changes to the large $1.75 trillion plan and it s also unclear whether joe manchin will be there at the end of the day. he is threatening to vote against the plan if it were to come up in a form that he believes could hurt the economy, could add to the debt, add to inflation. can those be resolved? that remains to be seen. in a hopeful sign for the white house, there are new indications the separate bill, the infrastructure package, could get a final vote in the house come the coming days. progressives who had been demanding joe manchin and kyrsten sinema sign off on the larger build back better agenda before they agree to vote for the infrastructure plan are saying they ll no longer demand those two senators commit to supporting it. they ll leave the white house to deal with that and pramila jayapal, the head of the progressive caucus said once the negotiations are done with a larger package, her caucus is ready to vote in support of both bills. we are ready pending some
final negotiations on things we care very much about. once we have those, we will be happy to vote both those bills. i m hoping that can happen as soon as tomorrow. the president came to the caucus and said he assured us that he would get 51 votes in the senate. so that is a shift. rather than them demanding a vote, assurances from joe manchin, they are letting joe biden deal with it in and of itself. this could play out like this. once they get the negotiations done, the house could potentially have enough votes to finally send that legislation, the infrastructure bill, to joe biden s desk. and if they get enough votes just a three-vote margin, three votes in the house to pass the larger bill. if they get the votes out of the house, it will be up to the senate and negotiation with joe manchin will continue to see if his support will be there to pass that plan. manu raju, thank you so much. here to sdurdiscuss, democr
it s great that we re fighting for our children who are no longer here, but if this is the way we re funding pediatric cancer, i think that as a nation, we have to take a step back and try to figure out if this is the way. yeah, well, kids don t vote. that s one issue. last month, you spoke before congress, you petitioned president biden to quote, include a comprehensive strategy to end pediatric cancer as part of his national plan. is there any legislative? there are two. gabriele la miller has been introduced in the senate. they have not been passed yet, but they are strong pieces of legislation. the problem with washington is that there is a will. there s no one you ll find in washington who doesn t believe we should fund pediatric cancer, but you know as well as i know that getting things done in this town, it s hard and it takes a
democrats and 19 republicans. everyone from joe manchin to bernie sanders to mitch mcconnell vote on that package, great momentum. and so, you know, i m optimistic zeile democrats and republicans voting. but like everybody, people are frustrated with this back and forth and sitting here and holding this billup instead of voting for it when we see it s waiting to get shovels in the ground and back to work. delay after delay. even after the president asked us to vote for it. you re seeing a lot of frustration. now we have to get it done, and we will. i can t stress enough the people are really working closely together. everyone was talking all weekend on working out those last-minute issues on the other package, and i m optimistic we ll get there as long as we can work through those issues. josh gottheimer from the garden state, thanks. a cdc panel is set to decide whether young kids can get the pfizer vaccine. we ll talk to a former member of
gott gottheimer. you ve remained optimistic about the infrastructure bill throughout this process. you said it would get done in september, last week, now looking like tuesday may be the day. it sounds like it s going to happen this week no matter what. are you surprised that the progressives are going to go along with this even though joe manchin has made his vote on the larger build back better act unclear? listen, obviously very pleased if we can get a vote on this bipartisan infrastructure package. we ve talked about. it s been sitting in the house waiting since early august for action. and i was on knocking on doors this weekend with people running for office, up tomorrow for elections back in jersey and i consistently heard the same thing. when are you going to get those roads and bridges done and finally vote on that bipartisan infrastructure package? so i think the country wants it. there s so much in there that s good whether that s fixing the ga gateway tunnel, it s trans