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Requirement that most legislation needs. 60 votes. in other words, ten-republican votes, to even reach the floor. it would take just 51 votes, to change the rules. this evening, under intense pressure to bend, he spoke with cnns manu raju. >> just take it off the table and say, youll never reduce the 60-vote threshold on the filibuster. >> let me just tell you one thing. we are going to make the senate work the way it was intended to work. where im -- im totally committed to that. im not throwin...

The democrats, but manchin will be key to that and he made clear to me yesterday he is not in favor of saying good-bye to the gop. >> things take time. i know everyone is in a hurry right now. if anyone understands the process its president joe biden. we have to work together. you can only do so much by yourself and thats what -- we are not designed to work that way. the house is. the senate was never designed that way. were going to make the senate work the way it was intended to work. im total...

Did. and i have said that. he knows how i feel about that. i did not, from that standpoint. i look at it as our country coming back together. it was totally everything, they asked for. it was totally bipartisan. i think nancy pelosi was very gracious, in what she had offered. basically, making it totally bipartisan. chuck schumer said, okay, ill do the same. they were able to come to a disagreement, they were able to have the same-staffing levels. everything was done in the most bipartisan way. ...

Theres a big catch, they need joe manchin and everybody, all 50 democrats, to support moving ahead. and manchin made clear, he told me yesterday, this will take time. things take time to play out. it is not time yet to pull the plug on these bipartisan talks. so regardless of what happens today, that is the reality that the democratic leaders will have to deal with. and there is also a question about how to move forward on other pieces of legislation that will be blocked by republicans. whether ...

How do you read that? >> yeah, he didnt. though, of course, on capitol hill several times he said i dont want to get rid of the filibuster. basically, stop asking me that question. but pointing to, several times, saying this 60-vote threshold. is that something that you are never, ever going to support changing? and you are right, he would not commit to that. which i do think is notable. but, of course, his comments, essentially, offering a warning about what happens if they do change it, do sta...

Some of them as we head into the key day of negotiations. >> americans surprisingly in polling not opposed to all of those things. certainly republicans are there. the key player in all of this is, of course, joe manchin for west virginia. hes not ready for democrats to call time on infrastructure talks with republicans yet. he wants to keep republicans involved. but as this drumbeat on the filibuster from the left continues, lets listen to what he said in a new interview with cnn about it. >> t...

We have to unite it. right now people want to divide it. its useless. it cant work. >> are you taking the 60-vote threshold off the table? >> were going to make it worse. i dont know what else to tell you. you cant disregard a person thats not in the majority. >> reporter: now, at the same time theres another key issue coming to the senate floor later this month. thats the issue of voting. democrats have had a sweeping voting overall. they want to restrict voting in a number of states here, but ...

And 24-hour voting, all of which were used in the city of houston. they won ban voting on the last sunday. it would croat a more explicit ban on drop boxes. texas doesnt currently allow those anyway. it would create a lower legal threshold for someone to prove an allegation of election wrongdoing. the bill makes a strict set of mail-in voting rules even stricter. instead of only a signature, voters applying for a mail ballot would have to provide an i.d. number or statement saying it doesnt have...

Biden. weve got to work together. you know, you can only do so much by yourself. and thats what -- were not designed to work that way. the house is. the senate was never designed that way. were going to make the senate work the way it was intended to work. im totally committed to that. >> so you can say youll never produce a 60-vote threshold. >> were going make it work. >> youre not taking reducing the 60-vote threshold off the table? >> were going to make the place work. you cant make it work ...

60-vote threshold off the table? >> no, no. were going to make the place no. were going to make the place work. >> good effort by manu. thats senator manchin. as for mitch mcconnell, hes made it perfectly clear where his party stands. he says so. >> 100% of our focus is on stopping this new admin administration, what we have in the united states senate is totally different from susan collins to ted cruz in opposition to what the new biden administration is trying to do to this country. >> not on...