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Reporting that joe manchin filed a counter offer, to joe biden. it was a 1.8 trillion dollar version of the bill. but did not include an extension of the child tax credit, but did include the largest amount of climate related spending in history. and other biden priorities, joe manchin's illusionist starting point was 1.5 trillion, so that is up from his original starting point. the white house, was considering, how to respond to the mansion 1.8 trillion dollar offer over the weekend, when joe manchin reportedly shocked the white house by saying his version of no, on television. now, joe manch...

As time went, on and we got to a point where we knew, okay we are one vote away. the bill is on the floor, being voted on at that time. that's what i think senator sanders is saying he wants to happen in january. and senator schumer seems to say that's what he's going to do. >> i think that's right. if you can get former senator who you're about to speak, due to go down to the marina. and a half on the senator manchin's house boat. you have a conversation with him in those terms, i will buy you lunch for a year. >> i can only do what i can do, in my humble corner here. by the way rachel. more ...

I consider myself a moderate conservative democrat just as much as he is. it is not easy to hold that stance. i don't want to walk in mitch mcconnell's office and changed parties. he is a very good an important part of the democratic party. and all those people trying to assassinate him on twitter, are sitting in their living room saying that he ought to switch parties. they don't know what they're talking about. so i would just say, i know it's a difficult vote. i do trust and nobody wanted. he's been negotiating it with good faith. my prediction is that they'll get a bill. they'll get someth...

Both the voting rights bill, and the help americans vote act, to the floor of the senate, for a vote, i think manchin is critical, not only on build back better, but in allowing for this rules change. i think that before we settle build back better, we are going to have to fight over voting rights, and i think there's a better than equal chance, that voting rights are going to prevail. >> jeanne, we heard president biden, a couple of months ago, in response to a question about voting rights, say, listen, if i tried to change the rules, he said if i try to change the rules of the senate now to ...

I do not trust my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will do if i say no. >> senator kerry than spoke to the republicans in the chamber. in language that seems written for today. >> you have locked yourselves together into the idea of opposition. opposition, not to an idea but to a man. a man that came to this town green and inexperienced in our ways and wants america to do better, to be better and to continue to believe in the invincibility of ideas of courage and action. >> and after announcing he was going to vote yes, he then spoke directly to the man who told him he was holding the...