legislators do, and then talk about passing bbb. right now, willie, again, this -- everybody i talk to that's worried about democracy, they're all looking at this saying, this is the bill. you're right, you're not just talking about hr-1 which federalizes way too many things. there's a lot of crazy stuff which will never pass. we're talking about the john lewis voting rights act, which the supreme court said, hey, you need to do this for us. the old reauthorization is dated. pass something like the john lewis voting rights act. then they need to address how these state legislators are changing the rules to say, we're not going to let local voting officials count. we'll decide who can count and who can't. >> joe manchin said for months, too, on bbb and this, he is open to the john lewis voting rights act. not to hr-1, but he is open to talking about that. his concern was the filibuster. chief white house correspondent from the "new york times" peter baker is with us.