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Then that is the amendment process will start. that means that senators could offer potential changes to this bill. but they can't do that until this text is released which is one reason why there is an expectation that the senate is going to be in for at least part of the weekend. which is very rare for the united states senate. it is rare for them to be on a friday let alone a saturday or a sunday. but it speaks to the urgency of the democratic leaders are trying to get this done within about a week's time. get this out of the senate and so they could move on to the larger effort to move for...

They pushed back and said they didn't want to move forward on this vote. so there have been delays. they fought about it behind the scenes for about an hour. rob portman, the chief republican negotiator came out and told reporters he got personal assurances from schumer that he would not pull a fast one and the underlying bill would reflect the agreement reached between ten senators from both sides of the aisle. so that's where we are right now and why this vote is moving forward. now, after today's vote, assuming this motion gets adopted which is expected it will, then it will be open to the ...

This bipartisan infrastructure bill is going to pass a lot more hurdles over the next couple of days, and potentially even weeks. this process may take up to two weeks, depending on whether or not lawmakers agree to speed this process along or potentially slow it down. and it only takes one u.s. senator to make this whole thing drag on a lot longer. look, tomorrow we expect another procedural vote. over the weekend there could also be additional votes. we expect that there may be an amendment process. how big that amendment process is, how long it takes to play out, still tbd. 17 republicans w...

American people are beginning to understand, require us to have 60 votes just to proceed to debate, just to talk about the bill. and that's why a lot of us, including many of our leaders, believe that we should tremendously modify the filibuster. i'm in favor of abolishing it, but in the meantime, we can mobilize, support the american people to understand that dark money, the money that goes to elections without disclosure is determining the outcomes. and that's what we need disclosure to shine a light on. >> senator, haven't you voted in favor of filibustering republican legislation, not allo...

No persuasion in the room. republicans aren't starting to agree. i haven't seen democrats saying that's a good objection. and maybe republicans have a point. the aisle between the two parties seems as empty as ever. because of that i wonder if this amendment process is meant to be persuasive or is it meant to make the hearing go as long as possible in the hope somebody drops first. >> it's up clear what the republicans expect to achieve. i think the final question that the american people have to ask is why is it ever okay to allow a foreign power to attempt to distort an american presidential...