foreign aid bill failed a procedural vote in the senate. both sides now blaming each other for tanking the measure. and now they are trying to get the funding for ukraine, taiwan, and israel. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what is causing the hiccups from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. good evening to you, bret. so, right now, the senate is paralyzed. we are waiting to see if there is a path forward on a foreign aid only package. some republicans want to be able to offer amendments, some to do with the border. if this does move tonight, bret, it will be the first time congress hasn t rejected a big bill this week. mr. mcconnell? no. senate g.o.p. leader mitch mcconnell the nail in the coffin as nearly every republican and several democrats blocked the bipartisan border deal from getting a vote on the senate floor. i just voted no on the border bill. i think it makes it worse. i came to serve in the senate because it s a serious place. a da
senate democrats up for re-election this year that think this vote, particularly the filibuster vote, could be, you know, a tough vote for them. he thinks it is worth putting them on the record. alayna, one more quick one here. you mentioned the senators, sinema and manchin. there are some who thinks they should be primaried. bernie sanders announced a threat toward the senators who aren t cooperating. what was the threat, and is anyone else joining in? well, it s fascinating to see, especially, you know, as we re ramping up ahead of the midterms in november. me and several other reporters were running around the capitol last night as senators were going in and out of this meeting, and we asked senator bernie sanders, would you potentially support a primary challenger to those who don t move forward with trying to change senate rules and pass this bill, and he said yes. we are starting to see other progressives, senator elizabeth
understand to prevent voting rights in the 60s. so, it has a, you know, a very difficult history. so, when you look at, we did a carveout for budget reconciliation. listen, we re spending trillions of dollars in this country without a filibuster vote. we are doing things like almost eliminating obamacare, but without a filibuster interfering. and so you look at reconciliation as a major carveout, and you say, what makes sense right now in terms of getting people back voting and getting people to debate the issues in front of the public. and to me, a talking filibuster makes perfect sense. it doesn t mean that you eliminate minority right, it means you get to the point where you can have the dialogue. filibuster motion to proceed should never happen. we should have dialogue, debate in this country. so, let s not overemphasize this glorious history of the filibuster. it s been amended a hundred
that was a terrible, terrible vote, and i think what the arizona democratic party did was exactly right. so kyrsten sinema s own party in arizona has spoken out against her filibuster vote, censuring her. senator sanders has now spoken out, calling their actions exactly right. the question i have tonight is why hasn t president joe biden done the same since wednesday s showdown that may have been preordained in terms of republican votes against the bill but was downright embarrassing for the democratic caucus? for a guy who fashions himself as a negotiator and a champion of the greatest deliberative body in the world, it seems that joe biden doesn t take his cues from lbj. both sides don t need to come away happy from every negotiation, and not every interaction needs to happen behind the scenes. president biden at this point should let the country know he s angry with kyrsten sinema, that he s open to a primary challenge against her in 2024. in the same week that kyrsten sinema was
wondering what actually goes into your multivitamin? at new chapter, of serious side effects its innovation, organic ingredients, and fermentation. fermentation? yes. formulated to help you body really truly absorb the natural goodness. new chapter. wellness, well done. understanding what we have done for the last six months has failed, from the policy point of view. it has failed politically. we need to change course. we need to have the courage to take on the republicans. and let manchin and sinema decide which side they are on. senator bernie sanders in just one of many democrats still processing the failure of last week s filibuster vote, following a tight vote of just 52-48, republicans successfully defeated democrats efforts to