bill that passed the house earlier this month. he wants changes to the bill ranging from the expansion of medicare proposed, removing the paid leave provisions that are part of the house bill, among other issues he wants out of the bill, paring it back. he made clear to me yesterday he is not ready to move forward on debating this bill. remember, to get to that first procedural vote, which chuck schumer, the majority leader, wants to happen the week of december 13th, all 50 senate democrats need to vote yes to begin debate. yesterday when i asked him if he was willing to vote on that, he still wasn t there. really concerned about the gas prices, and trying to talk to people with knowledge about that and the inflation going on and, you know, what s the forecast for that. a lot of people are hurting. i heard an awful lot over the thanksgiving break that, you know, prices were high and people were very much upset about that, and they re concerned about our inflation getting worse. rep
want to scrooge out on us and increase people s interest rates and make it hard to make car payments, go ahead, make that case. we re going to stop them from doing that. reporter: but democrats must first focus on their own party. the bill must satisfy progressives like senator bernie sanders who has taken tissue with raising the tax deductions and moderates like joe manchin and kyrsten sinema who pushed back on the expense of climate, immigration and paid leave provisions. one of the reasons that inflation is going to get significantly worse is because of the greater spending we have through build back better, but thank god for senator manchin and senator sinema at this point. they may be the only the last line of defense on this thing. reporter: no senate republicans are on board with the bill s massive price tag, estimated near $2 trillion. here is some of what it inclues in terms of government programs. $450 million for job training in climate change careers, $150 million t
doing that. reporter: democrats must focus on their own party, negotiations have to satisfy democratic moderates who pushed back on the expense of climate, immigration and paid leave provisions. one of the reasons that inflation is going to get significantly worse is because of the greater spending we have through build back better. but thank got for senator manchin and senator sinema at this point, they may be the only the last line of defense on this thing. reporter: the spending plan relies on unanimous support from democrats, no republicans are on board with the price tag. let s break down some of what the plan includes. 450 million would head to job training for climate change careers, 150 million goes towards species protection, $150 billion in housing grants which would be available to felons, expands early medicare and eligibility to the incarcerated and makes felons and illegal
as great as they re sometimes described. most of this bill has been agreed to already. there are going to be changes in the senate. it is likely that manchin will insist on, for example, the paid leave provisions coming out of this bill. but in a very substantial form resembling what passed the house today, i think it s highly likely that passes the senate. both democratic leaders in the senate and white house officials are confident they ve got those 50 votes prepared to go. that doesn t mean there won t be some skirmishing at the end and some back and forth. anytime you ve got zero margin for error, they need all 50 senators plus vice president harris vote to pass this thing. any single person can hold it up. but i think the expectation is that joe manchin and kiyrsten sinema, the two most obvious hold outs are not going to hold