major industrialized policies that doesn t have this kind of policy in place. but even if she and the advocates, pressing and pushing for this policy to get senator joe manchin to support something, it s not going to include medical leave, and it will add to the cost of this bill, which is already about $150 billion over the line that he initially put out there this summer. but i ve got told you, democrats are also getting tired of him and they want him to start compromising with them. alex? well, no time like the present to start doing that. and piece by piece, looks like something is happening. okay, julie tsirkin on capitol hill, thank you so much, julie. let s go to mike memoli in wilmington, delaware. what are we hearing, mike, from the white house, as bbb is entering this next phase in the senate? it s really been a long, legislative grind for this white house. first to get the infrastructure bill passed. the president, of course, just signing that into law last monday. and n