Hello there I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast. Well that's it folks this

is how the sausage is made and this is why you don't watch on Tuesday the Senate passed

a bipartisan infrastructure bill sent it to the House then they immediately celebrated

by starting the process of passing a partisan 3.5 trillion dollar spending package with a record

breaking voter rama that wrapped up a little before 4 a.m. Then the Senate went into recess leaving

Washington without defining just what's in the 3.5 trillion dollar bill what is it about right now

it is known for one thing it's price tag and then there's the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was

sent to the House its future is still a bit uncertain and a move to placate the progressive part of

her caucus as big grenades bill if Pelosi said she would not move on the bipartisan bill until the

bigger spending package passes what is the definition of that did it or did it just getting sent

from the Senate to the House did that pass for a threshold is she really going to hold up

President Biden's signature piece of legislation for this calendar year so joining me to discuss

what's next is we've got a guy who's been watching voter ramas since before we gave it the rama

Paul Cain senior congressional correspondent columnist for the Washington Post and Elena train a

political report for Axios who desperately tries to make the sausage interesting for Axios readers

and does a good job with that so Paul and Elena welcome to the Todd gas thanks for having us

Chuck so I hear you it's August we're nowhere close to getting you guys out of town it seems

or even if you leave town it's for a week or two so Elena let me start with you you know

what um did anything of significance happen last night or overnight with this voter ramma or just

simply passing the framework officially is that really the only thing that mattered it's not the

only thing that mattered but it's the most consequential thing that mattered uh voter ramas are normally

I mean they're these long drawn out processes last night it was 15 hours I believe of votes on

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