shrink in part because of that price tag issue you talked about, the fact that moderate democrats were talking about $3.5 trillion was just too much meant the democrats had to make some tough decisions about what to keep in this bill and what to leave out. we re getting some early details about what the president told members when he had those private meetings yesterday. one of the items that we expect to be out of this package now is free community college. that had been something the white house had been touting, but it s an expensive provision and something we expect not to have been included. we also expect key medical provision has been pulled out of this proposal because of problems from joe manchin of west virginia, a coal-producing state. we now know there are items expected to be included, although they have changed slightly. one is the expanded child tax
front of city hall. women are saying don t mess with texas women. don t mess with women. congresswoman, let me shift gears, i know you re in a rainy houston right now. let me also get your focus on capitol hill right now where this stalemate continues on the infrastructure and the build back better bills, and progressives such as yourself have made it clear that you are advocating for, say, universal child care, and early pre-k education, decreasing health care costs for 43 million seniors, dealing with issues of climate change by investing on green infrastructure. but are you clear about what moderates want, are they saying they don t want those things or is it strictly a price tag issue? well, i think, you know, the president came to visit us in our conference yesterday, and he was very clear, we need to make sure we know which in the senate
first. do you think democrats are going to be hurt by these big-ticket proposals? tom: yes. i don t think you need to make it a slogan. he can have america first and he can also remind everyone that socialism is bad. i do think they are going too far to the left. the economy is strong. it s turning on the democrats. there s huge portion of democrats and you are not one of them, i think you are a centrist democrat, if i m right, jessica. jessica: you are. tom: there s a huge portion of your party that gets turned on by these ideas. that s why they love elizabeth warren and bernie. jessica: but it s not just democrats that get turned on by it. elizabeth warren s proposal, for instance, our popular amongst all americans because she s addressing income inequality, student debt, things like that. do you think democrats are doing a decent job explaining them and dealing with a price tag issue? you think voters will care about that at the polling booth? melissa: i don t think they