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Schumer. >> sean: a banana republic if we do this. when schumer was in the minority party he defended the filibuster tooth and nail. he said we would be a banana republic. >> this nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. its a fundamental power grab by the majority party propelled by its extreme rights and design to change the reading of the constitution. folks who want to see this change want to eliminate one of the procedural mechanisms designed for the expressed purp...

Schumer this evening. there is a push by schumer to have a vote by martin luther king day to change the rules by january 17th. but they will almost certainly fail, erin, unless something dramatically changes and at the moment, it doesnt appear that it will. >> manu, thank you very much. and next, the nightmare on i-95. traffic, finally, moving again in virginia. the start of more than 24 hours ago. ♪ ♪ now im ready for someone to call me mom. at northwestern mutual, our version of financia...

And theres also a question with schumer. does he want to put some of those senators who dont want to take a position on this on the record? if they do go forward, will this be the end of the effort? will they try again in the coming weeks? the question, too, will be dif theyre done on wednesday, theyve spent the entire month sfoexed on this issue but wont get something to the presidents desk and where does this leave the democrats as they head into midterms when both chambers of congress are at ...

Table. were discussing them actively with the senators. as i said in the dear colleague that i issued, were going to vote on voting rights shortly including considering rules changes. >> schumer told democrats the senate could vote to change the filibuster by martin luther king day. mike lee described the change as a desperation move. he said a change would convert the senate in to what he described as a lord of the flies environment. charles? >> charles: thanks, chad. so are manchins a new dema...

Years. we have to join this fight, and we hope that folks get into the fight with us. >> pivoting to washington, are you hopeful that democratic senators who have thus far have held out on filibuster reform will be compelled in addition to what were doing, this new round of pressure from democratic leadership to get something passed. i mean, the president and vice president are working on this, coming to atlanta, all of us meeting there. schumer is pushing for the rules change to have a vote ahe...

Voting -- majority leader schumer said this. >> since we only have 50 democrats in razor thin majority, only path forward on this important issue is to change the rules and right now there are two democrats who dont want to make that change. that doesnt mean the fight is over, far from it. >> live look at the capitol, senate democrats are utilizing tactic to prompt a vote on the rules change tomorrow. louisiana senator republican john kennedy feels this latest push for voting legislation is way ...

Schumer pelosi teams for reasons i dont understand went out of their way to take things they can get done. they knew that they did not have senator manchin or senator cinema. they knew they were going to lose the vote in the senate. they just kept pounding on and by the way these are not very popular bills. i mean, if you ask people if they want to see more spending and have more inflation, the answer is overwhelmingly now. if you asked people if they want a bill which would block identifying vo...

Rules? both of them have said it since day one. expectations got built up to the point where democrats could do these things when the votes were never there. >> thats been the problem for president biden and chuck schumer to give such high and lofty expectations but not really having a plan or a strategy to actually bring it to fruition. i mean, this month, democratic leader chuck schumer had made clear that they were going to focus exclusively on voting rights, but it was clear for months that ...

Results if pence refused to play ball , which he did. this is happening as the senate majority leader chuck schumer sets up the final showdown on voting rights legislation, which is mired in the senate and all but certain to fail. schumer for a so-called talking filibuster, forcing senators to actually hold the floor and talk and talk and talk and talk if they want to block the bill. once they stop talking, the senate can advance legislation with just 51 votes. >> on something as important as vo...

Treat starting saturday youll need photo id before heading out if we apply the democrat voting right argument that is worse than voter suppression that is extrajudicial house arrest for black people, time to defend the department of justice civil rights to arrest bowser. there is a lie about drop boxes lawmakers taking them off the street when they were putting them on the streets. in 2019 drop boxes were completely illegal in georgia now there enshrined in law, there is a lie about mailing voti...