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So they can pass it along straight party lines and not have any republicans s filibust this. and then of course joe manchin is the main holdout. he has significant concerns over the price tag, over some of the key policy provisions, whether its on taxes, on climate change, he wants some of the changes dealing with paid leave struck out of the bill. they have to get him on board and he has called for months for a pause because of his concerns about inflation, rejecting the white house s argument that this bill could control inflation. so can they get manchin on board, can they get the final legislative language all together before christmas which seems doubtful at this point and waiting until next year raises other questions. not only is it a midterm election year, but also key provisions such as child tax credit expiring at the end of this year, so there are some policy problems and also potential political problems if it is delayed. but they need the votes and at the moment the votes ....
Either we have to get rid of the filibuster in order to get voting rights done or find a carve out in the senate rules in order to get it done so that we can bypass the filibust are. and that is one or two routes that we have to take. i know senator tim kaine is leading in the effort right now to see if we can find a carve out specifically targeted to voting rights. and senator manchin and a number of other folks are a part of those discussions. if we are successful at doing that, then we can bring this legislation to the floor of the united states senate, and then hopefully get it passed so that it gets to the president s desk. if it does not get done, then we do need to make sure that we can elect more democrats to the united states senate going into this next cycle who are willing to make the modifications to the senate rules to make sure that we can protect the thing that is most sacred to americans which is their right to vote. it s a great equalizer, and we ve got to make sure th ....
G.o.p. boating bill. directed to send absentees under warrant of arrest if necessary. texas democrats found safe haven in washington. republicans derided democrats jetting across the country on the state s dime. joyride on private planes with plenty of beer on board, and they are getting paid, presumably, even though they are not showing up for work? call it the texas two-step, the awol democrats blocked the texas bill exploiting a loophole in their own legislature s rules. texas state house lacked a quorum and could it meet. we need them to make a quorum. the democrats use procedural rules for their benefit, somewant to change the filibust. joe manchin opposes the current democratic voting bill and is against changing the filibuster. ....
Her. i tried appealing to emotional side to her, what would we do without you, you know, you don t want to have to slow down. you re in really great shape. you re living your life to the fullest. you don t want to get sick. and have to stop doing what you re doing right now. and i don t really, i don t know if her opinion really changed. she was she was stubborn and so she made up her mind that she wasn t going to do it and so she wasn t going to do it. i ve heard from e.r. doctors who say they sense a lot of regret in patients who are unvaccinated and end up in the hospital. did you get that sense in filibust from your mom. i think i did whenever i would go to visit. i couldn t go in the room with her because she was on isolation so i would have to stand outside ....
They want it to be a smaller price tag. they don t want to spend new money. they want to use money already appropriated, and they don t want to raise taxes. if they can get a deal they d consider to be rational, yeah. if you re talking about other legislations such as hr-1, the big voting bill that the house has sent over, i don t think there s any chance you ll ever get any republicans on board with that. and so that would, of course, require a change in the filibust cher manchin and sinema have said they don t want to do. i think republicans want a deal. i don t think you have to blow up the senate to do it. you have to drag this back closer to where it appears republicans are and even some of the moderates in the democratic party. david, you independent on fantasyland. no, let me just respond to what scott said. what is apparent from reporting is that it has been dragged closer to where republicans wanted to be, according to everything that we ve seen. ....