opposition of the legislation and work with his colleagues to pass something that will help keep coal miners working. nbc news is reporting in the senate discussion tonight, chuck schumer said the senate would proceed to the build back better bill in january, bring it to the senate floor. the senate will bring it to the senate floor and if republicans block it, the democrats will consider and vote on rules reform. joining us now is congressional historian, a scholar at the american enterprise institute. norm, your idea was in the discussion tonight about rules reform in the senate that will allow them to vote on voting rights without having to clear a 60-vote threshold. this is going -- we're going to see something play out on the senate floor on this in january. >> and i'm very encouraged. you know, there are a couple points made tonight. one is that we really do face a