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With these laws, congress is considering the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. these are two key pieces of legislation that have passed the house, that have a majority of support in the senate, including senator manchin, that are being blocked by a republican filibuster right now. and senator schumer and the senate leadership said this is the first thing theyre going to turn their attention to in the beginning of the year. if congress does not act, theyre givi...

Equivocation they do not approve changing rules in this instance saying it opens up a whole other can of worms. and thats where the problem is for the president. theres no clear path to getting those two senators onboard here. nonetheless senator chuck schumer made clear he intends to move forward with pieces of voting rights legislation as early as today, and after that, after those pieces of legislation are expected to fail because of lack of republican support, hes also expected to move forwa...

They were in support of voting rights. if senator manchin, senator sinema, and whatever other senators dont want to join them in that, thats up to them to go to voters and explain why theyre opposed to changing a rule, not a law, for voting rights. i think it is imperative for democrats, and i believe that democrats are going to run the risk of jeopardizing both majorities if they cannot energize their party by standing up for voting rights by standing up for the rights they expect. i any senato...

Addressing the intense pressure campaign under way to get him to support a rules change in order to pass election reform legislation. chuck schumer saying the chamber will vote on the filibuster rule change by mid-january as a way to pass an election reform bill with a simple 51-vote majority. its a move manchin and kyrsten sinema have both said they are not on board with. cnns manu raju is live on capitol hill. you spoke with manchin today. what did he have to say about schumers plan? >> hes no...

I almost feel like when the senate comes back and hey, we can do this in news. i think -- it should be like when drake drops a new album or new sneakers, were back, were bringing this. you should be screaming your new agenda when you come in for a new senate every year. thats why people are cynical. people are often cynical because they feel this new thing dropped but they phoned it in. i hope when schumer comes back, hes talking were going to address voting rights. get it done. dont tell me you...

As time went, on and we got to a point where we knew, okay we are one vote away. the bill is on the floor, being voted on at that time. thats what i think senator sanders is saying he wants to happen in january. and senator schumer seems to say thats what hes going to do. >> i think thats right. if you can get former senator who youre about to speak, due to go down to the marina. and a half on the senator manchins house boat. you have a conversation with him in those terms, i will buy you lunch ...

This morning, he directly linked january 6th to republican legislatures across the country rolling back access to voting and also implementing partisan election officials and some critical positions in states across the country as well. but also in that letter, senator schumer talked about rules change in a more forceful way than he has before. previously he would just say it was an option that was on the table. in this letter he made the case for changing the rules in order for voting rights le...

>> it may. this is a concerted effort. it is propelled by the mlk day holiday next monday. schumer intends to hold a vote. it will be a show vote in the senate to figure out where every senator stands to push through the legislation. back in august, the house passed the john lewis voting rights act to restore pour to the federal government to make sure that states dont have rules that would disenfranchise minority voters and the bills languished in the senate and not just that democrats have to ...

Mcconnell and dont say anything. biden was in the senate for over 30 years. i think he needs to get the spirit of lbg. he and schumer need to go to colleagues who have voted for voting rights acts in the past and say why it that you have fallen in line? trump is sort of corroded the republican party where theyre all afraid to work in any capacity with democrats. they are the party of no. and so its time for joe biden to explain to the american public why we dont have certain things. not just wit...

Right now. lets listen to him. he just walked away as we went to him. he almost knew i was going to go and put him on television. >> can i say one quick thing about what chuck said? hes absolutely right, and the fact is that mitch mcconnell opened a door to perhaps republicans supporting something that would address the electoral college piece of this. but that disappoints the entire civil rights community and thats why schumer said it was a nonstarter. so youre right, the president is passionat...