you would rightly feel that was grotesquely unfair but yet that's what every senate democrat just voted to create. the most pernicious aspect of this bill has been the racial demagogue that it has invited we heard the senate majority leader invoke in terms of specters from our sorry history of racial discrimination in the past. senate majority leader has used the phrase jim crow two.zero repeatedly as has the president of the united states as has the vice president of the united states deliberately inflaming racial tensions. suggesting laws in common sense voter integrity laws things like requiring voter id require signature verification and absentee ballots are somehow a modern manifestation of jim crow. that is a grotesque lie that the president of the united states knows, they know they are lying. but ironically they have inadvertently said something that is accurate about this piece of legislation. >> jim crow was grotesque and ugly and drafted without exception by democratic politicians. jim crow was written by democratic politicians and the purpose when the jim crow laws were writ

here's the reporting of roll call the headline senate voting and ethics overhall stalls but democrats united in votes. senator manchin voted with his party in favor of debating democrats signature of overall eelection and laws but the path to enactment remains improbable. republicans as expected opposed a procedural vote that would have lets the senate begin debate and given manchin a chance to change a sweeping bill he said earlier this month he would vote against. senators voted 50/50 leaving the motion short of the needed 60 votes for adoption. gop senators called the bill a power grab by the other side of the aisle and argued it would give too much control to the federal government over elections. democrats said they plan to press ahead as allied outside interest groups mounted a fresh round of pressure campaigns including ones to end the legislative filibuster. this is the beginning and not the end, said amy klobuchar, a chairwoman of the rules and administration pam which has jurisdiction over election and campaign issues. thoughts by text. mike in buffalo sends this, the 50 dem

mounted by senate democrats. the corrupt politicians act would repeal the vast majority of these voter i.d. laws. likewise, 31 states prohibit ballot harvesting, the corrupt practice of paying political operatives to collect other people's ballots. so what would the corrupt politicians act do? it would strike down all of those laws in 31 states and would mandate ballot harvesting nationwide. it would mean that paid political operatives from the democratic national committee could go to nursing homes and collect a vote. some of those votes no doubt from individuals who may be no longer competent to make a decision. and the reason 31 states have acted the ban -- to ban ballot harvesting is because it inviting voter fraud. an exclusive operative can fill out the ballot for a senior citizen who no longer has the capacity for make a decision, and if that citizen has the temerity to vote in the way the operative doesn't like, there's nothing to prevent the operative from throwing that ballot in the mail and simply not

at the lunch for senate democrats, nor did he personally meet with the group of texas democrats, but some of those democrats were able to secure a last-minute meeting with members of joe manchin's senior staff. at a press conference today with house democrats, and those texas democrats, speaker nancy pelosi said this. >> this is an all-out assault, an all-out assault. i mean, it's just really hard to understand how they could cook up so many various ways to come at a person's right to vote. but they did. and in h.r. 1, we have a correction for most of that, but not all. and then in h.r. 4, we go even further. >> leading off our discussion tonight, beto o'rourke, a former democratic congressman representing el paso, texas. he is the founder of powered by people, an organization helping elect democrats in texas. beto o'rourke, i keep saying this is the most important story that we are covering this year. what happens on this story determines everything else about the governing of the united states of america. >> that's absolutely right, and i'll tell you, as i travel the state of texas

he was meeting with other moderate democratic senators talking about voting rights and this is top of mind for senator manchin. he was a former secretary of state. he understands elections and how they're administered across the country or at least in west virginia. i think what he's learning is that not everybody plays by west virginia's standards, and if we want to protect democracy, which is really a pillar of his position, we are losing our democracy state by state, voices are being silenced in georgia, and now in florida and now in arizona and if we are steam rolled in texas, there is nothing that's going to stop republicans from marching across our country, silencing the voices of voters and what kind

as a matter of fact senator manchin didn't go to the senate democratic caucus election day. he was meeting with four other moderate democratic senators talking about voting rights and that's top of mind for senator manchin. and let's be clear he was a former secretary of state.

today it's a big house and senate democrats to pass federal voting legislation to help them fight voter suppression efforts by republicans. they met their pitch at lunch with lawmakers. among the some democrats, they tend to see west virginia democrat joe manchin who was not present at the launch for senate democrats nor did he personally meet with a group of texas democrats but some of those democrats were able to secure a last-minute meeting with joe manchin senior staff at a press conference today with house democrats and those texas democrats. speaker nancy pelosi said this. >> this is an all out assault. an all out assault. i mean, it's just really hard to understand how they could cook up so many various ways to come at a person's right to vote but, they did. and in asia one, we have a correction for most of that but not all. and then hr4, will go even further. >> leading off our discussion tonight, better o'rourke former democratic congressman he's the founder of powered by the people, an organization helping people democrats in texas. but o'rourke, i keep saying this is the most

big part of the eventual big infrastructure package the administration and democratic leaders want to pass this year. in the senate, things are a little more mixed as they passed the transportation bill last month that had bipartisan support but a lot of democrats are not happy with some of the things left out, and so forth but on the other hand we have this group of ten senators, five democrat, five republican's negotiating amongst themselves on water infrastructure and they are looking at $1.2 trillion package, that's still a little less president said he wanted was negotiating and it was needed to continue to make sure the companies -- party, the country is on the road to recovery and continues. it is getting closer to his number, there is up with the $2 trillion so i would expect the president will not get back from europe until later on this week so he's not going to have any readings necessarily with any of those books the more support they get on a bipartisan level for something closer to what he wants, that shows the movement and it could move later this summer. >> you talk about a dual track, who is invol

doomed today, senate democrats are holding a vote. they know it isn't going anywhere as senate republicans are set to block the most expansive voting rights bill in generations. the reality check now facing congress, what are they going to do? >>> election day, voters in new york city head to the polls in the democratic primary for mayor. what this race in america's biggest city means for the democratic party fight playing out all over the country. >>> and making history, carl nassib's powerful message to the nfl and the world. thanks for being here at this hour. senate democrats are bracing for defeat on what they say is one of their top priorities. the voe-- the voting rights bil that will go nowhere in the senate today. the republicans are expected to block the bill in a key test vote this evening. it is coming at a critical time for democracy in this country. more than a dozen states led by republican major legislatures have enacted laws imposing stricter limits on voting access. so now back to the senate. if democrats know this bi

if no republicans support the senate's democratic voting rights bill, will senator manchin or sinemais? close to 70% say no, of more than 13,000 who cast. well, that doesn't bode well then, does it? if they won't vote to break the filibuster, it doesn't bode well for democrats. not a single republican is signing on to this idea at changing so-called voting rights. so, therefore, the only way you get it done is to break the filibuster, and it all comes down to the two of them. more social media, what came in this week? let's take a quick peek. they better not. dems are in a power grad that have grave consequences for this nation. they want complete and total p power and are acting like a regime, versus democratic government. patricia, the rules are being set right now for 2022 and 2024. that's the big picture view. we are establishing now the framework for how the midterm elections and the next presidential race will be determined. next one, quickly, because i'm limited on time. the next question should be, who built it, and what's the health of the neighboring towers? oh, so this goe

the democrats have been blocked in the u.s. senate. e allowed just a discussion of voting rights. all 50 democratic senators voted in favor of advancing the for the people act, including west virginia democrat joe manchin, whose support wasn't secured until late this afternoon, but it didn't matter. the democrats needed ten republicans to cross over and go along to get the 60 votes they need to break a filibuster. but nore

we've seen democratic leaders of the senate in the house become quite exercised in the last few days with the revelations about what is going on. surveillance going on at the justice department. it is personal for them. some of them, chairman adam schiff for example where the ones being surveilled by the justice department's. they consider it a personal thing they want to get answers. they want to investigate this. they want to get to the bottom of it. they want to hold people accountable for what happened in the trump administration. that personal drive can certainly get in the way of the legislative progress that they're hoping to make in advancing president biden's agenda. but senator mcconnell said that they're having the back of these longtime friend and ally, bill barr. the former attorney general, and it's interesting lee using that witch hunt, which is the way that we heard again and again, against president trump, in reference to virtually any investigation into trump or his administration. he called it a witch hunt, we're now seeing the republicans in the senate applying th

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yamiche: leigh ann, annie brought up the for the people act and do democrats have 50 votes for this bill and senator manchin who a lot of democrats point to -- point to as the person holding this up, is he the fall guy here or other democrats who also have cautions and issues with this bill? astead: that's an excellent point and an -- leigh ann: that's an excellent point and an excellent qstion. biden, something he has been focused on and interested in for so long. another person who has pretty much made their career on this issue, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. he has come through the senate, became very popular in the senate because of his opposition to campaign finance reform and greater access to voting. so there's a lot of parallels there. and part of the reason why mcconnell and republicans are so vastly against this. but as for democrats, there are 49 co-sponsors among senate democrats on the for the people act in the senate. senator joe manchen is the lone vocal holdout and repeated this week that -- that legislation is not good for west virginia. it's not something that he is able

and yes, despite every democratic senator coming together. republicans made sure that that bill did not live on and democrats say they will continue this fight. the motion is not agree to in a 5050 vote. the democratic voting rights bill failed to pass in the senate. it is not a republican. >> a concern or democratic concern. it is an american concern. senate democrats need to 10 republicans to jump on board with the legislation, but no gop senators sided with that. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer says democrats will continue to push voter suppression throughout the country. the fight to protect voting rights is not over. by no means the bill was an attempt to counter a wave of election changes made by republican state legislatures and look to and dark money in politics and partisan gerrymandering. what is really about. there's an effort to the federal government take over the way we conduct elections in this country. >> but senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says democrats are looking for a problem that's not there. ohio republica

that there is probably ten democrats who do not -- are not ready to vote for this legislation if it were to come to the floor and be on the verge of passage. now, senate majority leader schumer has said that he's going to bring it up on the floor for a vote at some point over the -- in the month of june. now, i expect most democrats to vote for it or all democrats except for perhaps joe manchin because at this point it's a messaging bill. it's not going to pass. it does not have the support of 10 republicans. and so it's not going to matter if this becomes law. so for the time being, most senators, most democrats anyway, are able to satisfy the progressive base, not go out on a limb and oppose this legislation even though they have problems with it. and they'll maintain on the right side of their voters for the moment, yamiche. yamiche: a quick follow-up. how much power does congress really have when it com to changing or impacting the laws that states are passing, they're attacking in som ways, secretaries of states, the power that governors have and the power of the non-partisan election bodies have, what's your take on the powerf congress on this?

there's a partisan democrat only process and they need to get the support of joe manchin and senator sinema. >> i want to bring in gloria borger. >> that's key, gloria, because you can't get sinema and manchin to go along with the democrat bill as of now when they are negotiating this bipartisan deal. we need exhaust every bipartisan possibility. they have to let this go forward, the democrats do, if they even want to get to having the 50-vote bill. >> sure, and then waiting in the wings is senator bernie sanders. don't forgot, i mean, this afternoon he said, you know, his patience has run out, and he said we're going to start -- he's the chair of of the budget committee, and he said we're going to maurng the budget which would include a lot of this spending as soon as july and i've spoken with him about it and he said he has very little patience for these negotiations. they are going to continue and i've also been told that the white house is aware of what he's doing so they are trying to work on two tracks and i think the big question is if the bipartisan effort, the newest one fall

is another side of what joe manchin's working on and what the so-called moderate democrats are working on in the senatend president biden and chuck schumer and bernie sanders have to work with that side too. you know, whatever can come through, you know, bipartisan support means you've got to have the democrats on board and in both the house and the senate. you've got to have all the democrats on board or you don't get it through without republican help. and so it's a real tightrope that has to be walked. on the infrastructure bill, infrastructure is something that you and i recall being universally popular. it allows congress to shower the folks back home with goodies. >> yeah, it was always bipartisan. maria teresa, you have joe manchin now being apparently driven into the arms of chuck schumer by mitch mcconnell. who every day finds a new extremist, unreasonable thing to say about zero chance of getting republican votes that gives joe manchin nowhere to go except with his democrats. >> well, he had a chance -- mitch mcconnell had a chance to secure manchin had he allowed his party to vote for the in

and i do think that we need to talk about the elephant in the room, which is senate democrats which area lot of water. and for folks saying, where are you going to get these 50 votes? i think we really need to start asking some of these democratic senators where they plan on getting 60 votes. these ten republican senators that there is a theory that we're going to get support for that out there i think is a claim that doesn't really hold water, particularly when we can't even get ten senators to support a january 6 commission. it's an argument -- >> but on this particular bill they have five and, you know, my understanding is it is possible if everything comes together, they could get ten. so just on infrastructure. >> yeah, i think then the question we have to make is there is a fork in the road, which is do we settle for much less and an infrastructure package that has been largely designed by republicans in order to get 60 votes? or can we really transform this country, create millions of union jobs, re-vamp our power grid, get people's bridges fixed and schools rebuilt with 51 or 50

senate democratic leader chuck schumer says he's onboard with that path, too. also apparently onboard with that path is conservative democratic senator joe manchin, who has reveled in being the one who says no to all democratic plans. he's been the one insisting on doing this bipartisan bill. he tell said nbc new's frank thorp doing both bills today is inevitable, which means he's on board with doing, yes, this infrastructure bill with republicans that he worked on so hard. but also the larger potentially democrat only bill for all the other stuff that democrats want to do through reconciliation. so joe manchin, so president biden is on board, nancy pelosi is on board, chuck schumer is on board, conservative senator joe manchin is on board, and even the chair of the house progressive caucus, pramila jayapal, and is about as far on the other side of the democratic aisle as you can get from joe manchin. she put out an important statement appearing to support the plan to only pass both bills together. obviously, progressives are much more interested in what can be

they can coordinate the presidents agenda with pelosi said, with what schumer can move in the senate, democrats should theoretically be able to get stuff done. if there aren't party defections of democrat becoming a republican or unexpected retirements or god forbid deaf sorted to realty illnesses within the democrats the majority they've got this precious thing for two years. two years until the next election where they very well may lose their majority, right? they've got two years 24 months to get stuff done with this precious control of both houses of congress and the white house. it is democrats goal to use that 24 months efficiently to get as much done as possible. on the republican side, if we are honest, it's their goal to us as much of that time as possible. democrats and president biden can't use the time. they can't get stuff done in this precious 24 months they've got. that's how this works. democrats want to maximize but they can do in 24 months, republicans want to minimize what can be done in 24 months by wasting as much as that time as they possibly can. 24 months. this time, de

>> this is a key thing here with the majority of senate democrats, but notably not senate democrat.r the 60 vote threshold in order to move legislation to the final round votes. many are viewing this as antiquated and a real roadblocked when it comes to passing substantive -- different kinds of legislation. real policy changes moving forward. they're seeing is outdated with the way things stand. so what we can expect to see from senate majority leader chuck schumer, is as you said, bring a series of votes on a number of different measures. it could be around gun safety, gay rights, equal pay. he has committed to bringing a sweeping voting rights legislation proposal. that's that hr one, now as one, for the people act, to the floor by the end of this month. so, as they are starting to move this forward. it's going to be a real reckoning moon moment for senate democrats, if they can make that convincing armand within their own party as to why they can't work with republicans and need to get rid of the filibuster. but notably not all senate democrats are on board. including senator joe

we know about at least two democrats standing in the way of changing the senate rule and reducing that 60 vote threshold down to a majority vote threshold. if that doesn't happen, does that mean that democrats will then just, okay, give up? the words did not mean anything. we tried. they would change the rule. >> no. failure is not an option here. we're gonna have to keep pressing, and maybe, just maybe we can move more of my colleagues on the question of the filibuster. today we eliminated it, but at least creating a carved out reception for saving our democracy. look, i have to remain hopeful. number one, we are having this conversation a week ago, my colleague, senator manchin, was not even on this bill list. but we rolled up our sleeves, worked on it, and we got him to a yes, got him to yes on this measure, maybe there is room for movement on the filibuster. the other thing that i have been reminded of is that, giving honor to those who marched, who fought and died during the civil rights movement for the civil rights act, for the voting rights act, it didn't happen in one attempt.

democratic party in every area of our lives. chris: so let me move on to another area, because senator schumer, the senate democratic leader, is goingoting rights bill this week and the centrist moderate always -- maybe the most powerful man in the senate joe manchin is going to offer his stripped-down version of his bill this week. the main elements are to make election day a holiday, mandate at least 15 days of early voting, ban partisan gerrymandering and use computer models and require a voter id. now, senator manchin took out a lot of the basic senate plans, s-1, the for the people act, like public financing of congressional elections. can you go along with the manchin stripped-down version and if not, why not? >> well, one i like joe manchin a lot. we had the largest turnout in the history of the united states and states are in charge of voting in america. i don't like the idea of taking the power to redistrict away from state legislators. you're having people move from blue states to red states. under this proposal, you would have some kind of commission redraw the new districts and i don't like that. i want states where peop

so, cornell, this is a stodgy democrats might as well get with the senate democrats.here is something more fundamentally problematic, brian. and this is something that president obama used to talk about all the time, is how do you get the broader swath of americans to have skin in this game? poll after poll shows americans -- a majority of americans are for the voting rights bill and this new legislation to protect the sanctity of our democracy. but can democrats flip that and term republicans' obstruction of it into a win for them going into the midterms? the greatest trick they've done, and we saw it under obama, too, and many democrats are saying, brian, this smells like 2010 coming all over again, is that the republicans block everything the democrats try to do. have the basis of the democratic party deenergize and frustrate it and not turn out. the question is can democrats finally turn this and use this offensively, like what a vast number of americans want to do, can we hold republicans' feet to the fire from blocking this, from blocking infrastructure, from bl

senate would be. not one of those 49 democratic senators think they know better than joe manchin about what a democrat has to do and say to win a senate seat in west virginia in the 21st century. so there's a few reasons why you're hearing not a word of criticism at all from democratic senators about joe manchin, first of all, know they'd be in the minority without him. second they have not given up hope. they have not given up hope that something useful can be done on voting rights, including the john lewis voting rights advancement act that joe manchin supports. it is not a surprise to the 49 democratic senators that joe manchin has come out in opposition to the for the people act, the much more wide-ranging bill on voting rights that includes campaign finance reform and other issues because joe manchin was the only democratic senator who was not already a cosponsor of that bill. in editorial the "new york times" calls the for the people vote quote poorly matched to the moment. legislation attempts to accomplish more than is currently feasible while failing to address some of the clearest threats to

joining us now is senator ed markey. democrat of massachusetts. senator, thanks so much for joining us. look. a close ally of yours, democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted, quote, president biden and senate democrats should take a step back and ask themselves if playing patty cake with gop senators is really worth dismantling of people's voting rights, setting the planet on fire, or allowing massive corporations and the wealthy to not pay their fair share of taxes, et cetera. and she went on to say it's a hustle. what do you think of that? how do you feel about the issue of whether democrats and the white house are, maybe, putting too much faith in republicans to compromise? >> well, i have said all-year long, that we have to repeal the filibuster. the republicans are using that, as you already said, to block gun-safety legislation from passing. from blocking equal pay for women in the united states from passing. from blocking protections for voting rights from passing. they're using the filibuster to accomplish that goal. and th

either and we're told by sources that progressive members made that clear in the lunch with senate democrats today so really either way there are still headwinds facing them. so it remains to be seep how this actually end up, but i do think, of course, all eyes are on senator manchin given what he's said not just about infrastructure and voting rights and the filibuster this week. when president biden does return from europe, all of these issues are still going to be at the top of his agenda. >> let's turn our eyes right now to a different democratic senator, thanks, kaitlan, job tester of montana who joins us now. senator, you're part of this bipartisan group of senators, the plan "b" as it were if the talks between shelley moore capito and biden didn't work, and it looks like they are approaching an impasse, then there's going to be this alternate infrastructure plan that you've been working on with your fellow senators, democrats and republicans. give us a reality check. do you think the kapito/biden deal is essentially dead? >> well, look, i don't think anything is essentially dead at th

at least two senate democrats not onboard with that including west virginia's joe chin -- joe manchinkrysten sinema from arizona. you know, the senator was warning her party may need the filibuster in the not too distant future writing in "the washington post" earlier this week, quote: once in a majority, it is tempting to believe you will stay in the majority. but a democratic senate minority used the 60-vote threshold just last year to filibuster a police reform proposal and a covid relief bill that many democrats view ared as inadequate. those filibusters were mounted to force continued negotiations toward better solutions. so what about this filibuster controversy? chris bedford joins us, senior editor at "the federalist." so, as we point out, you need 60 votes, not the simple 51 majority of the senate. does the filibuster defend democracy or does it damage it? >> well, it certainly defends the republic as it was designed initially by the founders. and if i think as any party that's in the minority would want to have. but the house of representatives is basically mob rule. whoever

senate democrats are also talking amongst themselves about a six trillion dollar budget package that would include biden's proposals, and could pass without republican support. meanwhile, democratic senator joe manchin, west virginia, his proposals for voting rights legislation are getting support from a voting rights advocate stacey abrams, and they have been welcomed by several other democrats. mansions proposals include, making election day a public holiday, mandated at least 15 consecutive days of early voting for federal elections, banned partisan gerrymandering, and require voter i.d. with allowable alternatives to prove identity. democrats have been firmly against requiring voter identification of any kind before. but even that part of manchin's compromise got stacey abrams endorsement. that was of. note here is in fact what abrams had to say about manchin's proposal today. >> i am endorsing the fact that we now have a list of priorities and that joe manchin is at the table and he's part of the conversation. i think you makes common sense opportunities available for compromise,

senate announcing the 50-50 vote . democratseeded 60 to break the filibuster and move on to the voting reform legislation, adding further impetus to groups calling for an end to the use of the legislative filibuster in the senate. it is wednesday, june 20 third, 2021. good morning, welcome to " washington journal." we will ask you specifically if senate democrats should (202) 748-8000 eliminate the filibuster (202) 748-8000. if you say yes, the line is -- should eliminate the filibuster. if you say yes, (202) 748-8000. if you say no, (202) 748-8001. post your thoughts on facebook, facebook.com/c-span. you can always send us a tweet, @cspanwj. we will read much of the reporting this morning from capitol hill and elsewhere on this issue and others this morning. this is the politico report of that yesterday, democrats confronting failure on election strategy with election roof going down with oath democratic votes to change the filibuster and they say so far that hasn't happened. senator schumer yesterday with reporters was asked s

joe manchin of west virginia is a democratic senator. he came out a little over a week ago with an op-ed in his hometown newspaper, the charleston gazette mail and said he was opposed to the current voting rights legislation, hr one and s one, because it is not bipartisan. some people have said that you have to have partners willing to meet you in order to be bipartisan. but, it doesn't seem like there is a lot of movement there. what is interesting about this is there are a lot of items in the voting rights bill that joe manchin is supposed to. he wants to make sure that it is bipartisan so it can be a lasting piece of legislature. he has voiced support for the voting rights reauthorization act, named after john lewis, a democrat from georgia and a key figure in the civil rights movement. he got a boost from merrick garland on friday, who said this would be a good idea to pass it. we also -- he said we also need the broader package to set the minimum standards for voting rights in the country. not a lot of movement with joe manchin. it

democrats in the u.s. senate are in the majority, and let's be very clear about what republicans want to do. not only do they not want to investigate the january 6th insurrection where five people, including a capitol police officer, were killed, they want to roll back the right to vote in almost every single state in this country. and, chris, you've got to understand this. in texas, that bill was going to allow for the overturning of elections based on just the allegation of fraud. so you can imagine in 2024 a democrat wins the 40 electoral college votes in texas. republicans could allege fraud and overturn that election just as we know they're going to try to do in georgia and florida and other states unless we have the for the people act. so this is a time for democrats to act. this is our moment of truth to step up and stand up for this country. and we lose this moment at our peril and to the peril of american democracy. i really think it is make or break, do or die for america right now. we've got to have th

they didn't just vote in one democratic senator, they voted in two. rachel. democrats, republicans, independents. the bill polls at 78% for many of the provisions. we have a united party as you saw by the vote today. so, we are not ending this fight. and one of the ways we do that is getting out of this capitol dome and heading out to the states so we can hear from people and so my colleagues can hear them because it's hard to hide when you have people talking about standing in 10-hour lines without food and water or people trying to find one drop-off ballot box in the middle of harris county texas of five million people or the discriminatory voting practices or six states still requiring notarized signatures from notary publics just to get an application for an absentee ballot. that's what they're going to hear when we go out there to states across the country. >> and is it your expectation that that kind of pressure and that kind of public support for the voting rights protections in this bill, is it your expectation that that will peel off republica

they are saying to each other last week i spoke with a senate democrat who is this guy? why -- why is joe manchin holding up what could be some historic accomplishments here, and we have the house, we have the senate, we have the white house. we don't know what's going to happen in the mid-term election so we have a very small window here, and we need to get stuff done. i think what manchin is saying back to them is we need to get stuff done but we don't need to do all of it at once and that's not kind of an oddball thing. it's not an oddball principle. in the old days when i used to cover the hill you would come to compromises. the big question is whether you can anymore within your own party even. >> jane, i meaning the argument from manchin supporters will be who will be joe manchin, the only democrat that can win a statewide election in west virginia. >> right. >> and he's 509th key vote. >> exactly, and it's important to recognize that joe manchin won in west virginia, just like kirstyn sinema won in arizona. he does not represent new york and does not represent more

joe manchin of west virginia is a democratic senator. he came out a little over a week ago with an op-ed in his hometown newspaper, the charleston gazette mail and said he was opposed to the current voting rights legislation, hr one and s one, because it is not bipartisan. some people have said that you have to have partners willing to meet you in order to be bipartisan. but, it doesn't seem like there is a lot of movement there. what is interesting about this is there are a lot of items in the voting rights bill that joe manchin is supposed to. he wants to make sure that it is bipartisan so it can be a lasting piece of legislature. he has voiced support for the voting rights reauthorization act, named after john lewis, a democrat from georgia and a key figure in the civil rights movement. he got a boost from merrick garland on friday, who said this would be a good idea to pass it. we also -- he said we also need the broader package to set the minimum standards for voting rights in the country. not a lot of movement with joe manchin. it

however, i was really disappointed with what happened in the senate but democrats in the house, we can't allow ourselves to be disappointed. we have to move forward. so there are some options available to us. i'd like to see the senate leader schumer to try again. not one more time, to say to leader mccarthy and say you know, we're gonna give you and the republicans another chance. if you don't vote the right way this time, then i'm gonna ask the house to assume some leadership in trying to get some solutions. we can't allow this insurrection activity to occur and you've shown on the screen exactly what occurred. you can't convince people that antifa or black lives matter movement did that. clearly, it was the oath keepers, proud boys, trump supporters and others who ransacked the united states capitol and we can't allow it to go forward so i'm convinced that speaker pelosi will make up a decision at the senate does not move forward because we have to protect the center of democracy in this country which is the united states capital. >> let me ask you this, go more is a colleague of year

this afternoon democrats were able to get west virginia democratic senator joe manchin on board with today's vote. what do we know about the legislation and the negotiations? >> well, this was an important step for democrats because even without those ten republicans who are likely to block this measure from moving forward, they didn't even have 50 democrats on board with moving the legislation forward. that changed after a breakthrough in negotiations this afternoon. and essentially what manchin has agreed to is allowing the motion to proceed and then have a vote on a separate amendment should the legislation make it to that next stage. the problem is it's unlikely to get to that stage because there is just no indication that there are ten republicans willing to continue this debate. in fact, this is a piece of policy where you see a sharp divide between democrats and republicans. democrats believe that this issue of voting rights is fundamental to the core of american democracy where republicans feel exactly the opposite. they believe that states should be able to conduct their elec

we have a piece on nbc news.com today, it isn't just those two, many or senate democrats are reluctant to support abolition. includes mark kelly from arizona. he says he doesn't want something that's in the best interest of democrats, has to believe it is good for both parties. maggie hasan supports reforming it, not abolishing it. not just those two standing in the way, but it is put up or shut up for democrats in terms of whether they believe this voting rights bill is important enough to abolish the filibuster over. >> jake, what's the point then, why bring it to vote? >> good question. to show it doesn't have, look, it is one of their priorities, i don't want to be overly cynical here, but it is going absolutely nowhere. the filibuster can't be blown up, there are many democrats, not just joe manchin. let me take it a step further. there are many pieces of legislation, even if the filibuster were blown up, democrats would not have 50 votes needed to pass. and that could range from the voting legislation to a whole host of pieces of legislation, raising minimum wage. the point is to

appreciate and for their constituents to benefit from. >> susan, it seems to be really mainly senate democrats val demmings is not weak. it seems there is something going on with senate democrats. just tell me as a republican strategist at one point how long would it have taken republicans to put all of the stuff they wanted on a reconciliation bill without having any conversations with 20 odd democrats in a get things done caucus or whatever they call themselves? how long? eight seconds? nine seconds? ten? >> under ten. but you know what else they would have done by now because they already in essence did it they would have gone up the filibuster. >> hello. >> let's not forget when it came to the supreme court in october last year, the senate majority leader then, mcconnell, who sometimes still we see as acting more like a leader than chuck schumer which is a separate issue, he changed the rules for a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. you don't think he would do that next tuesday if he could? i mean, so right there, it's nice to say that, yes. playing by the rules is not cheating. pl

2019 with the same partisan voters. >> so tomorrow's vote is now basically a show of unity for senate democrats. this afternoon, west virginia's democratic senator manchin who is pushing for his own version of the voting rights bill sat down with joe biden at the white house. more on that in just a moment. the president is also trying to move the ball forward on his ambitious infrastructure and jobs proposal. today, biden also met with kirsten cinema, one of the members of the senators who have been working on their own version of the bill. the white house says that biden plans to meet this week with other members of the group. >> he's ready to roll up his sleeves, the door to the oval office is always open and he will be engaged in these negotiations in the coming days. he does not feel times and limited and he would like -- it is not weeks in his view in terms of moving forward and seeing if there isn't bipartisan path forward so that is why he is eager to have these meetings and see what it looked like. see if we can address some of the questions he has about this proposal and certainly he w

he hardly ever criticizes democratic senators. schumer up for election next year with speculation he could be challenged in a primary. if you want to read more from that story from the hill newspaper, thehill.com. here are some democratic members of congress's tweets about joe manchin. "joe manchin, you support republican gerrymandering and filibuster bills that have a roaming bipartisan public support. you don't support what you call parson bill to make it easier for everyone regardless of already to vote. i call bs." senator jeff merkley, "i'm disappointed by joe manchin's position on the for the people act, it is hugely popular among democrats, republicans come and independents across the country because it depends the vision of government by the people and ends the attack on a right to vote." the democrats saying "we do not need an op-ed to know you are unwilling to protect our democracy." this from congressman jimmy gomez, " if joe manchin is concerned about legislation, gop state legislators have given him plenty to worry abo

senate. democrats didn't come close to the 60 votes they needed to advance debate. s' nikole killion reports tonight from the capitol. >> reporter: the democrat-backed voting rights bill, dubbed the "for the people" act was opposed by senate republicans from the start. >> i think you could appropriately title it the "fool the people" act. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris, the president's point person on voting rights, presided over the chamber as the g.o.p. blocked debate on the bill. >> what this is really about is an effort for the federal government to take over the way we conduct elections. >> reporter: the bill would expand automatic voter registration and early voting end partisan gerrymandering and make election day a national holiday. but senate democrats were unable to secure the 60 votes required to overcome a republican filibuster. >> democrats will never let this voter suppression be swept under the rug. >> reporter: the push for federal voting rights law comes as 48 states are considering nearly 400 republican-backed bills that would restrict vo

and today every single democratic senator stood together in the fight to protect the right to vote inrica. the democratic party in the senate will always stand united to defend our democracy. i spoke with president biden earlier this afternoon as well. he has been unshakable in his support of s-1, and i want to thank the president and the vice president for their efforts. but regrettably, regrettably, our efforts were met by the unanimous opposition of the senate minority. once again, senate republicans have signed their names in the ledger of history, alongside donald trump, the big lie and voter suppression to their enduring disgrace. this vote, i'm ashamed to say, is further evidence that voter suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. now republican senators may have prevented us from having a debate on voting rights today, but i want to be very clear about one thing. the fight to protect voting rights is not over, by no means. in the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line. let me say that again. in the figh