didn t feel before. were going to try to work through this and see if we can pine that common ground picked out is what our goal should be. we re going to extend the handl partnership for those who ve been sitting on the sidelines, two those that have chosen to side with the gun lobbying and if we don t succeed, we are having boats. we are putting people on the record. that is exactly what happens here in the nation s capital they will have a vote so you ar on the record so come election season they can come back and say what did you do at the time you had a chance to make a difference. file democrats have pointed the finger at republicans for inaction on guns, south carolin senator tim scott is accusing democrats up basically pilferin some of the very solutions that he offered in his criminal justice effort a couple of year ago. legislation that the democrats led by chuck schumer, you may recall this, filibustered.
us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. now, it s been said that i urged my husband to nominate her as our first female secretary of state. unlike much that s said, this story is true. and i was thrilled when he agreed. when dictators dragged their feet or ambassadors filibustered, madeleine never hesitated to speak up. just in case they didn t get the message, she would put on a snail pin to signal her impatience. a dozen times a day, she would ask her team, what s next?
kyrsten sinema has been unequivocal that that s not going to work for her. here s a little bit of her speech. eliminating the 60-vote threshold on a party line with the thinnest of possibly majorities to pass these bills that i support will not guarantee that we prevent demagogues from winning office. eliminating the 60-vote threshold will simply guarantee that we lose a critical tool that we need to safeguard our democracy from threats in the years to come. so, given all this, given this backdrop, what is chuck schumer s next move? hallie, democrats are on the verge of a major defeat on voting rights sledge legislation after senator sinema took to the floor of the chamber and put a dagger in this effort. she said she supports those bills, but as a practical matter that has no meaning because she s unwilling to change the rules. they will be filibustered. they will die.
nuclear option, eliminating the filibuster in total and the prospect in later years that another party, maybe with different agenda items, would be willing to use a simple majority to advance its own thoughts that may not be compatible with what we re thinking today. it s a major evolution on his part and he s right, the filibuster has been used in ways that have obstructed civil rights throughout this history. political scientists at the brookings institution have known that between 1917 and 1994, of the legislation that was filibustered, roughly half of it was civil rights. these are bills that didn t make it to the floor for a vote. you make such great points. we have some of that just briefly, to reinforce. the professor is talking about how often segregationists and others over history used this. it s the weapon of choice. we ve also counted ten different years where it s been used to
i think every member of the united states senate is probably going to think about that. joe biden needs 51 votes. this is not going to be f filibustered thanks to the new rules. if i had to guess, i would guess that democrats are very excited to go along with it. make no mistake about it, this is a polarized and divided political atmosphere and something somewhere is going to pop up. once the dust settles, if biden gets his nominee, you will look back on this and say this is an important moment in american history. you might get a few republicans, like susan collins to vote in favor as well. exactly. guys, stand by. thank you very much. just ahead, right now we re getting new reaction from ukraine to the united states response to the kremlin s demand