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Pass these voting rights bills. debate them, vote, let the majority prevail. if that bear minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the senate rules including getting rid of the filibuster for this. [applause] you know, last year, if i'm not mistaken, the filibuster was used 154 times. filibuster has been used to generate compromise in the past, promote bipartisanship. but it's also used to obstruct including especially obstruct civil rights and voting rights. and when it was used, senators used to have to stand and speak at their desk for however long it took. sometimes it took hour...

This group, the oath deeper, is now facing up to 20 years in prison after being charged with seditious conspiracy. on tuesday, president biden and vice president kamala harris traveled to atlanta to throw their weight behind efforts to protect the right to vote in this country. after republicans spent 2021 passing new laws across the country in state after state, the very foundations of our democracy, it now seems like democrats in washington were about to strike back. they were about to go on the offensive. here's what biden, his chance to make something happen in the senate, that's what peop...

Way. so we have to be able to debate issues, debate them, you know, heartily and then make decisions and move forward and get to vote and i think 51-vote threshold is appropriate. >> let's talk about military sexual assault because, you know, there was supposed to be a vote this week and now obviously this is changed. the timing on that, do you think the additional time frame, does that give you more of an opportunity to get more votes or are you concerned that that may make your job harder getting the votes? >> i think it gives me more of an opportunity to get more votes. we are closer to 60 ...

Hard. if we had 60 or 60 votes, connected do something differently. but we're never going to get a democrat vote. they're never going to vote for us. if i had the greatest bill in the history of the world, they would not vote for us. >> reporter: john, the president has a problem with the republicans, not even necessarily the democrats, because republicans clearly in control of congress here. the main sticking points, very killed, is the fact that you have this debate over federal dollars to states for medicaid, that there is an increase in premiums for seniors, and finally, the devastating cb...

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