from the president, for example, that we will pass this larger social safety net package because that contains the bulk of his proposals. it s why he has joined progressives in calling for the passage of both of these bills. this isn t just a progressive strategy. this is the white house s strategy. this was the original strategy of the white house, the majority leader in the senate, and of course, the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, before a few democrats a few conservative democrats tried to derail that strategy and and in calling for a vote on the bipartisan bill on september 27th. so, you know, i m optimistic that we are going to get this done in the next couple of weeks. obviously, the speaker has expressed optimism about reaching some agreement this week. i await that proposal. and i m looking forward to delivering the president s agenda on behalf of all americans. but the bottom line is there are two high-stakes races in new jersey and virginia for democratic governo
capitol hill. a source tells cnn that house leaders are hoping to hold a vote on president biden s bipartisan infrastructure bill on wednesday or thursday of this week. their goal is to agree on a framework for the larger social safety net package before the vote in order to win over progressives. earlier today, house speaker nancy pelosi signalled that democrats are extremely close to reaching such an agreement. we have 90% of the bill agreed to and written. we just have some of the last decisions to be made. it is less than we had was projected, to begin with. but it s still bigger than anything we have ever done in the in in terms of addressing the needs of america s working families. are you saying in the next week, the framework will be agreed to or there will be a deal on the social safety net bill? agreement. an agreement. there will be an agreement on that. and you will, also, vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. both of those things will happen
this large social safety net package will look like after months of hard-fought negotiations between moderates and progressives. they are not there yet. the president himself made clear there are four or five issues that are outstanding and those negotiations with kyrsten sinema and joe manchin still uncertain. among the issues that are still outsanding, right there, climate change, paid leave, meld care expansion, prescription drug pricing as well as taxes. that is the key issue. how are they going to finance this program? kyrsten sinema says she will not support raising taxes on corporations and high earners, so they re scrambling to find alternative ways. i caught up yesterday with the chief tax briter in the house, richard neil, who met with kyrsten sinema and tried to impress upon her why he believes it s necessary to raise taxes, and she made clear her position. i pointed out it s the ninth
social safety net package. and what holdups still remain. also, where he s willing to compromise. there was a lot of news last night, one major moment from the town hall, the president opened the door at least to big changes down the road, to the senate filibuster, which has been a major question. particularly regarding voting rights. have a listen. if, in fact, i get myself into at this moment the debate on the filibuster, i lose at least three votes right now to get what i have to get done on the economic side of the equation, foreign policy side of the equation. had it comes to voting rights, is i m clear, though, you would entertain the notion of doing away with the filibuster on that one issue, is that correct? and maybe more. and maybe other issues? that is quite a significant opening there. we re covering all the angles from the town hall, like only
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