then. the kind of phone calls, face time with the president. his critics call it hand holding that he required before he signed on. probably instructive for all those trying to figure out what s going on now. they used to call it the treatment with lbj. the pressure from a president to a senator or a member of congress to come along. when you read peril, we detail vividly how president biden at times uses curses, he uses pressure to try to get manchin to come along. and what s so interesting about this in the book but in this unfolding story right now on capitol hill is president biden, the so-called centrist from delaware, has been in lock-step working closely with progressives during his presidency and an ally of senator bernie sanders, of congresswoman jayapal and others. and you see the real tension with the white house and congress is not necessarily with the progressives even though that s the fight tonight. it s with senator manchin and at times senator sinema.
political strategist to mostly progressive candidates and causes. and tim miller, contributor v contributor at the bulwark, former communications director for jeb bush. okay, juanita, you re up. your reaction to what the liberals have pulled off tonight. i just think we need to recognize the power and determination from representative jayapal, representative omar, and the entire progressive caucus because yes, they re holding the line here in a significant way that ultimately will help to deliver biden s agenda. and i think we need to recognize that. that was no easy feat when you re up against moderates, not only in the house but also in the senate. and it s something they re going to have to keep continuing to do in order to make sure that these essential investments for american people go through because the people who are struggling right now, the people who will benefit from these investments, whether it s in child care, climate change, getting vision and dental added to medicar
representative jayapal says that she can hold that group together. and keep in mind leader pelosi can only lose three votes. and their message, there is a lot of frustration when mention mentioned the 1.5 trillion. you have to keep in mind it s not just less than half that the current reconciliation proposal has, but that proposal started at six trillion. so it really is one six of what they wanted. which is simply unacceptable to that. and their argument which they are also stating is that this is why democrats were elected. this is why we won the white house, and the senate in the house. because of this build back better agenda. not to do incremental things, but to do big bold progressive things. and that is the bet that they are sticking out tonight, italy s. robert costa the reporting is right there in your new book about joe manchin, it goes back to the covid relief bill about what he was like then.
the kind of phone calls face time with the president, his critics call it handholding. that he required before he signed on. probably instructive for all those trying to figure out what is going on now. the used to call it the treatment with lbj, the pressure from the president to a senator to remember of congress to come along. and when you read peril. we detail vividly how president biden at time uses courses, he uses pressure, and it was interesting about this in the book and unfolding in a capitol hill is that president biden. the so-called centrist from delaware, has been lockstep working closely with progressives during his presidency. an ally of senator bernie sanders of a congresswoman jayapal. and others. and you see the real tension with the white house in congress is not necessarily what the progressives, even though that s the fight tonight, is with senator manchin. anna time senators sinema.
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