from president bide snn. expect to hear him put pressure on republicans to take some action on this and ratchet up the pressure on them. this is something democrats could get through on their own. we heard senate majority leader chuck schumer saying he wants something on the president s desk by the end of the week. so, of course, the white house would really like to see that timeline. no one wants this to go until the final moments here in about two weeks from now. more broadly, though, as you mentioned, the president still trying to get through these two bills. this infrastructure spending bill and this other much larger bill focussed on a lot more social safety yet programs. the white house, the president looking to shift the messaging this week. more onto the content of the bills that they think is really popular with the public. things like programs to lower prescription drug prices. things to lower the cost of child care. rather than the talk about the process and the dollar amo
will we see history? will president biden get the biggest infrastructure spending bill done ever, certainly since the new deal? does he get that and the largest spending bill ever on a raft of rescue money for working families that is popular everywhere, all places or faces? or does he get nothing, at least tonight? the progressives are now in charge of that party, often dismissed as the fringe, radical, socialist. they are in control. they are the stewards of president biden s agenda. the speaker has three hours left to unify her party around this $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. and she is still signaling there will be a vote tonight. in fact, she s been optimistic all day. we re on a path to win the vote. think positively. how strong is the power of positive thinking? because pelosi said she would
hello. welcome. we start in the us were wrangling on capitol hill over government spending is continuing to unsettle markets. congress has narrowly averted a government shutdown, just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a bill to qi deadline, passing a bill to oi oi services funded until 3 qi services funded until 3 december. now the biden administration faces a battle over its billion dollar infrastructure spending bill. a vote on that has now been delayed. progressive members of the democrats are refusing to vote for it until they secure a much bigger bill to inject 3-$.5 much bigger bill to inject 3 $.5 trillion into america s economy, with investment in healthcare, education, and healthca re, education, and climate healthcare, education, and climate change. later this month the us will hit its borrowing limit, currently capped at 28 trillion. unless congress agrees to raise the
will president biden get the biggest infrastructure spending bill done ever, certainly since the new deal? does he get that and the largest spending bill ever on a raft of rescue money for working families that is popular everywhere, all places or faces? or does he get nothing, at least tonight? the progressives are now in charge of that party, often dismissed as the fringe, radical, socialist. they are in control. they are the stewards of president biden s agenda. the speaker has three hours left to unify her party around this $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. and she is still signaling there will be a vote tonight. in fact, she s been optimistic all day. we re on a path to win the vote. think positively. how strong is the power of positive thinking?
its way through congress. progressive and moderate democrats are facing off as speaker nancy pelosi tries to get her caucus to reach an agreement. lucas tomlinson live at the white house if that is even possible for them to do. reporter: eric, that s right. this morning house speaker nancy pelosi says she intends to pass the one trillion dollar infrastructure spending bill this week. the votes could come as soon as tomorrow if they re there. i m never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn t have the votes and i think anytime you put an arbitrary date, remember when the republicans said they would overturn the affordable care act on the anniversary of the affordable care act? i knew right then and there they were deemed. reporter: pelosi sent a letter to her democratic colleagues saying this would be an intense time on capitol hill. pelosi intends to pass not only on the infrastructure bill a government funding bill, the massive $3.5 trillion spending bill all this week, the largest