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Seems from bernie sanders, aoc, elizabeth warren, on these matters they've been disciplined the first few months. >> you mentioned voter id, that's significant evolution. a lot of these house members have won elections in states you have to give voter id to vote. they cannot win if the state is gerrymander, and the district is cracked. the nightmares they're working about. they're doing a gigantic bill that can't survive in full but a big ask that can be negotiated away. is it important for 2022 for republicans and their financing? not really they can raise money. so the parts they think are t...

Against a voting bill and an infrastructure bill that seven out of ten americans support? >> that's the bet democrats are making. put out this bill that offers some compromise on questions like voter id and others, call their bluff. on the question of voter id we put up that 80% of americans support voter id. if you go to the poll yesterday, 84% of nonwhite voters support voter id. this is something they're putting out there. we have two lessons last week from stacey abrams, the leading voting rights activist in the country saying i can get on board with the manchin proposal and yesterday no l...

Filibuster threshold and we can get somewhere on not just voting rights but on infrastructure too. it's interesting how things are panning out at the moment where you get some of the moderate republicans saying we want to legislate. >> imagine how popular it will be if within a couple of weeks of each of these bills passing, you pass a significant infrastructure bill and you pass a voting rights bill. there are going to be a lot of -- >> that's the rub right there. >> that isn't hard for mcconnell to carry on saying no when you have enough republicans saying we want this, we want to bring it t...

Democratic senator joe manchin who has come out against the bill in its current form. the west virginia democrat has proposed a compromise and now senate majority leader chuck schumer is trying to convince him to advance the bill as a way to begin making changes, senator manchin met with president biden yesterday. we'll keep you posted on that. and also, former president barack obama is the latest high profile democrat to back senator manchin's voting rights compromise. it expands early voting, requires voter id and allows election officials to purge voter roles. obama said it's not his idea...

Standing in opposition? >> actually mitch mcconnell represents the republican caucus so he's doing what he thinks the republican caucus at large wants to do. that's his job. but there are five republicans, i'm sure. lisa murkowski, susan collins, mitt romney, and a couple others that for a voting bill that requires voter id and purges the rolls, i think there are five republicans that support that. >> that 55 filibuster rule is looking more promising at the moment, it was a week or two ago. not just voting rights but look at infrastructure. interesting you have two big bills being discussed at...