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In the oval office is, i believe, the best oval office line ive heard not written by aaron sorkin. david, before you go, as you see whats happening with senator manchin and you know how difficult it is to get to these compromise positions, what do you see unfolding next week, assuming that the cloture vote fails because it doesnt get 60 votes in the senate on the voting rights bill? >> well, first of all, i think mitch mcconnell is really going to rue the day that he decided to play politics and...

Function. i dont think he would put it out there as an empty gesture. how much of this is he coordinating with schumer, i dont know. my sense is that there is a bunch of chess moves that are now in motion. in the fact of the matter is, this is a very good proposal today. it doesnt have everything everyone would like, but in terms of protecting democracy and making it easier to vote, extending early vote, there is a lot of really solid proposals here, which is why everybody is supporting it. my g...

Essentially what it does is it is a massive expansion of voting rights and it deals with finance reforms. manchin was the lone democratic holdout on that bill so hes been working with several other members, including senator tim cane, as well as his own leadership, trying to figure out if there was a compromise that he could work out with leadership to ensure that he would support a vote, a procedural vote next week. schumer, the majority leader, has been saying this is crucial and he needed to ...

Power without key senators. there is kyrsten sinema of arizona. she has not said where she stands, but sources close to the senator tells us shes unlikely to pick her fight on the process of this and more likely shape demands and policy. so to begin a reconciliation bill, they have to get pretty much all their lawmakers in the house and senate on board, and thats going to be the real challenge. >> lets talk about voting rights. if we can count votes, im sure schumer can count votes, so whats goi...

>> well never let schumer and nancy pelosi to nationalize our elections. >> senator joe manchin unveiled a proposal that included voter id requirement. some movement not going anywhere. tim kaine is "outfront" now. thank you for being here, you have been meeting with manchin about this. with mcconnell saying it is a no go, where do you go with this? >> after the attack of the capitol and legislation trying to take voting rights away from hardworking americans. democrats are going to protect our ...

The next few weeks are crucial for congressional democrats as they try to move forward with any part of president bidens ambitious legislative agenda. on tuesday senate majority leader chuck schumer will introduce s-1. thats the democrats voting rights bill. its sure to fail and schumer likely knows it. there is not enough gop support to override an inevitable filibuster. but he hopes to send a message about democratic priorities, and perhaps show senator joe manchin how little appetite there ac...

Four democrats and thats echoed by schumer. i accept that. i honor that. i have tremendous staff, too, and i hire them to make sure they can handle the tough jobs. listen, we spent 45 minutes in the office of manchins office. by washington standards, thats a lifetime. they did not let us leave until we were satisfied. it seems to me like they eave been working with a sense of urgency, and schumer wants to bring this to a vote next week, and lets pray that we get there. >> he still, senator manch...

Senate in unanimous fashion. the ajgenda the president has ahead wont pass unanimously and has major roadblocks. fresh off a face-off with the highest of stakes, president biden now staring down an even more complex figure. the united states congress. >> i know my chief of staff thinks there is room and may be a means to get this done and i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on a reconciliation provision as well. so im still hoping we can put together the two book ends here. >> repor...

Thats the equivalent to texas democrats crawling on our knees begging our federal brothers and sisters to please bring us a federal standard. a federal relief. as a matter of fact, i think that sort of reinvigorated this country about voting rights. weve had a productive day on the hill. you can probably hear it in my voice, im a little bit raspy. weve been talking all day. we are holding the line but we cannot hold it forever. we need to find a federal solution and were working very hard. i thi...

I know my chief of staff, and i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on reconciliation provision as well, so im hoping we can put together the two bookends here. >> and the second issue yesterday, mitch mcconnell saying, he did not see a way he could get the supreme court justice confirmed, your response to that? it would be next year. >> president biden: i know. the answer is, mitch has been nothing but no for a long time. and im sure he means exactly what that says. but we will see. ...