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Slowly as senate democrats negotiated aspects of president biden's build back better bill, but with the bbb on the back burner voting rights are at the top of the agenda. daniella diaz joins us live. democrats have set a tight deadline, the senate majority leader chuck schumer, expecting a vote on this in about eight days from now? >> reporter: yes. i want to clarify, boris, that would be a vote on a rules change in the senate so that democrats could try to pass some sort of voting rights legislation by simple majority. they want a filibuster carve out, which means they wouldn't need 60 votes ...

Organizations putting pressure on majority leader schumer, on senate democrats to do something about it, and just this upcoming tuesday, president biden will actually devote an entire speech in atlanta to voting rights. now, the freedom to vote act, as i mentioned senator joe manchin co-authored it, but it still requires a rules change in order to get it across the finish line because it needs just democratic votes. they don't have ten republicans needed to pass it. i want you to take a listen to what majority leader schumer said on the floor yesterday about what they're going to do moving for...

Will have a vote on a rules change. that doesn't mean he has the 50 votes, you only need a majority, doesn't mean he has the 50 that he needs plus kamala harris. he will have a vote on a rules change if necessary to have a vote on voting rights. >> yeah. i also recently had a conversation with senator manchin, actually, about voting rights. and i can tell you i think he feels strongly about voting rights, he's a former secretary of state. he recognizes some of the things that are happening in the states around the country in trying to subvert elections, he is moving significantly in terms of w...

Been onboard for a rules change, and maybe among the most effective people lobbying these two hold-outs. and to see that jon tester is in that room, tim kaine, angus king, that's a very important part of that dynamic, along with elizabeth warren and others. >> oh, yeah. even just look at maggie hassan. sort of the prototypical moderate senate democratic and she is up for re-election, she is incredibly practical, she is a low-profile workhorse senator who concentrates on getting things done in new hampshire. she has been in the past totally opposed to any change in the senate rules for anything...

Leigh ann caldwell is on capitol hill. this would be a significant rules change. not every democrat is on board. joe manchin is concerned about this. it's an indication of just how seriously democrats are going to go after this voting rights issue. >> reporter: yeah. this is the farthest we have seen senator schumer go on this issue and a rules change. in the past, over the past several months, he has said he is keeping all of his options on the table. now he advocated for it. he made the case for changing the rules if ten republicans do not join all democrats in supporting the voting rights l...