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And that these were amendments presented by others like bernie sanders, trying to put them back into the bill. asking about the vote-a-rama, all these amendments, is this normal, all this independent voting? -- >> it is very unusual. you only really see vote-a-rama as they call them, during these massive budget reconciliation package is. we saw one last year when democrats pass the american refuge plan, another democrat-only reconciliation package. and it is a lot. you think it is really interesting about these vote-a-rama is it is a series of unlimited -- as we see playing right now, most of ...

Want to fight, if we want to struggle, but this business about getting along, being more bipartisan, et cetera, et cetera, they have shown us they're not interested in that at all. they're following their messaging points. they are following what trump wants them to do. they don't have the guts to stand up like real human beings and face the truth. they're all afraid of trump and it's shameful and we've got to fight them. >> let's switch gears and talk about the push for voting rights, and in particular the push to at a minimum get a carve out of the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legi...

Now americans are suffering, americans are also frustrated. so what republicans have been able to do is to use the fact that we have covid-19 numbers are up, high gas prices and inflation. they can use that as ammunition for the 2022 elections. what democrats have to do in 2022 is one change their messaging points. figure out how to get to the pocket books and the hearts of the american citizens as well as talk about the infrastructure projects that the biden administration has wanted to implement. with those infrastructure projects, we're able to get the economy back to where it can be so ame...

>> reporter: it certainly seems like it. and democrats privately will admit there are several things in their version of the build back better bill that are messaging points for them but that likely will get stripped out the of the senate bill. i was the person who broke the news to senator joe manchin that speaker pelosi and democrat has put it back in the bill. and what he said to me it was very challenging for him to see it in there and house democrats were aware of those parameters. manchin has been consistent on things like this, like paid leave and as well as he doesn't want to rush this...

Activists from Insulate Britain plans to cause more misery by yet again blocking major roads in a series of sit-down protests on Wednesday.