and so i ve got to be optimistic because i know what it s like. and we can t go back there, and we have to just focus very clearly on what we have to do. i m so pleased judy true introduced our bill and we passed it in the house, the women s health protection act, a very important bill, uphill battle in the senate. but people around the country, the polling people understand that abortions should be a personal decision. one of the reasons i never talked ability it is because it s nobody else s business. and so hopefully we ll be able to codify this into law, roe v. wade, sooner or later, but we can t stop now. we have to keep going until justice is done. barbara lee exhibiting a powerful form of personal leadership and the personal cost of it. congresswoman lee, thank you. thank you for being here tonight. thank you, rachel. nice being with you. we ll be right back.
trillion dollar bill will ever pass, the mission misses significantly. the best chance of getting it done is for that more conservative bill on the larger more progressive bill to move together. if i were to house republican leader, i would look at that and say, you know what let s let enough house republican votes for this, again lots of republicans like that. legislation lets another republican vote for this, that it passes. because we don t mind this bill, it s fairly conservative bill it lines up with a lot of conservative priorities, and we can thereby remove all the leverage the progressives have, the larger bill will never pass. this whole well with a waste of time for the democrats. and will get something to brag about next week, next year. for our reelection campaigns in our home state. why is that not alive possibility? that seems rational to me? i actually had a similar thought, rachel, a few hours ago. why aren t republican leaders providing some votes to pass the infrastru
democrats last night ahead of the pivotal vote or votes there scheduled to take today. the really pivotal one we are waiting for them to take this hour. now, house speaker nancy pelosi has said she is holding a vote today on the small bipartisan roads and bridges bill that has already passed the senate. this is a little slice of president biden s agenda that was hived off from the main vote because they wanted to pass some piece of something with some piece of republican votes and this is the only piece of it that republicans would consent to support. progressives in the house say that they re only going to vote for that little bill if the centrists vote for the big bill too. they said, listen, we don t necessarily like the little bill. in fact, we think if it passes alone, it might make climate change worse. it is not our kind of thing. this is not what democrats were
today, and if it comes to a vote, he is urging his colleagues to vote no. that is significant because a lot of house progressives look up to him and respect him and that is significant. not what happens tonight is highly unclear. officially the house of representatives is saying no votes until 10:00 p.m. but there is still expectation they will pass the infrastructure bill tonight which means two hours to pass the bill. it is not scheduled yet. i ll leave it to your viewers to do the math on what is likely to happen there. as you correctly point out speaker pelosi does not put bills on the floor that don t have the votes. she has made a promise to her centrist members that she ll do what she can to get the votes here and that is what the long, drawn out drama today is about. she is trying to do that. so far, based on everything i m hearing, there is not a deal to be had at this moment to get the bill done tonight, and progressives are going to vote it down if it comes up. sahil, let
he said he was unhappy about these late night closed door talks. that seems significant given what a driving force the progressives have been in the house and what a progressive icon senator sanders is not only in the country but to progressive democrats on capitol hill. is that significant? what do we think is going to happen tonight? it is significant, rachel. senator sanders says this is an absurd way to do business, a direct quote from him. that they are trying to negotiate a multi trillion dollars bill in one night to have a vote on the infrastructure bill. he does in the believe that bill should go forward to a vote today and if it comes to a vote he is urging his colleagues to vote no. that is significant because a lot of house progressives look up to him and respect him and that is significant. not what happens tonight is highly unclear. officially the house of representatives is saying no votes until 10:00 p.m. but there is still expectation they will pass the infrastructure