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World the democratic party was unified in the senate and able to pass the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. both piece of legislation are desperately needed to protect access to voting and make sure every american has equal access to the ballot box. however, even if they became law the bills don't safeguard the certification process that the ex-president tried to exploit in his attempt to subvert the 2020 election results. the anti-democratic effort to cheat his way into another term hinged upon vice president pence acting unilaterally to throw out electoral...

Did not rule out after he spoke to our colleague challenging sinema there, and they are looking to president biden and putting pressure on him as he moves forward and telling him basically, it's his job now to talk to senator manchin and cinema. from where i stand here in the capitol, covering both of these senators daily, it's hard to imagine how they have been here. >> stay safe in that snowstorm, and jonathan, enjoy the sunshine, i guess. thank you both. joining us is a congresswoman, and it's good to have you on. >> good morning. >> as it stands, as we are talking about it, the path remain...

Occurred and the opposition knows that, so their goal, donald trump's goal, many of these witnesses who have filed completely sham lawsuits against the committee getting phone records or bank records which is common occurrence, they're just trying to run out the clock. donald trump is very successful at doing that and there's legislation at protecting the democracy act that is pending in congress that would curtail efforts to run out the clock and would allow much faster enforcement. that type of thing is what's really important, but they've got to move as fast as they can and they may ultimat...

>> the filibuster is what makes the senate hopefully work when it's supposed to, would. we need some good rules changes and we can do that together, but you change the rules with two-thirds of the people that are present so it's democrats and republicans changing the rules to make the place work better. getting rid of the filibuster does not make it work better. >> so you can hear there senator manchin saying he would be open to this if republicans joined him in this effort. that's not going to happen, but that does not mean that president biden is not going to try and use the powers of persua...

Free and eligible access to vote, and playing nice was not getting people to pay attention, was the passion and the fire here warranted? >> i think that he was too hot, and too partisan. again, because somebody disagrees with the president of the united states on same-day registration or publicly financed campaigns which is part of the legislation that was just passed today in the house, it does not make you a segregationists or someone sympathetic to bull conner, and i thought that it was rather offensive. he had an opportunity in atlanta, i thought to talk about the john lewis voting act, an...