he said, i don't think it's hyperbole to say that the house and senate majorities and my presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week. you don't set the stakes higher than that, john. >> reporter: absolutely. but that's what happens with presidencies. you have the first year, when you've got the wind at your back or the maximum wind at your back, to try to get your agenda through. i'm reminded of when bill clinton was a first-year president in 1993. he was struggling to get his budget program passed. he had a phone call with bob kerry, democratic senator from nebraska, who'd run against him and he said to kerry, withholing his vote, if you want to bring this presidency down, go right ahead. kerry ultimately flinched from that, voted for the package, al gore broke the tie as vice president, and it passed. that's exactly what joe biden is trying to repeat this time. so in effect he is issuing that call both to house progressives, saying my presidency is on line, you need to stand behind it, and he's saying the same to joe
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