every senator could have spoken twice, that is actually in the senate rules, rule 19. then it would ve been an upper down vote. that, which was a pretty simple way of doing this, and really would have allowed ample time for the murder nor the to do this case. it still would ve worked against manchin and sinema. so, voting rights has died, basically on the sword of the filibuster. it is a long history. something chaff talked about at length, as you mentioned on the show. maybe we will come back, but i think this is a dark day for the senate and our democracy. yes, and ej, what s they were proposing, would have
would go back to its previous functions. joe manchin said also without rules there would be no rules. again, it was a onetime change that the senate was voting on tonight. ej, senator manchin has also expressed senator manchin has said, there really isn t a problem out there. and mark, and the lawyers who are fighting this in court, these republican actions by legislatures, they can of course fight them in court and there would not be any manchin is insisting that no voters would behind in any way by what s happening out there. the most convenient thing about that is that mark elias who is fighting all these cases, does not agree with that. marc elias is one of the strong proponents of this bill, because he knew that this would maybe die in court.
for. back with us, ej dion, and nor mormons. dean the president also said in this press conference at the belt build back legislation could be broken up into bits that could be managed by the so that they could get some of that legislation, same thing with voting rights. he indicated that there are ways to pass some elements of what are in the various voting rights pieces of legislation, with some republican cooperation. in bulk of those instances, the president was clear, it s not over. norm, what are the prospects, as you see it, going forward, legislatively, for joe biden and the democrats? i m glad that they ve taken this tack. i think it s really important that where we go going forward. if you break this out into component parts. almost all of which, in voting
conference, because there were some really great moments in it, all the way through. ej dion, norman steam, thank you both very much for joining us. thank you. good to be with, you lawrence. we ll be right back. before you begin an aspirin regimen. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it s not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that s when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v treatment every day and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit h-i-v through sex. serious side effects can occur, including kidney problems and kidney failure.
crystallizing, and underscores, is the degree to which we have lived in a bit of a dream, for decades, if not centuries, assuming that we didn t need to put up guardrails around our biggest institutions. like the presidency, in the supreme court. that these places will be occupied by the people who we do the right things, and we didn t have to control them or course them, or write laws and institute them to control their behavior. the supreme court is not equipped to police itself. even the letter that was set by members of congress today, about elizabeth warren, as the chief justice does. that would be regulation within the court. we need legislation, to control these institutions. ej, it s such an important point, charles reminding us that here s yet another set of