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Legislative package includes voting rights, right, to the extent that his priorities include -- anyway, the presidents evolution on this is important. >> yeah, no, the legislative package im referring to of course is just the reconciliation bill, which bypasses that whole 60 vote threshold thing. hes got to get that done, and then, yes, you dont get anything done after that. not a single thing. nothing moves through the senate after that if you leave that 60 vote threshold in place. >> but well ...

To the extent the legislative package includes voting rights, right, to the extent his priorities include -- anyway. the presidents evolution on this is important. >> the legislative package im referring to is the reconciliation bill which bypasses that whole 60 vote threshold. hes got to get it done. you dont get anything done after that, not a single thing, nothing moves through the senate after that, if you believe that 60 vote threshold in place. >> we will see, i mean, with senator manchin ...

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Supporting changing the senates filibuster rules to reduce that threshold from 60 votes to a simple majority. but joe biden does not have a vote in the united states senate. he noolds the support of joe manchin, who is steadfast against any changes to the filibuster rules, worry that would change the tradition of the senate, trample on minority rights, could harm the democrats if they fall back in the my joe torre. and kyrsten sinema and other moderates are opposed to changing the filibuster rul...

Filibuster straight up. there are certain things that are just sacred rights. one is a sacred obligation that were never going to renege on a debt. were the only nation in the world. we have never, ever reneged on a single debt. >> but when it comes to voting rights -- >> voting rights particularly is consequential. >> just so im clear, though, you would entertain the notion of doing away with the filibuster on that one issue, is that correct? >> maybe more. >> and maybe other issues? >> so, how...

To isolate. norm ornstein, angus king invoked you in the last hour talking about what needs to be done in the senate, but i want to first of all in terms of the 60-vote threshold, which i want to get to in a moment, but i want to begin with davids reporting on joe manchin. youve seen all of these party switches, and youve seen that momentum over decades now, an its been basically a one-way street except for jim jeffards from a northern state. it remains something of a political miracle that joe ...

Another thing when its a teenager, its a third thing when its a kid. thank you for the dialogue, i appreciate you and i hope youre well. >> thank you very much, chris, good to be with you. >> dr. anthony fauci, always a pleasure. all right, so another big aspect of this is mandates. now, look, i have never gotten what the controversy is here. ill be honest, i dont see the rights issue. weve already passed the threshold. we have been doing this with kids, getting them vaccinated so they can go ...

And if you take the states that those 41 senators represent, add all the population together, you get 24% of the american people. so the situation were in now is that 24% of the american people have an effective veto over anything that 76% of the american people think is important public policy. i dont think that squares with democratic theory. >> senator merkley, i no longer really understand the reluctance of democratic senators who i guess theres not too many of them who are wanting to hold o...

Not to actually pass it, just to debate it. every single republican voted against it, every single one. even so-called good republicans like mitt romney, and even joe manchins coauthor his buddy lisa murkowski the one who wrote the letter with him. she is the most pro rights republican in the senate, and she voted against it. so of course they did not meet the 60 vote threshold to meet the filibuster, and inside right then and there. chuck schumer ended up voting no for procedural reasons so he ...