joining us now, our tipster, ezra levin, cofounder of indivisible.e it weirds you out for me to credit you that way but it's true, you did help us see into this process in a way not many did. >> just happy to be with you this friday night, wouldn't spend a friday night any differently. >> let me ask you what you think people should understand about how the sausage is made. beltway press, much as i love them, really focused on what republicans wanted and what conservative democrats whinged about, and all the things that didn't win the day in terms of the bill. what really did make a difference in the bill? what do we have to understand about how the process worked? >> top level headline, you said in the opening, give credit to president biden, house and senate leadership, a bold $1.9 trillion progressive proposal was ultimately signed. below the headline, exciting thing happening, representative chair of the caucus started transforming it in last several months. late last year adopted new rules to allow them to whip votes and hold the line. if you wat