state anchair of the
congressional progressive
caucus, pramila jayapal.
congresswoman pramila jayapal,
thank you very much for being
with us.
you have laid down what has been
described as an ultimatum that,
unless the senate passes this
$3.5 trillio reconciliation
bill, you and other members of
the progressive caucus will not
support the infrastructure
legislation which we know there
is support for in both parties.
why not?
>> well, judy, thanks so much
for having me on.
the key here is we are willing
and able and ready to vote for
both bills that deliver the
entirety of the president's
agenda to his desk.
that is both the infrastructure
bill and the reconciliation
bill.
but the agreement was made in
the senate and, in fact, just
today, 11 senators put out a
statement saying that the only
reason they voted for the
bipartisan bill out of the