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Lisa Desjardins:

Right.

Tomorrow, the majority leader, Chuck Schumer, has said the Senate will vote to begin debate on the infrastructure deal. That's one of those Senate votes that needs 60 votes. Now, this is plan A for the Democrats. The hope that they want is that they will get those 60 votes and that they would have a bipartisan infrastructure deal written by Thursday. But, right now, those 60 votes are not there.

So, let's talk about what plan B is if this vote fails tomorrow. The vote fails. And then Leader Schumer could just move that deadline. Some Republicans tonight are asking him to move it to Monday, saying they will vote no tomorrow, but perhaps they would be ready by Monday.

Now, what if even then the infrastructure deal doesn't come together? That's a possibility. Now we're talking about plan C. Then there would be no bipartisan deal. And many Democrats now, including the budget chairman, Senator Sanders of Vermont, says that the infrastructure deal could go into or some sources near him infrastructure deal could go into a large reconciliation bill.

That's my reporting tonight, is that many Democrats expect that would be sort of like the fallout the fallback plan, if all of this infrastructure talk, if it all falls apart. But the timing is very important here.

Link:
Why the bipartisan infrastructure deal may be in jeopardy - PBS NewsHour