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The immediate wake of— from this defeat? in a word, yes. in the immediate wake of these - from this defeat? in a word, yes. in the immediate wake of these two i the immediate wake of these two disastrous election defeats, we had the prime minister try and link the discontent of tory voters or voters in those seats to the cost of living crisis. this weekend, he has moved the narrative on slightly, almost suggesting it is his mps, possibly the media, at part to blame with what he called the endless churn of allegations against him. he said people were heartily sick of hearing about things he i...

Johnson dismissed the defeats as predictable mid-term blues, saying he

Following this week's election defeats, democrats are feeling the pressure to produce results and move forward on the president's sweeping agenda. but exactly when that will happen remains up in the air. but a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news that speaker pelosi told house democrats this morning that she was hopeful that votes on both the build back better and infrastructure bills would happen before the end of the week. in an effort to make sure they have the votes necessary when pelosi brings them to the floor, nbc news has learned that biden himself is calling house democrats ...

Filibuster? >> nowhere. they're not going to blow up the filibuster. there's been no change in that. i know that democrats are frustrated but joe manchin and kyrsten sinema have made abundantly clear that they're not interested in blowing up the filibuster. voting rights, until they have some sort of change in view, is not going anywhere. republicans have been uniformly against getting rid of the filibuster as have sinema. what people may not understand is that joe manchin is a supporter of the filibuster. it would be difficult to see a scenario in which he would blow up the filibuster which h...

Any moment, the senate will vote and take another vote on voting rights legislation. this procedural vote, like the last, is expected to fail. this comes on a rough day for democrats following last night's election defeats. today, the tone on the hill is one of new urgency to act on the president's agenda with one notable exception. senator joe manchin. >> i'm not going to speak on the message that was sent. i -- i just think the message that was really sent, if we're going to do something, let's take time and do it right, let's make sure that people know what's in it. i've said that before. >...