spending program in feeding tremendous criticism and bitterness among his colleagues on capitol hill tonight as they try to find a way forward. today president biden says he still thinks there is a possibility of getting his build back better agenda done or at least some of it congressional correspondent aishah hasnie shows us tonight. senator manchin and i are going to get something done. president may be willing to keep working with senator jerome manchin after after manchin blew up tax l. spending plan. you can t enter into negotiations if you are not going to be a honest negotiator. he has never negotiated in good faith. squad members like ayanna pressley having an i told you so moment writing this is why i insisted on moving the infrastructure bill in tandem with the build back better act. she and others now calling for a senate vote immediately, even without manchin s yeas. we have got bring this bill
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thereby delaying the vote on the bill. by this morning, when he finally quit, he had gone on for more than 8 1/2 hours speaking on the floor of the house, and good for him. aside from, you know, the content of his speech, which doesn t bear much shouldn t require too much of your time. frankly, as a tactic, long speeches, very, very, very long speeches are a tried and true way for legislators to dramatize and draw attention to their objections to something that is going to happen anyway, and that is what he did. but he did that until after 5:00 in the morning. and then they reconvened the house in the 9:00 a.m. hour and it was clear very quickly that that part was over. over with an exclamation point. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 213. the build back better bill is passed. [ cheering ]
congressional intern. we may reach out and see if he d be interested in helping the country in additional ways. the white house might have doubted this day would come, but the second pillar of president biden s domestic agenda finally cleared its first major hurdle in congress. listen to this on this vote, the yeas are 220, nays are 212. the build back better bill is passed. [ cheers ] the sweeping legislation envisions nearly $2 trillion to prop up the economy, help struggling americans, and take urgent action on climate change. but republicans were having none of it. minority leader kevin mccarthy stalled a vote when speaking over eight hours, a record on the house floor. it touches on nearly every aspect from education to health
speaker nancy pelosi gathered the vote on friday morning. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 213. the build back better bill has passed. this bill is monumental. it s historic and it s transformative. it s bigger than anything we ve ever done. bigger than anything we ve ever done, but there s still work to do. build back better is not headed for the president s desk quite yet. the senate gets to weigh in first and one senator in particular remains an enigma, shall we say. there are still doubts whether or not joe manchin of west virginia is on the same page as everyone else or what other changes he might demand. with a 50/50 split democrats need every vote to push the bill through in the final months of the year.