Im manu aaraju in for abby. Speaker nancy pelosi promised to bring the bill up for a vote that invested in roads, mass transit, waterway, pipes and more. It would pass easily except progressives are promising to vote it down, less than a bigger bill, bidens build back better plan is ready for passage, too. I dont think the speaker is going to bring a bill to the floor that will fail, and we still have actually, the number is growing but we have at least 50 people that will not vote for the bill. I hope it wouldnt hold up the president s agenda and 2 million jobs a year thats historic that is out of the senate and sitting here waiting for us to consider in the house, you know, that would be horrific obviously for the country. Yet, somehow Speaker Pelosi in insists shell bring her caucus together. I think were in a very good place. Ive always been very calm about this because its like it always happens the same way. All this bluster and this and that and who is there and who is there, at
Push the big lie that fueled the insurrection with former President Trump more popular to his base than ever. Republican senator pat toomey who voted to impeach former President Trump joins me ahead. Hello im jake tapper in washington where the State Of The Union is wondering if todays democrats will prove they can govern. This is the most important legislative week of bidens legacy. In a letter to House Democrats saturday, House Speaker nancy pelosi said the next few days will be a time of intensity telling her party that they must fund the government, pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, pass a 3. 5 trillion Spending Bill this week. Tomorrow is the day House Speaker nancy pelosi had promised moderates the house would vote on the Bipartisan Infras Infrastructure Bill that cleared the senate last month. House progressives say they will vote no on infrastructure if there isnt first a vote on the 3. 5 trillion Reconciliation Package, there remains broad disagreement what should be in
Reconciliation, for the president to really weigh in, and you know, ultimately we re delivering on the president s agenda. i mean, the build back bet ear gen da is not some crazy agenda just a few people support. it s the vast majority of the democratic caucus and there s a few people in the house and a couple in the senate who aren t quite there yet but even moderates in front line districts all support this build back bet ear gen da. just to clarify, you don t think there s going to be a vote tomorrow. either way, you re looking for an agreement on the reconciliation, not necessarily a vote first when it comes to infrastructure? it s just the longistics of it, right? everything has to be done. there has to be kind of an ironclad you guys close to that at all, an agreement? well we re finally talking which is important, because that hasn t been happening for the last couple of months. pelosi says it s going to happen this week. is that realistic? we want to have it happe
We have to be able to deliver the american dream for everyone, and that emotion of the story was a beautiful thing, actually. i hope we never stop feeling the emotion of why we re here and why it s important to do what we re doing. but it was a lovely moment and you know, the president also sheds tears when he tells stories, and it s one of the beautiful things about him is the compassion and i felt like we shared that moment, because i know from talking to him before that he also identifies with the immigrant experience of his ancestors, you know, the previous generations. so it was wonderful, and you know, i find it just a wonderful thing that we re able to kind of say what drives us to do this. this isn t just about numbers. this is about real people getting opportunity and transforming their lives. it is a great country. it is a great country, exactly. it was a beautiful thing. it is a great country and look at you. thank you for being here. i appreciate it. thank you. i
It was important to you. well, yeah, actually i was batting cleanup, i was the last speaker. i was sitting closest to the president, so it was like this, literally this far apart, and i went through all my priorities for the progressive caucus, exactly all the things we had on the table, the agreements that had been made and at the end, i said mr. president, i want to tell you why this is so important and i told the story, jake, of coming to this country at 16 years old. my parents had nothing in their pockets. they sent me alone. i arrived alone with nothing in my pockets. from where? from india, because my parents for whatever reason believed that america was a place where i was going to be able to have a different kind of a life, an opportunity. and i did. i went to college. i went to graduate school. i went to nothing in my pockets at 16 by myself to sitting in the oval office with the president as the first south-asian-american woman in the house. and i said i had the ameri