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About whether to simply gut the filibuster all together, reduce that 60-vote threshold to 51. but there is no support, not enough support within the democratic caucus to do that, given the opposition from joe manchin, kyrsten sinema of arizona, and others as well. so where does this leave everything, jake? this issue getting this bill passed into law almost certainly will not happen, nor will splitting this up into smaller pieces, a polarizing issue dividing the party, no sign this is going anyw...

Some say get rid of the filibuster rules altogether and try to pass legislation on a simple majority basis but at least two democratic senators, actually there are several, more than two, two of the most outspoken, joe manchin and kyrsten sinema of arizona said they oppose it from reducing it from 60 to a simple majority of 51. moments ago i asked senator chuck schumer in he would finally take off the table the idea that they may reduce that 60-vote threshold given the lack of support and he sid...

My support for retaining the 60 vote threshold is not based on the importance of any particular policy. its based on what is best for our democracy. the filibuster compels moderation and helps protect the country from wild swings between opposing policy polls. i wonder if there are democrats who believed that but dont say it out loud. tell me what your take on that is. >> i think there definitely are democrats were very happy to let cinema and mention essentially be the face of the opposition to...

Happening on a 60-vote threshold. democrats are going to have to recalibrate their message about why they need more democrats in house seats and senate seats and, oh, by the way, in state legislature which is where a lot of these bills are being born and raised. the gap between the promises that are being made and what is able to be done with the rules as they exist right now is enormous. again, when you talk about joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, there could be half a dozen other democrats who feel...

Washington post" tonight, quote, my support for retaining the 60-vote threshold is not based on the importance of any particular policy. it is based on what is best for our democracy. the filibuster compels moderation and helps protect the country from wild swings between opposing policy poles. i wonder if there are more democrats who believe that but dont say it out loud. tell me what you take on that is. >> i think there definitely are democrats that are happy to let cinema and manchin be the ...

Welcome back. the white house conceded they will not get to the goal of vaccinating 70% of americans by fourth of july. theyre moving the goalpost. the white house covid briefing, they highlighted the fact that the country has already reached the 70% threshold for those 30 and up. but lets turn to one of the reasons the vaccine efforts are struggling. many latinos in parts of the country like florida are hesitant to get the vaccine. according to the cdc data, under 30% received one dose of the c...

Threshold a number of times. >> youre talking about it being corrupt, but youve used it, too. >> the dark money is corrupt. the current finance system and its corruption is what we want to end. the filibuster is a rule that stymies majority vote. and i actually voted, i think it was my third or fourth vote in the senate, ten years ago when i first came here to abolish the filibuster. i was one of only 12. and in the ten years since ive seen my colleagues one by one decide that republicans overus...

Compromised version of that bill, is to eliminate the 60-vote threshold. in an op ed piece, kyrsten sinema came out in an even stronger way than joe manchin. every single thing in senator sinemas "washington post" on that, the op-ed piece, just about everything believed about 20 years ago. as of tonight, it is approximately 20 years out of date. heres what president obama said today about that 60-vote threshold. >> republicans in the senate are lining up to try to use the filibuster to stop the ...

There were irregularities and problems with legitimacy in our most reason election, theyre suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues and figure out solutions on the floor of the senate. they dont even want to talk about voting. and thats not acceptable. >> remember, tomorrows vote is just procedural. it is a vote that requires a 60-vote threshold, not about the bill. its not about the bill itself. it is simply a vote that allows the bill to be debated. today, there was no suspense in the s...

Else that we were elected to do, and i know people in michigan want that to happen. im on the side of getting that done, not protecting rules that have been completely perverted. >> garrett, how much concern is there -- i hear little blips of this, and i ask democratic strategists on friday, how little can democrats produce without real worries heading into the midterms? >> reporter: i wonder about this a lot. ive started to report this out, the challenge that democrats might find themselves in ...