to begin rebuilding in america. for all of you at home who feel left behind and forgotten in an economy that s changing so rapidly, this bill is for you. of course the divides within the parties themselves are on display yesterday. six house progressives rejected the president s last-minute pitch, voting no on the physical infrastructure while the second social spending bill remains without a concrete date that could come later this month. then on the other side, 13 republicans joined democrats in embracing some version of the
done before thanksgiving, really, in this year? will it be done by the end of this year? i m very confident it will be done by the end of this year, but the next step is the passage in the house. we don t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. we ve got to get the bill passed in the house and that should take a place the week after next. it then has to go through a parliamentary review by the parliamentarian in the united states senate and there may be modifications that are required. we then have to go over that with the house, make sure we re all together, make sure we have 50 votes in the senate, then the senate passes it and the house passes it so it s going to take some time. we recognize that. but at the end of the day, we re going to get it done. okay. i d love to talk about your democratic colleague, senator joe manchin. he has been getting some fierce criticism from some house progressives as he is defending his position on the build back better legislation. congresswoman
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested a vote was imminent on a bill that would grant amnesty to nearly 8 million illegal aliens on Thursday afternoon only to rescind it just a few hours later. Regardless of yesterday's events, Congressional Democrats moved closer to passing their sweeping budget reconciliation bill.
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