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Some democrats should like to propose ending dark money in elections. hes all for early voting and all for vote by mail. so manchin has proposed a substitute that has some very interesting things in it and im wondering if schumer has gotten in his head maybe there is a next step, i have no idea because lot of of his democrats might oppose it but manchin did put something serious out there when he said he was going to vote yes. >> yes, but doesnt that just make -- reveal the republicans, ron, in ...

Supporting statehood. the president of the united states has issued a statement of administration policy. the leader of the senate, the speaker of the house all supporting d.c. statehood. more senators than ever supporting d.c. statehood. so it is important that we remember the progress that weve made. but its not enough. we have to seat two senators from the district of columbia in the united states senate. thats the only way that we have equal footing with other americans who pay taxes like we...

Able to debate about voting rights. after all, voting rights are preservative of all other rights. what could be more hypocritical and cynical than invoking minority rights in the senate as a pretext for preventing debate about how to preserve minority rights in the society? >> reporter: so there is a large portion of the democratic party who think this is the most important issue. when senator warnock and senator schumer also saying that republicans need to let this debate happen, to vote just ...

Whether its getting progressives to compromise or getting manchin and cinema into the fold? >> i mean, its ultimately going to be him to do that. because manchin, hes not -- schumer would not say to me clearly when i asked, have you gotten a commitment from manchin to go this party-line route? i asked manchin the same thing. would you commit to doing the party-line route into the bipartisan talks fizzle out? he said im not going to give that commitment. >> is he not giving the commitment because...

Continue. i asked joe manchin if schumer was pressuring him to fall in line behind a party line approach on infrastructure. he said not at all. schumer is trying to not alienate the moderate members and tell the left well do a big bill but let the bipartisan talks play out and then we can do it altogether at the end. its hard to see its going to be difficult. >> leader schumer benefits i believe, from a senate who served who understands how hard his job is. understands the 50/50 dynamics. look a...

Ballots, but get to the meat of the matter, and force the republicans who he is working with on all of the issues to confront the fact that this is likely the end of the electoral democracy if we dont get in the path of all of these new, new laws being passed by republicans that really position it to corrupt the process on the next time around. >> and garrett, i want to double-barrel a question to you in the time that we have left, and one is on the voting rights, and what is senator schumer try...

Passages, pathways here, theyre not going to get far. >> but then jake, why do they do this? if the five of us here all know that joe manchin acts as a human shield for all sorts of other moderate democrats who are not going to get on board for a lot of things in a more progressive agenda, why did democrats continue to go after joe manchin, even if manchin folded, you had a lot of other democrats with the same views he does. i cant get my words out. >> thats exactly right. it is monday, steph, i...

In austin a rally with headliners like beto orourke. chewing schumer is ready to show you which of his colleagues will stand up for voting rights. and how will this plan get paid for? the red line. bernie sanders says he will thought cross a red -- and at the heart of the issue, one members of congress, an accomplice in the days leading up to that event. what impact could new leadership have. and the coronavirus still impacting daily lives here and

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer apologized for calling children with intellectual disabilities a term which is considered medically outdated and offensive to many, after receiving criticism for its use.

This and go right after it, is this really the fight you want? is this the legacy you want? apparently it is. but i think it is going to come to a point where democrats are going to say, if we cant move forward on something like this, you know, why do we have these senate rules? is it time to make a change? this could be the issue. weve been talking about this for a year, don. this could be the issue that finally forces the real discussion about is there a new way to run the united states senate...