agenda may be decided this week. house speaker nancy pelosi releasing a new letter to members today reading in part, september 30th is a date fraught with meaning. this week we must pass a continuing resolution, build back better act and the bif. that means she expects both the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill and the bipartisan infrastructure bills to pass the house this week. now, she called for the democratic caucus to meet monday at 5:30 to discuss and hammer out all these issues. a major sticking point is as always the deliberation of senator joe manchin. the west virginia democrat has requested a pause in the reconciliation negotiations. i think a good reconciliation vote could be done whenever. so that drew the ire of freshman progressive richie torres in an appearance on msnbc this morning. watch. there s no greater threat to the democratic majority in the house and the presidency of joe biden than government gridlock.
and if they don t think this is ready or something is wrong or they can t support it, tell me what you want to leave out. is it preschool care, elder care, good jobs, is it the investment in the climate? exactly what are your objections now? what are you saying about people like joe manchin? what do you think they are? are they the outliers of the democratic party? do you agree with congressman torres in the clip we played, that the party is being held hostage by the tyranny of senator manchin who does not represent where the party is ideologically? let me say that i pray that we find our ground that we can all stand behind this democrat because i ve got to believe joe manchin as a human being believe in those elements and we ll get there. what do i think right now is that he or sinema seem to be in tune with what every day people
all right, so the fate of president biden s legislative agenda may be decided this week. house speaker nancy pelosi releasing a new letter to members today reading in part, september 30th is a date fraught with meaning. this week we must pass a continuing resolution, build back better act and the bif. that means she expects both the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill and the bipartisan infrastructure bills to pass the house this week. now, she called for the democratic caucus to meet monday at 5:30 to discuss and hammer out all these issues. a major sticking point is as always the deliberation of senator joe manchin. the west virginia democrat has requested a pause in the reconciliation negotiations. i think a good reconciliation vote could be done whenever. so that drew the ire of freshman progressive richie torres in an appearance on msnbc this morning. watch.
equivocating on this bill. authorize no element of the bill not important. and if they don t think this is ready or something is wrong or they can t support it, tell me what you want to leave out. is it preschool care, elder care, good jobs, is it the investment in the climate? exactly what are your objections now? what are you saying about people like joe manchin? what do you think they are? are they the outliers of the democratic party? do you agree with congressman torres in the clip we played, that the party is being held hostage by the tyranny of senator manchin who does not represent where the party is ideologically? let me say that i pray that we find our ground that we can all stand behind this democrat because i ve got to believe joe manchin as a human being believe in those elements and we ll get there. what do i think right now is that he or sinema seem to be in