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Republicans and democrats are so split on where the federal government stands on trying to change any issues on voting rights through the country, that it's unlikely they'll ever be able to meet in the middle on this issue. amara, boris. >> so much for any optimism regarding manchin's compromise proposal. daniella diaz, thank you so much. >> joining us now to discuss voting rights and a slew of other issues is former congressman debbie mucarsel powell. debbie, thanks for being on. republicans expected to filibuster this voting bill that manchin had on hand. some democrats hoping this will spur...

Place where it didn't look like he was -- not only was he not going to do away with the filibuster to enact voting rights, he wasn't even supporting the bills. so when he finally started negotiating and talking, now it's a promising sign. although you're right, there aren't some of the things we would like to see in his compromise proposal, i think stacey abrams supported it because it does represent progress. but then for the republicans to come forward and say we're not going to vote basically for anything. we're not going to support the compromise. we're not going to vote for anything. it's...

Forever. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. first up on msnbc. signs of progress growing bipartisan support for a narrowed-down infrastructure plan. new proposal coming out on monday. but some democrats say, not so fast. let me put two red lines, i think, for progressives. first, no climate, no deal. second, no progressive taxation, no deal. a test vote, tuesday. senator schumer bringing voting rights bill to the floor, even after republicans shut down joe manchin's compromise proposal.

Interference and make sure the votes are counted and not diluted through gerrymandering. it has all of that in it. the first step was make sure we have enough democrats in the senate to agree to something and we have that and now we have to get it passed without filibuster. i told ms. opal lee today this is all because of you. she said we can't stop here. i agree with her. we can't stop there. >> thank you, congressman. happy juneteenth. >> happy juneteenth. >> thank you. now i want to bring in former republican congressman and the former obama campaign manager and white house deputy chief o...

Happy juneteenth. >> now i want to bring in charlie dent, a former republican congressman, and jim messina, former deputy white house chief of staff. gentlemen, good evening to you. let me say happy juneteenth to both of you as well. jim, a big win at the white house today with that signing ceremony. but, you know, we've got a battle ahead on voting rights. joe manchin is trying to get support for his compromise proposal. on the democratic side, stacey abrams came out and said she supports it. but of course mcconnell is already trashing it. if the gop won't support manchin's compromise and man...