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The vote was 44 in favor and 51 opposed. joe manchin was one of the minority of senators ten years ago who was in favor of completely eliminating the 60 vote threshold on motions to proceed to debate which is what the vote was about today. the vote was not about the bill today, it was just devote about, can we debate the bill? when joe manchin cast that vote ten years ago, against the current senate rule, he explained his vote in a press release saying, west virginians deserve a government that ...

Ago was completely in favor of the voting rights act. the last time the voting rights act was reauthorized, it passed the senate 98 to 0 with mitch mcconnell voting to reauthorize the voting rights act for 25 years. and then, the republican appointees on the united states supreme court got to it and they struck down key provisions of the voting rights act which mitch mcconnell had supported. senator kirsten cinema in her first term as a senator actually demonstrated an op-ed piece in the washing...

To the democratic candidate, 5.4% went to the republican candidate. this seems like a naked power grab. >> 700,000 people, hard-working individuals who educate their children, start businesses and work in the district. it would be incorrect to say that dc residents had more interest in the federal government than other americans. todd: the statehood bill unlikely to get enough republican support to clear a 60 vote threshold for passage. jillian: as we discussed, many industry struggling with a p...

The way people understand directly and impact on themselves. on the john lewis voting rights act, there are other reasons to put forward, but not everyone understands the detail of preclearance. so, i think there are different reasons. the reality is the republicans are the same republicans, regardless of which bill theyre talking about. theyre not going to come along. certainly not in a public that is -- you know, sufficient enough to override the filibuster. i actually think, chuck, if you bro...

Rhetoric from democrats, this will not stand. all of that top -- when it all comes down to this rule, and now they know that its about the rules, not going to the policy, its about the rule. we know about at least two democrats standing in the way of changing the senate rule and reducing that 60 vote threshold down to a majority vote threshold. if that doesnt happen, does that mean that democrats will then just, okay, give up? the words did not mean anything. we tried. they would change the rule...

Crossed the threshold when a victim is being seriously harmed, they understand they can make a profound difference to the lives of the victim if they act in the appropriate way. and during the pandemic, if you remember lockdown 1. pandemic, if you remember lockdown 1, none of us knew where the virus was, and police officers were running into environments where they had no idea that they were going to be safe, and they were protecting victims of domestic abuse, they were innovating and reaching i...

That? >> yeah, i mean, the reason is that they had just had personal firsthand experience with what a congress looks like when you put a super majority threshold in place. the articles of confederation, the first draft of american government in place during the first revolutionary war had the super majority threshold in the version of congress for most major legislation and put it there for the same reasons the defenders of the filibuster defended today. they thought including and requiring a su...

>> good to see you again, don. >> now that republicans blocked this voting rights bill, all eyes are on the filibuster and you say the question to reform the filibuster boils down to do we want a functional or dysfunctional government? tell us why, adam? >> thats right. well, you know, the question were facing right now is something that the framers actually predicted when their created a senate and, you know, one of the big mythsibuster is foundation thats not framers c and forth they wouldnt b...

And a partisan takeover of the election system. >> despite their defeat in the senate democrats are prime minister missing to keep trying. >> the issue here is there actual access to the voting process or is that being impeded? and the bottom line is that the president and i are very clear we support s-1. we support the john lewis -- >> its unclear how democrats would getting their voting bill or any voting bill through the u.s. senate? they would likely have to change those filibuster rules and...

Room. if you go back to the recording of him on another -- i think that might be down with lowering the threshold of 55 and some other tinkering. hes more in line for tinkering, it is senator cinema so i agree with the vice president that the battle is not over, they should not give up. >> norm, joe manchin says many of the ludicrous sayings that senator sinema says like that today joe manchin wants to get the filibuster thats needed to protect democracy. and its just, its the most idiotic thing...