a small taste of all of the emotions on the hill today. there is a lot of doom and gloom this morning. [inaudible]. one who will run for reelection in 2022. i need results i can show the american people. there is no way you can blame a 12 point swing on one bill. i am worried not just in virginia but across the country. we have to show we can deliver in a pragmatic way. you heard the chair pushing back on this idea that terry mcauliffe could have won if progressives were not holding the infrastructure bill hostage to get the president s bill through. one pointed the finger back at her. and said terry mcauliffe can blame his loss on obstructionist
infrastructure bill hostage? i think we long said that both of these bills go together, and that that is what we re doing. we re making sure that we re passing both of these bills and i m feeling very optimistic that we ll do that this week. . is it do able to vote on the infrastructure bill first? or do you have to vote on social spending and reconciliation first? i think as long as there are votes to pass the votes, the order is not that important. sarah jacobs, thank you very much. thank you for being with us. and the greenhouse gaffe. the u.n. s focus on methane is aggressive but shortsighted. this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. shortsighted. this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc.
white house is looking for ways to achieve the president s goal of cutting u.s. greenhouse emissions by half, by the end of this decade. it is ambitious. as it looks for ways to combat growing skepticism abroad on the u.s. commitment to climate change. that proposed new rule coming a day after moderate senator joe manchin raised doubts about his support of president biden s social safety net package which contains historic investments in combatting climate change. the west virginia senator says he wants greater clarity about the impact the plan will have on the country s economy and the national debt, while also warning house progressives that holding the bipartisan infrastructure bill hostage won t get him to support won t get his support for the spending bill. the continuing delays in washington over two key pieces of president biden s agenda prompting worries that democrats could feel the impact at the polls. this as millions of americans are set to vote in key races today, se
infrastructure bill hostage. democratic leaders vowing to push ahead with voting possible on both bills this week. quickly your thoughts. both joe manchin and kyrsten sinema are showing courage to stand up to the radicals in their party. i don t know if they ll hold the line or not but one of the real indictments. what about the other 48 democrats? other than those two there is not another democrat in the senate who cares about whether or not we pass the bernie sanders socialist budget. this is the most dramatic government spending, government tax increase we ve ever seen and 48 democrats are on board with bernie sanders socialist budget. i would like to see manchin and sinema get some company. there are a number of democrats including mark kelly in arizona. he calls himself a moderate. he is on the ballot this time and perfectly happy with it. maggie up in new hampshire is perfectly happy with the bernie sanders socialist budget. the nevada person is happy.
there. what the senator was saying is that is double the cost people have told us. what have you heard, aishah? a lot of varying opinions how this spending bill is going. starting off with senator joe manchin who is not happy at all with how this is going. the framework of this bill and quite frankly his democratic colleagues. he says he will not be supporting the social spending plan without a thorough review of the 1.75 trillion in spending over 10 years and really its impact on the national debt and on inflation. he is very worried about the true cost of this and he called out the quote political games members of his own party are playing, particularly progressives who he says are holding this bipartisan infrastructure bill hostage. what i see are show games. budget gimmicks that make the real cost of the so-called 1.75 trillion dollar bill estimated