what's happening now, alex, is democrats trying to figure out, okay, if we can't get what we wanted in the way that we wanted it, is there some other way that we can get to essentially the same place? so, if we can't have the clean energy program that was initially envisioned, can we instead take that $150 billion and add it into clean energy tax incentives to get the climate change effects that we would want. if we can't get increase on the tax rates because of opposition from senator sinema, can we instead do a billionaire's tax that would still bring in revenue from the wealthiest in our society but wouldn't run into the same hurdles from those senators who are objecting to it. and congresswoman jayapal, who we heard from just a second ago, the head of the progressive caucus, she says, look, if it takes one more week to get a deal, it's worth it, alex. >> okay. certainly they're trying to look for all the options to push this through. can i just ask you about something, though, that made me chuckle? you mean the president of the united states is at his
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