provisions may change. pramila jayapal of washington state was optimistic about it. at this point, we don t have a final hearing on this point, but what we re hearing is good. we feel like the vast majority of our priorities are in there in some way, shape or form. the president was clear he took the same approach we were advocating several weeks ago which was to try to get as many of these transformational priorities in as possible, even if it meant for a short period of time. look, all of these details, this isn t a deal yet. not everybody is agreed to. in negotiation, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. i spent an hour and a half yesterday with the president. i spent two hours today with my colleagues. and we re getting there. we re moving the ball down the court. congresswoman s optimism is certainly welcomed by the white house. meanwhile, climate change has come to the forefront of the
situation going on in one of our once great cities, portland, oregon. this is what happens when you have stupid policies in place, which is exactly what this it administration and the democratic congress has done anti-american people see it for what it is. laura: now, the washington post is reporting tonight, congressman greene, i president biden told democrats during that private meeting today that he believes they could secure a deal on a new tax and spending proposal between 1.751.9 trillion that includes at least some expansion of medicare to offer new benefits to seniors, the introduction of universal prekindergarten oh, my god, billions of dollars to address climate change. congressman greene, what happened to old manchin, why it was thought would sallust on the river, 1.5 trillion, what happened to that? well, it sounds like they ve hopefully joe biden is as wrong as he s been on everything else. and that there isn t a deal. i mean, that s what i m praying
for one year. negotiators tell nbc news they are also considering lowering the duration of paid family leave from 12 weeks to 4, and a rethinking the clean energy climate proposal. sources say there will be a focus on renewable energy in that package. chair of the progressive caucus, pramila jayapal of washington state sounded optimistic about the negotiations. at this point we don t have a certainty on the final thing, but what we re hearing is good. we feel like the vast majority, if not all our priorities, are in there in some way, shape, or form. the president was clear that he took the same approach that we were advocating for several weeks ago, which was to try to get as many of these transformational priorities in as possible, even if it meant a shorter period of time. look, i mean, all these details, this isn t a deal yet. not everybody has agreed. i always say in a negotiation, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. all i m saying today is that i
done the whole thing as the democrats only bill but the republicans in that group want to be able to support and take some credit for doing the transportation infrastructure. so this is not a bait and switch. that s the deal itself. dana: steve, is that how you heard that? i wouldn t call it bait and switch but a double cross. the whole purpose of these negotiations was to basically say we ll do a slimd down infrastructure bill and all these other trillions of spending. covid is over. we should cut government spending now that the crisis is over not massively increasing our debt. i have been talking to conservative leaders around the country the last 24 hours. they re infuriated with this deal that any republican would go along with a deal that increases spending for the i.r.s. by $40 billion. why would any republican be in
favor of that after the scandals we ve had at the i.r.s. going after conservatives. more money for transit, more money for amtrak and all the things that should be privatized. less than one out of every five dollars has anything to do with airports, roads and bridges. all the green energy, green new deal stuff. i don t see what s in it for republicans. i hope they sprint away from this deal. dana: we ll see what happens. then there was this. president biden yesterday was talking about how employers could find more workers. this is how he said they should address that. president biden: employers can t find workers. i said yeah, pay them more. this is an employee s bargaining chip now. what s happening? they are going to have to compete and start paying hard working people a decent wage. dana: is that the answer,