Page 2 - Consensus Bill News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Somewhere on or about august 23rd. we are moving in the right direction. you know, i want to give a special acknowledgement to senators klobuchar, merkley, warnock, testily, manchin, the entire group that continued to work even in the recess to find common ground on a consensus bill. i'm not giving up on the senate and i know the u.s. senate is not giving up on us. we are holding the line and going day by day, but we care about the democracy and willing to make the sacrifice. >> you mentioned some democrats there, but are you disappointed they haven't been able to get this done yet? >> you kno...

I think that's an important landmark because the president campaigned on this issue, he argued that if he were in the white house he would be able to get republicans to work with him. this is a clear demonstration of him following through on that campaign promise. >> we will watch that overnight. another issue that the president campaigned on, voting rights. and i understand you have some reporting on that. >> that's right. lawmakers have been working on the democratic side for more than a month now to try to come up with some kind of consensus bill that would get all 50 democrats on board. ...

Washington d.c.. all these things together is what is causing this movement. at the end of the day, republicans and legislatures nu. but you see the pressing need of mobilization from all of these areas, but ultimately it has to be a federal level protection. just like we saw in 1965. >> so if that's the goal, bill kristol, for folks who want to do something about protecting people's right to vote. the president on passing a narrower voting rights bill, but what are the chances that republicans are really going to negotiate here, we willing to get on board with something? >> i don't know that ...

Culminate in washington, d.c. a month from now. all of these pieces together are what is causing this movement because, look, at the end of the day the republicans in legislatures across the southern states and some other states as well have the numbers. but as a result of that you see the pressing need of mobilization from all of these different areas as we're seeing right now, but ultimately it has to be a federal-level protection just like we saw in 1965. >> so if that's the goal, bill kristol, for folks who want to do something about voting rights, protecting people's right to vote, the pr...

Either? >> the president has always advocated for the bill that i and mike mccaul introduced way back at the beginning of the year, but he came in last night to emphasize how important it is to pass a bill and therefore he indicated that he was 1,000% behind the new consensus bill as well. >> even if it has a pathway for dreamers that as you know some of the more hardline folks in congress are not comfortable with, that you think that this will happen and will get enough votes? >> both of these bills address the daca population. that's one of the important things that came out of the president...