want to scrooge out on us and increase people s interest rates and make it hard to make car payments, go ahead, make that case. we re going to stop them from doing that. reporter: but democrats must first focus on their own party. the bill must satisfy progressives like senator bernie sanders who has taken tissue with raising the tax deductions and moderates like joe manchin and kyrsten sinema who pushed back on the expense of climate, immigration and paid leave provisions. one of the reasons that inflation is going to get significantly worse is because of the greater spending we have through build back better, but thank god for senator manchin and senator sinema at this point. they may be the only the last line of defense on this thing. reporter: no senate republicans are on board with the bill s massive price tag, estimated near $2 trillion. here is some of what it inclues in terms of government programs. $450 million for job training in climate change careers, $150 million t
ignores the science of natural immunity. todd, carley. carley: marianne rafferty live for us in los angeles. thank you. all eyes on the senate as the chamber gets set to address the tax and spending he spree. todd: as congress runs out of time to avoid a shutdown with a friday deadline to raise the debt ceiling. alexandria huff joins us with more. reporter: ideally senate democrats would like to see the bill wrapped up by christmas, likely changes will be made before being sent back to the house for review. here s minnesota senator amy klobuchar. are you confident it will get done before christmas? i am. if the republicans want to scrooge out on us and intrees people s interest rates and make it hard to make people s car payments, go ahead make that case. we re going to stop them from
bill, and a bridge to the budget. vast majority of senators support that, we ll get that done. second thing, the debt ceiling. if the republicans want to scrooge out on us and increase people s interest rates and make it hard to make car payments, go ahead, make that case. we are going to stop them from doing that. finally, what we just talked about, the build back better bill. we can get this done. the rules committee chairwoman there talking about this as a mini series while she and other democrats hope they can get to the finale in time. she went on to talk about their voting rights legislation, something she has beenworking on, it is important to the democratic party. the democrats are hoping to finish while they still control the house, the senate and the white house before mid terms kick into high gear. we also have items that need to be passed on a bipartisan mapper. the defense bill, the military funding bill they pass every