on the need to pass landmark voting rights legislation after the supreme court gutted the not broke don t fix it bill that they had passed, the same issue mcconnell himself championed years ago. there is little hope any republican in the senate will vote in favor of any voting rights bill. today craig melvin spoke to kamala harris about this. i will not absolve the 50 republicans in the senate senate from responsibility for upholding one of the most basic and important tenants of our democracy which is free and fair elections and access to the ballot for all eligible voters. what about senator manchin? i he don t think anyone should be ab solved from the responsibility of preserving and protecting our democracy. are you working especially when they took an oath to protect and defend our constitution. senator elizabeth war sen a democrat from massachusetts, one of the co-sponsors of the act. someone famously found herself on the other side of mitch
is. no, look. you want to give healthcare to those who don t have it. give it to them. absolutely. and let me just say. if you were sincere and if mary katharine were sun sear instead of bumming on obamacare and joining the hater s ball, you would say let s have a fix it bill, republicans. let s fix this thing so it works for all americans. let s be imaginatic and sends. i would support that debate. if you like your plan you can keep it bill a year ago, democrats all voted against it there were things that could have been anticipated and fixed and we mentioned and called liars. that s why we are at the hater s ball. juan, say hello to your crew, please. stop. look at you. incord dabble. how much do the folks know about obamacare. jesse watters went out and asked them. some conservative americans say chris christie is a rhino not because of his wait but because of
is. no, look. you want to give healthcare to those who don t have it. give it to them. absolutely. and let me just say. if you were sincere and if mary katharine were sun sear instead of bumming on obamacare and joining the hater s ball, you would say let s have a fix it bill, republicans. let s fix this thing so it works for all americans. let s be imaginatic and sends. i would support that debate. if you like your plan you can keep it bill a year ago, democrats all voted against it there were things that could have been anticipated and fixed and we mentioned and called liars. that s why we are at the hater s ball. juan, say hello to your crew, please. stop. look at you. incord dabble. how much do the folks know about obamacare. jesse watters went out and asked them. some conservative americans say chris christie is a rhino not because of his wait but because of
you know what, we can argue, we can debate, we can have protests, but there can t be threats of violence. and democrats are blaming the republican leaders for not standing up enough. i think what we need to see is the democrats and the republicans standing together and saying together, you know, you can issue a statement, sure, but why not stand together and say this is something we won t tolerate. we encourage debate. somebody won, somebody lost. republicans will try to fix it or change the bill, repeal it, whatever they want to do. that s part of our civil discourse in this country. the other stuff we don t like and won t tolerate. let s get to the other business right now. the prospect of the republicans derailing the so called fix it bill, the reconciliation bill. it will take the democrats 51 votes to defeat every one of those amendments, so it doesn t have to go back to the house of representatives. will the democrats stay united in the face of this onslaught?
new law, 49 to 40%. 11% of the folks say they have no opinion on it. nbc s luke russert is live on capitol hill with the very latest. luke, the republicans very active here in trying to still stand in the way of this law. they are, tamron. they are taking their time right now on the house floor, reiterating what are the main gop objection to this bill, saying it will cut medicare rates, balloon the deficit and drastically increase taxes. you re also going to see a whole barrage of members offered by republican senators in an effort to try to get democrats to support one of these amendments that would, in fact, change the bill. under the reconciliation process if this house fix it bill is changed in any way in the senate it must go back to the house and be voted on again before it can be approved completely. why is this important? it strings out the time, delays the fix it bill from becoming law. allows republicans to say