murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. ms. murkowski: request that proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. i am on the floor this afternoon, as we're waiting to learn when we might be able to proceed to a series of amendments as they relate to the infrastructure investment and jobs act. this is a significant measure, one that i have been very proud to be involved with for a period of time working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle in our working groups, g-10, g-22, working with the committee chairman and committee ranking member to get where we are today, which is a really long awaited, really long aweighed investment in our nation's infrastructure. and i know that members are looking through the significant legislation that is in front of us. don't need to take my word for it. you can just look at the number of inches of the document in front of me. it is s

the other republican members in addition to myself were senators murkowski, cassidy, and romney. on the democratic side, in addition to senator sinema, were senators manchin, shaheen, warner, and tester. and all of us worked very hard, and we're grateful for the ideas and the input that we had from so many of our colleagues. i also want to thank our staffs. we couldn't have done it without them. they too were here night and day. they haven't had a weekend off in a very long time. so, madam president, it is essential that we make this historic investment, and i urge all of my colleagues in voting tomorrow morning for final passage of this long-awaited, much-needed, bipartisan legislation. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor.

could vote to support it in the case of murkowski and todd young is showing the split between republicansill and the candidates. they don't want to give an inch to the right who they believe if they were to break with donald trump, became 2020 show a sign of where the party was at. >> the next steps on that legislation in the senate. what do you know? >> reporter: there's talk among democrats trying to unify behind one proposal to try to combat efforts on the state level to clamp down on voting access all around the country. there's a problem. there are not going to be 60 votes needed to overcome a republican led filibuster in the senate. right now this is a messaging exercise among democrats. they want to unify but try force a vote before the august recess but ultimately that's not going to become law. it will be a political argument on the campaign trail next year. >> all right. thank you. >>> any minute now we're hear from governor andrew cuomo's legal team. they will make their claim about the allegations he's facing. >>> this is south dakota. thousands of bikers are flocking to this

where this goes, we know senator murkowski has publicly voiced we support in the john does bill.h the houses given, us the work they have done at getting some of the requirements put up by the supreme court after the shelby decision, and we will go from there. >> senator murkowski has also said, as the only senator -- republican senator who is one able to say something positive about this,. she said that she could not imagine any other republicans joining her. that means never getting to 60. this kind of legislation normally requires the clearing of that 60 vote threshold. senator manchin seems to have suggested at various times that he might be open to some kind of exception to the 60 vote threshold on voting rights. is there any progress on that issue that you can tell us about? >> we first, we are getting the bill, we need to have general agreement on the bill. he's come a long way on that so work in progress very closely reaching a conclusion. as for the filibuster, you know, i want to allow abolish it. i've had it when, i had fires raging in the northern part of my state,, a

we know senator murkowski has publicly voiced interest in supporting the john lewis bill. more. so we'll take what the house has given us, the work they've done, and we will go from there. >> senator murkowski has also said, as the only republican senator who has been inclined to say anything positive about this, she cannot imagine another nine republicans joining her on any voting rights legislation. so that means never getting to 60. this kind of legislation normally requires the clearing of that 60-vote threshold. senator manchin seems to have suggested that he may be open to some kind of exception to the 60-vote threshold on voting rights. is there any progress that you can tell us about? >> first, we're getting the bill. we have to have general agreement on the bill, and he's come a long way on that. so just a work in progress. very closely reaching a conclusion. as for the filibuster, you know, i want to abolish it. i have fires raging in the northern parts of my state, and air quality worse than ever in minnesota's history. i want to act on climate change and immigr

republican senators lisa murkowski and susan collins and democratic senators amy klobuchar and kyrstent has 17 co-sponsors, including several male senators. justice o'connor, a conservative. and justice ginsburg, a liberal. were the first and second female justices, respectively, in a statement klobuchar put the effort into focus. saying, quote, the capitol is our most recognizable symbol of democracy. a place where people from across our country have their voices represented and heard. it is only fitting that we honor the remarkable lives and service to our country, by establishing statues in the capitol. alaska senator, lisa murkowski, adds their leadership has made a difference for women and families, for generations to come. and how right she is, justice ginsburg argued a series of historic cases before the supreme court before she ever even served as a justice. establishing the equal-citizenship rights of men and women. and before rbg, there was justice sandra day o'connor, the first woman ever seated. an appointment that showed women, too, could reach the pinnacle of america's le

trying to disgraceful way for america to exit this country's devastating republican senator lisa murkowski says the administration must explain itself is going to be >> for >> the biden administration admits afghanistan's fall was quicker than expected. one of the things that we couldn't anticipate didn't anticipate was the degree to afghan forces capitulated right now. the pentagon is surging thousands of us troops. the airport in kabul to help the thousands trying to flee taliban control. the administration says truth will be there to keep evacuee safe. but warn if the taliban tries to interfere, they're absolutely prepared to the respond itself defend if in flights have resumed after temporarily being pause yesterday after chaos broke out on the tarmac. >> the pentagon says they hope to evacuate up to 5,000 people on 20 to 30 flights each day and the coming days. for now in washington. raquel martin, back to you. well, america's top general says the taliban takeover could lead to an increase in the terror threats. >> in the united states. joint chiefs chairman general mark milley made t

host: they have already gotten support from lisa murkowski, correct? guest: yes.t is interesting to note the rules coming up in the house would also procedurally advance this voting bill, the john lewis bill, so there is pressure on centrists to support the movement tonight that they are not blocking this john lewis voting rights bill. that does not necessarily mean they will be on board with the actual budget resolution vote on tuesday, so the coalition we could see on monday night in procedural motions could be different from what we see tomorrow. host: we will remind viewers too about that vote. the rules committee is meeting this morning at 11:00 a.m., and we will have live coverage here on c-span, we'll stream that as well. as kristina peterson mentioned, they will vote on that rule this evening. we will have gavel-to-gavel coverage, beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern and we expect that vote at 6:30 p.m. take us to that evening about, it is a procedural vote. it's essential in moving forward. what will you be looking for? guest: the question is how many of the ni

kevin cramer mike crapo, lindsey graham, of course, chuck grassley john hoeven, mitch mcconnell lisa murkowskisch, mitt romney thom tillis, and todd young. now, a few of these people plan to retire soon, thank heaven t but most of them intend to get reelected at some point. and it might be good if voters made that impossible.. a youtube personality called chris chan has just been arrested in virginia on, of all things, incest charges. authorities say he was having sex with a 79-year-old who is his grandmother. they classified chris chan as a female and that means chris chan, and accused sex criminal would have been housed in a women's prison. chan is now being considered a man by the jail. but this is not an isolated incident. many prisons in this country do housed biological men with women. this is something we predicted -- many predicted -- and were laughed at. kara danskyre was one of the people who predicted this, the president of the u.s. chapter of the women's human rights campaign, and she joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on. i remember very live avidly when you sat on our ai

and voting rights protections that you can get the mitt romneys of the world on board for, lisa murkowskiange the filibuster. what i worry about is you have texas democrats and activists doing the lord's work out there fighting for this. and then you have a bunch of politicians who are saying, well, we need to figure out how to get to 60 votes but not willing to make any sacrifices to get there. and so i worry that's a recipe for nothing happening between 2022. i think they need to figure out what is possible, what can they get manchin and romney, et cetera on board for. that might not be anything activists want and activists should push for more. right now i'm not seeing any practical momentum on voting rights in the way we've seen it on infrastructure and that's concerning. >> as we talk with them, as you know, we met with them, martin luther king iii and i met with them a couple weeks ago. they can't even come up -- i'm talking about members of the senate -- on why they cannot put something on the table that can be -- that can pass. dana, you had a new neighbor on "the washington post"

that means lisa murkowski, the 19 that we mentioned, that means mitt romney, that means ben sasse.rt this bill? are they -- or are they going to hold strong? will any democrats jump over? >> maybe i'm naive but i do believe that we will hold together on the reconciliation bill. i do. if i come back, if i'm allowed to come back and apologize for making that prediction. we better. we better. >> sean: the next question, will be 50 democrats, will they stay united? >> oh, yes. oh, yes. >> sean: so we lose in the senate. >> yes, yes. >> sean: america loses. >> senator schumer, let's face it, the democrats stick together much better than the republicans. on this infrastructure. if senator schumer told my democratic friends to join the taliban and, they would say where's the line question like they would be together. >> sean: senator kennedy of louisiana. we appreciate it. when we come back, we have an exclusive, shocking report. sara carter at the border and dana loesch weigh in on what's really happening the lies that are told every day about what they say is not happening at the border

>> last time i checked, senator murkowski has not taken support of the for the people act off the taeatorngine bang has been involvein the redraft of that bill. that bill is still ver much ale. in the senate, things are a dance. ople can be agait sometng this week and aouple of words change and they are for it next week. it is not as cut and dry as that op-ed might suggest. amy: earlier this year, president biden says he supports a talking filibuster. 's comments came after senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said he would go "scorched earth" if democrats move to eliminate the filibuster, turning the senate into "a hundred-car pile-up," and warned republicans would retaliate with conservative laws if and when they retake the senate. this is senate majority whip dick durbin on the senate floor, where he called to abolish the filibuster, referring to it as a legislative rock bottom. >> today, nearly 65 years after strom thurmond's marathon defense of jim crow, the filibuster is still making a mockery of american democracy. the filibuster is still being misused by some senators to blo

collins, kevin cramer, mike crapo, lindsey graham, check grassley, don hogan, mitch mcconnell, lisa murkowskin sullivan, thom tillis and roger wicker of mississippi. that's what they're doing in your name. are they defending you, standing up for your country? no, they voted for pete buttigieg's fake infrastructure bill. that's it for us. a new book. it's a pretty good book called "the long slide." order it from tuckercarlson capsoff.com. have a great evening. >> sean: the reckless spending on capitol hill, it continues, yeah, though rino republicans that you just heard. information skyrocketing. we are stealing money from our own children. republicans are helping to enable it. the $1 trillion down payment on the green new deal just passed the senate with republican support. senator john kennedy said the bill was full of stupid stuff. keep in mind the 1 trillion is in addition to the 600 billion already spent on top of

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for re-election, even though donald trump threatened to primary anybody who supports this, lisa murkowskie the trump threat has no effect on her. todd young of indiana indicated he will support this, john thune is not there yet, but also said that he could potentially get behind this. but that is different on the primaries, throughout primaries, throughout the country, senate republicans who are running for open seats or challenging democrats, they are lining up with donald trump, attacking this bill. you're seeing this play out over and over again, often conflating this $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill with the larger democratic effort and saying all of this spending in their view needs to stop. i asked one republican senator, thom tillis, about what is happening here and what is the difference between the primary and senate republicans. tillis you supports this bill and told me they're in the middle of a primary. when you're in a campaign you don't have to go into a group and spend ten minutes, 15 minutes, as i have, explaining why this makes sense and could lessen the damage of the bill t

trying to disgraceful way for america to exit this country's devaytating republican senator lisa murkowski says the administration must explain itself is going to feel hot. >> for >> the biden administration admits afghanistan's fall was quicker than expected. one of the things that we couldn't anticipate didn't anticipate was the degree to afghan forces capitulated right now. the pentagon is surging thousands of us troops the airport in kabul to help the thousands trying to flee taliban control. the administration says truth will be there to keep evacuee safe. but warn if the taliban tries to interfere, they're absolutely prepared to the respond itself defend if in flights have resumed after temporarily being pause yesterday after chaos broke out on the tarmac. >> the pentagon says they hope to evacuate up to 5,000 people on 20 to 30 flights each day in the coming days. for now in washington. raquel martin, back to you. >> a 26 a follow-up story here across the bay area. local afghan immigrants and outreach. organizers are discussing ways to help the fremont's afghan cultural society says

time ago as we see senator tom cotton of arkansas there in the distance maskless, and so is lisa murkowski of alaska. let me turn to garrett haake, and he spends a lot of time covering both houses of congress. we can let our viewers and listeners know mitch mcconnell was a yes vote on the infrastructure bill. is that a separate at all? >> no, mitch mcconnell has said from the word go that infrastructure was something on which he thought there could be bipartisan progress, and i think it's interesting to note his three lieutenants all republican senators with the first name of john all voted against this, so the jockeying to eventually be the next republican party in the senate as they are trying to align with the majority of republican senators. mcconnell wanted to be out on front of this for two reasons, the straightforward one where he said he wanted to see infrastructure get done, and the other thing this does for him is it takes some of the steam out of the effort to get rid of the filibuster, to change senate rules to pass big things. mcconnell has been making the argument and will co

is there a way to get joe biden and mitt romney and lisa murkowski on board for a more narrow bill, whetheraking election day a holiday, changing the electoral count act, whether it be empowering merrick garland more? i would like to see more creative thinking rather than continuing to beat a dead horse. it's unfortunate, but it's a dead horse. >> david ploufe, our nbc team on capitol hill has confirmed that in a closed-door lunch last week, representative sean patrick maloney showed new polling indicating democrats need to fix their economic messaging or they will lose their majority. it was first published by "politico." it covered 48 battleground districts. david, do you agree, with maloney's assessment, and should democrats be panicking yet? >> no, they shouldn't be panicking. a long time ago i ran the dccc. i spent a lot of time in house and senate races. it's early. you're not going to be successful as a national party without a compelling economic message that's more compelling their your opponents. and i think democrats are going to have a great message to run on. we have covid, vot

bill done, but sos akyrsten sinema, mark warner, a number of republicans, susan collins and lisa murkowski, a whole lot of people that made this happen but certainly, you know, joe manchin coming out and talking about voting rights when he did and making such a passionate, his speech to the democratic caucus on how important voting was and how we all had a vested interest in making sure that every american can vote. he was pretty powerful. >> senate john hickenlooper, thank you, appreciate it. >>> we are watching for president bide on it take the podium to talk about the new jobs numbers minutes from now, over on the hill. texas democrats about to hold a news conference as their governor calls another legislative session. will they return to their state and risk getting arrested? we'll be right back. ♪ someone once told me, that i should get used to people staring. so i did. it's okay, you can stare. when you're a two-time gold medalist, it comes with the territory. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high you know how i feel ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel ♪ [man: coughing] ♪ i

democrats -- excuse me, 43 democrats and two -- excuse me, 43 democrats and three republicans, lisa murkowski, bill cassidy and jim inhoff for the republicans, they wrote to the secretary of state and secretary of homeland security in our government asking them to create a new category for humanitarian parole for people to be evacuated from afghanistan that way. they want a new humanitarian parole category created for afghan women leaders, women journalists, women judges, women activists, women lawyers, women police officers, women soldiers, for women who have held jobs and held positions in afghan society and government while the taliban has been held at bay who now have so much to lose and so much to fear from the taliban takeover. the letter asks homeland security and the state department to create that new humanitarian parole category for women to qualify for visas and then they're calling on homeland security to increase processing capability at the u.s. customs service for handling those visas. right now it's hard enough for the group of mostly male afghans who worked with the u.s. mili

only one republican who's going to face voters next time voted yes, lisa murkowski.ll the others even though some of them were at the table at the beginning like todd young, backed out. and they backed out because the former president decided that this is something that he was going to make as a litmus test, don't vote for something that is a joe biden priority. and that has resonance within the republican base, which is why they voted no. >> and the partisanship has already started. mitch mcconnell said that everything they're going to do from here on out is going to be trying to defeat biden's agenda. >> he said that before he voted for the infrastructure bill. but now he's saying when the president ran for office, he said he was a moderate so i was looking for some evidence of it. >> and we finally found it. is that snark or a compliment? >> i think it's snark. [ laughter ] it is hard to tell. but, again, i think you were the one who said it. we have to give kudos to both sides for doing this. but now moving forward is disdi disbonab -- is going to be the big ques

in the senate lisa murkowski said she would support it. mitt romney said he is undecided on it.e for the people act. which is a reminder of two things -- number one, democratic senator joe manchin who has been a thorn in the side of his own party needs his head examined when he talks about the need to protect our voting rights in a bipartisan way. a bipartisan way does not exist. it's going to be filibustered. number two, they may have stood up to donald trump, when it comes to voting rights, the likes of liz cheney, adam kinzinger, mitt romney are not your friends. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred... ...as have certain cancers, including lymphom

well, four republicans didn't sign that letter including susan collins and lisa murkowski, two moderates. that's still not enough, they need ten republicans to vote for it. democrats are moving a partisan bill through this process called reconciliation. they can attach it to that. the democrats have not done that yet. they want republicans to have skin in the game. and it's almost at a standoff at this point. >> leigh ann, we've been focusing on infrastructure, you have the latest on the police reform. what's the latest? >> i do. there's a proposal by republican tim scott of south carolina. the latest was if they recesses for their august break without a deal on police reform he's going to walk away from the talks. well, in fact, they have recessed for the august break or about to any moment now. he tells me, actually, he's not, he's going to stay at the negotiating table. but on the table is not a big comprehensive police reform. perhaps they're doing a scaled-back measure. i spoke to him last night, listen to what he said. >> it's on the table. everything's on the table as we work thro

is there a way to get joe biden and mitt romney, and kirsten sinema and lisa murkowski online for a moreow. the john lewis act, -- whether be making the election day a holiday, changing the electoral -- i would like to see more creative thinking along that lines rather than continuing to beat a dead horse. it's unfortunate it's a dead horse. well, david plouffe our crack team in a closed-door lunch last week with paradigm democratic members, representative sean patrick maloney showed new polling saying democrats need to fix their economic messaging or they will lose the majority and the spokesman confirmed that first public by politico. david, do you agree with maloney's assessment and, should democrats be panicking at? >> no they shouldn't be panicking, chris. a long time ago i around the dccc. i have spent a lot of time where i get to spend a lot of time in house and it's very early. you won't be successful as individual candidates without -- that's more compelling than your opponents. democrats are going to have a great message to run. you have to remember, you've obviously got covid,

trying to disgraceful way for america to exit this country's devastating republican senator lisa murkowski says the administration must explain itself is going to feel hot. >> for >> the biden administration admits afghanistan's fall was quicker than expected. one of the things that we couldn't anticipate didn't anticipate was the degree to afghan forces capitulated right now. the pentagon is surging thousands of us troops. the airport in kabul to help the thousands trying to flee taliban control. the administration says truth will be there to keep evacuee safe. but warn if the taliban tries to interfere, they're absolutely prepared to the respond itself. defend it in flights have resumed after temporarily being pause yesterday after chaos broke out on the tarmac. >> the pentagon says they hope to evacuate up to 5,000 people on 20 to 30 flights each day in the coming days. we're now in washington. raquel martin, back to you. >> thanks, raquel and americans top general says the taliban takeover could lead to an increase in terror threats against the united states. that's the worry joint chi

trying to disgraceful way for america to exit this country's devastating republican senator lisa murkowski says the administration must explain itself is going to feel hot. >> for >> the biden administration admits afghanistan's fall was quicker than expected. one of the things that we couldn't anticipate didn't anticipate was the degree to afghan forces capitulated right now. the pentagon is surging thousands of us troops. the airport in kabul to help the thousands trying to flee taliban control. the administration says truth will be there to keep evacuee safe. but warn if the taliban tries to interfere, they're absolutely prepared to the respond itself defend if in flights have resumed after temporarily being pause yesterday after chaos broke out on the tarmac. >> the pentagon says they hope to evacuate up to 5,000 people on 20 to 30 flights each day in the coming days. for now in washington. raquel martin, back to you. thanks for cal 7.21. coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news people get food stamps are going to be able to have their monthly benefits go up. we're going to tell you

the only republican i've heard talk about this in a positive way is lisa murkowski of alaska. >> you know what i can't understand, how did they pass 98-0 in 2006 and now it's not possible for that to happen? >> i don't know, but is there any circumstance under which you could imagine allowing a carve out for the -- i know you oppose getting rid of the filibuster. there are some people in the more moderate camp like angus king of maine who's an independent who have said he's possibly willing to step back from the filibuster -- his opposition to getting rid of the filibuster just for voting rights because he's so concerned it's become so partisan. can you imagine ever doing that? >> jake, i can't imagine a carve out because i was here in 2013. we're just going to do a cabinet for the president and then we're going to do the judges and they were even going to do supreme court but they didn't at that time. the democrats were in control. 2017 mitch mcconnell's in control, comes right back in and guess what, that carveout worked to split us up. if we don't put this back in order. if you ge

person who can put the most pressure on joe manchin, kirsten cinema, and even encourage senator murkowski, is joe biden. >> ben jealous, former president of the naacp, ben, thank you for joining us, i know it's been a day, an intense day out in the hot sun. thank you for being here with us tonight to help us understand. >> thank, you i was good to be here. >> all right, we have much more to get to tonight. stay with. stay with. lite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service you can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ gillette proglide. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke. so you're ready for the day with a fresh face for a fresh start. for a limited time get a 5th cartridge free. ♪ ♪ even if you had to miss your quince. there's always your quince plus one. ♪ do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? there's always your quince plus one. qunol sleep formula combines 5 key nutrients that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep long

the g10 -- senator portman, collins, warner, manchin, romney, cassidy, shaheen, murkowski.s who sat with me in the same room, and we've battled it out. sometimes the conversation has been fun, sometimes it's not been so much fun. but the. truth is, is every one of these folks wanted to get to yes. and in the end, we did get to yes. i want to thank senator schumer. i want to thank him for his patience, not something that he's known for. but he has been incredibly patient as this bill has been debated and changed and moved forward, particularly over the last week. although i will say that he pushed the envelope and made sure we were tending to business even before that. because i think senator schumer also wants to see this bill come to fruition. and i also need to thank the administration. the folks that represent president biden in these negotiations, and i'm going to name names -- louisa, brian, steve -- these folks were incredible resources, and they were incredibly helpful, and this bill would not have happened without their input. i also want to thank all the staff memb

murkowski: thank you, mr. president. i'm pleased to be able to follow my friend and colleague, the senator from arizona and while she is still on the floor i want to thank her personally for the herculean efforts that she has made throughout this process. it has not been easy. it has sometimes been challenging. and sometimes it takes somebody who just exudes optimism and enthusiasm and a deep hearted deep-seated belief that what we are doing is good and it's right for all the right reasons. we have acknowledged here on the floor each and every one of us this infrastructure bill is not the perfect bill, but i am waiting, mr. president, i am waiting for the day when we here in the united states senate can come to a place where all 100 of us agree that we have the perfect bill. but what we have, what we have for the senate to consider is a product that is really built around core fundamentals, core principles that a group of senators equally divided came together months ago to work through knowing that the work was going to

keep in mind, lisa murkowski was an original co-sponsor of the legislation that's been swirling around capitol hill. nicole, for some of us in states like mine, i see that list and we never had the ability to do any of that in my state. we've never had drop boxes. we've never had 24-hour voting. we've never had absentee ballot applications sent out unless you formally request one. so, here is the thing i want to say to my friend, matthew. >> so do you -- >> i would love it. >> i don't know. i don't think so. i think i lost more about donald trump than i did whether or not there was a huge number of people who didn't get access to the ballot. we had a record turnout in democratic areas the year i lost. in march, record margins in democratic areas. to my friend, matthew dowd, let me say this. this is an evenly divided country, as much as we don't like it. now, i can argue that the middle of the country, whether you go from the center left to center right and everything in between, those are the supermajorities you're talking about. and i agree with you. there are supermajorities for gun

they have expressions of interest from lisa murkowski and a few other republicans that have supportedorted by bipartisan group of senators and congressmen and two republican presidents signed the last three authorizations into law. i'm quite confident the bill will be adopted. where there's a will, there's a way. i think joe manchin has expressed strong support for the bill. i'm confident he and senator schumer will help lead the democrats to adoption. >> you mentioned the reauthorization -- how the voting rights act has had bipartisan support. the last time they voted in 1965 voting rights act was reauthorized was when george w. bush was president and it passed unanimously in the senate. 15 of the republicans who voted for the voting rights back then are still in the senate and yet they were among the republicans who didn't vote to allow debate on s1. the for the people act when it came up for a vote back in june or july. how are you so confident that when it comes to hr4 coming over into the senate that it's not going meet the same fate? >> we have demonstrated now that voter discri

to my friends and colleagues, senator susan collins, mitt romney, lisa murkowski, bill cassidy, joe be manchin, jeanne shaheen, mark warner, and jon tester, thank you for your efforts these past few months. i also want to give special thanks to our colleague kevin cramer who joined our group late but was instrumental in finalizing this agreement. i want to thank the white house and especially steve bruschetti and brian deese, lisa turrell for their support of this commitment and trying to work in a bipartisan way to get it done. i want to thank senator tom carper who joined us in the room. along with senator exat tow he was the -- capito he was the e.p.w. chair. i want to thank my other colleagues in the so-called g-22 who helped in the 22 different working groups that were formed to help put this legislation together. richard burr, lindsey graham, mike rounds, thom tillis, chris coons, maggie hassan, john hickenlooper, angus king, jacky rosen. 11 democrats and 11 republicans. to my colleagues who voted with us repeatedly to advance this bill toward final passage and helped us to get t

sure it has the support of lisa murkowski, but we're still like nine votes short of seeing this legislation pass. the for the people act, hr 1. that seems doa for right now. so if our federal government is not going to step up and protect the rights at the ballot box, what is left? where does this fight go from here? >> you know, i think the first thing we got to do, there is a solution on the table that you can end the filibuster. that the democrats actually have a majority in the senate, i believe that if the president used the full weight of his office to make sure that he put his party in line, that we can get this passed. if you really know the history of the march on washington, the very first line in the list of demands was really calling for the end of the filibuster. and so here we are now, 58 years later, here we are, 53 years -- after the civil rights -- the civil rights movement, 58 years later, that we're still looking at the filibuster as a vehicle that actually stops progressive legislation. a filibuster that is actually standing in the way of voting rights. so there is a sol

it makes me cranky said lisa murkowski. i signed up for this job.it means i have to work through the weekend, i will work through the weekend and gladly so because i want to get an infrastructure bill done. they don't want to be here but they are working more and more weekends to get it done. guest: it highlights the gridlock in the senate right now. there are no vetoes in the senate. you can filibuster a bill that is simply the opportunity to speak. you have to stand up and speak to filibuster something. if you want to pass a bill and you alluded to this with late-night sessions that bleed into the next morning, you vote all night long. you exhaust senators and wear them down. former senator ted kennedy from massachusetts had in his memoir a fabulous description of the united states senate, the best i've ever heard. he calls a chemical body and said something happens when senators are stuck in a room and realizing they are not going home until they get something done. that highlights the difference with these weekend sessions now they are not doing

2517, grassley-klobuchar 2500, crapo 2507, blackburn 2308, warner-portman, cantwell 2588, wyden-murkowski 2603, cantwell-brawrn 2621, van hollen 2613, as modified, cruz-lieu hawn 2690, sullivan 2586, shelby 2535, rounds 2636, sinema-portman number 2620. further, that the senate vote in relation to all pending amendments with no amendments in order to the amendments prior to a vote in relation to the amendment. and that if a roll call is ordered, then 60 affirmative votes except for lee numbered 2517, warner 2617, wyden 2498, ernst 2639, and grassley 2500 and that there be two minute ps for debate equally divided prior to each vote. the presiding officer: is there an objection. ms. sinema: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. ms. sinema: reserving the right to object. thank you, madam president. as my esteemed colleague from tennessee is aware, and as we all are aware, the senate operates under unanimous consent, reserving the right and prerogative to any one senator object to moving forward when consent to not present. as the senator from tennessee made clear

i mean, remember mccain, you remember romney, sasse, murkowski, there's always about ten of them thatre not necessarily going to go with the party and then things don't happen for republicans anyway. >> yeah. >> because of this eamon, what about this cybersecurity meeting? >> this is going to be a huge meeting. we've got a graphic prepared for you. take a look at the ceos who will be there an enormous list of high-powered american ceos starting with tim cook of apple, satya nadella of microsoft, sundar pichai of alphabet jamie dimon, brian moinen hand, lynn good. dr. barrett at the end there from girls who code also representing some of the nonprofit groups that will be there as well today. so the goal here is for the private sector and the white house to get their arms around exactly how the public private partnership is going to work going forward with this at that sit ak no, ma'am j that the hackers have been wreaking havoc with the u.s. economy. one of the big points they want to talk about is workforce development, white house officials talking to reporters yesterday said there a

an earlier version of the john lewis bill drew the support of just one republican, senator lisa murkowski of alaska, making its package unlikely. a call from sioux city, iowa, democratic caller. it is your turn. welcome to the conversation. caller: hi, i was wondering about the financing that the taliban has. a congresswoman was interviewed yesterday, i think on cnn, and said most of their funds, where they came from, are in u.s. banks. and if that is so, i would think it would give us some leverage over the taliban, if we hold whatever funds they would have available to them. host: ok. john in pennsylvania, good morning. what is on your mind? caller: yeah, thanks for having me. good to see the coward and chief showing his true colors yesterday and the announcement to the american people, trying to read of the teleprompter and not taking questions because he is a coward. i wish the democrats, with these bills down their throat, like the fixed election, trying to fix future elections so we will never have a republican elected for anything -- why don't they try to be tougher with the taliba

host: they have already gotten support from lisa murkowski, correct? guest: yes.eresting to note the rules coming up in the house would also procedurally advance this voting bill, the john lewis bill, so there is pressure on centrists to support the movement tonight that they are not blocking this john lewis voting rights bill. that does not necessarily mean they will be on board with the actual budget resolution vote on tuesday, so the coalition we could see on monday night in procedural motions could be different from what we see tomorrow. host: we will remind viewers too about that vote. the rules committee is meeting this morning at 11:00 a.m., and we will have live coverage here on c-span, we'll stream that as well. as kristina peterson mentioned, they will vote on that rule this evening. we will have gavel-to-gavel coverage, beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern and we expect that vote at 6:30 p.m. take us to that evening about, it is a procedural vote. it's essential in moving forward. what will you be looking for? guest: the question is how many of the nine centr

we've seen lisa murkowski of alaska say she supported the idea of hr 4 weeks ago when she was talking with joe manchin about this. that's what happens now, this weekend, actually, a march on washington on voting rights, and so the thing that we're going to see now in the white house is working on this, vice president harris has been kind of leading this effort for them is the pressure from the outside in to congress is going to be a lot more intense, right, you're going to have all of these civil rights leaders, voting rightings leaders, calling, protesting, going on twitter, on tv, talking about these senators who need in their eyes to get their act together and vote on voting rights. the thing that we're hearing from voters and what is really important here is we already did our part. we sent you to washington, d.c., so don't tell us now the ways that we have to get around some of these voting restrictions that are being put in place. that's what you're going to continue to hear, and what senators are going to hear. whether that changes minds, it's hard to see. there's all of this t

the other republican members in addition to myself were senators murkowski, cassidy, and romney. on the democratic side, in addition to senator sinema, were senators manchin, shaheen, warner, and tester. and all of us worked very hard, and we're grateful for the ideas and the input that we had from so many of our colleagues. i also want to thank and day. they haven't had a weekend off in a very long time. so, madam president, it is essential that we make this historic investment, and i urge all of my colleagues in voting tomorrow morning for final passage of this long-awaited, much-needed, bipartisan legislation. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mr. padilla: madam president, i rise today because my home state of california ■isonfire nearly half a million acres have burned in the last month by the dixie fire alone. that's more than ten times the size of the district of columbia. it's larger in size than the city of los angeles. thousands of californians have been forced to flee their home

>>> former alaska governor say raw palin hints at possible 22 senate run against incumbent lisa murkowski be there for me this time. a lot of people were not there for me last time. rachel: palin said she is still reluctant to run due to the scrutiny she faced during her campaign for vice president in 2008. certainly was vicious. >>> world war ii veteran received a bronze star 75 years after he was awarded it. u.s. army private first class sinero earned the medal for mayor tour just achievement for active ground combat in october 1944. wasn't until his son looked up his military unit on line he learned of his award. the 95-year-old was honored at a ceremony at his california home. that is beautiful. pete: someone square away the private. took 75 years. got it done. god bless him. good for him. lawrence: now to this. could commemorate the 20 years since september 11th, today starts the start of tunnel to towers never forget walk. pete: chairman and ceo frank siller is beginning his 42 day, 500-mile virginia, starting in arlington, virginia and stopping in shanksville, pennsylvania and stop

murkowski: thank you, mr. president. it is indeed a pleasure to be on the floor, even though it's a little bit late on a sunday evening, but to be here with colleagues that we have -- we have spent probably more time with one another than we have with our families, our spouses, our roommates, what have you, but we have been working to build a product not only that we are proud to stand behind but a product that i believe the american public will be proud of the work that we have put into this. work that not just this group but again the broader group of 22, and also we recognize the very solid work that come from our committees. we recognize all that was built at the committee level to help kick-start in so many different -- in so many different areas, but also to build the base of much of this infrastructure bill that we have in front of us today. my friend and colleague from west virginia, senator manchin, the chairman of the energy and natural resources committee, when we -- when we started to sit down and focus on wh