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For families, protecting tax cuts that help families. we want to see that pass the senate and also go on to the house. so we're hoping both these bills will get to the president's desk in september so they can sign them both. we can make both of them law, grow the economy more, create jobs, and help families with their day-to-day expenses. >> so how would that work, though? this second bill being worked on in the senate, it has -- are you going to have it pass -- try to pass through the senate before even today's bill is passed through the house? >> well, i think we're going to see the senate ...

We want to see that pass the senate and also go on to the house. so we're hoping both these bills will get to the president's desk in september so he can sign them both. we can make both of them law, grow the economy more, create jobs, and help families with their day-to-day expenses. >> so how would that work, though? this second bill being worked on in the senate, it has -- are you going to have it pass -- try to pass through the senate before even today's bill is passed through the house? >> well, i think we're going to see the senate this week finish work on the budget resolution, the fram...

You want to hear poor and low-wealth impacted people of every race, creed, and color, come to this rally. come to this rally and make washington hear us and say, mr. president, you must act and act now. get in the room. make those democrats come together. and pass these things, now. we need action from the president and senator schumer and the democratic caucus. >> congressman o'rourke, you -- you've heard, of course, that the senate -- you talked about this. they are working on a narrower bill. another voting rights bill. joe manchin's involved in that and activists would like to see that bro...

Which he just eluded to. the that would require all 50 votes. that is set at $3.5 trillion. i believe she is saying she will vote for that to get started on that process. but a separate process after they pass that budget. so will she pass the budget? i don't know the answer to that. but i think what she is saying is she won't pass -- you have to think of this in two pieces. the budget resolution is the frame of the house. and the reconciliation bill is all of the inards of the house, walls, furniture, policies that make up that bill. i think what she's saying is she's not going to vote for a ...

The new bill heads to the senate. tammy duckworth says they're ready to take up the cause in the senate. joining us now is illinois democratic senator, iraq war veteran tammy duckworth. thank you so much. >> good to be on. thank you for shining a light on this, rachel. it's so critically important. >> will the legislation that's now headed to the senate, which congressman jason crow championed in the house, will that make a difference? it will increase the number of visas and speed up the way in which they're processed. will it pass, and will it make a difference in time? >> it will pass. i do...