done. so we are trying to figure out how to do that. i think right now on the senate rules we have the tierney of the minuterity that is holding up even the current infrastructure bill on roads and sues and bridges and sewer systems. we have them holding this up as it relates to the rules. so you are absolutely right. everyone in right in saying the most important thing is voting rights, and protecting our democracy. what we have to do, with the slimmest of majorities, as you know, 50/50 is to figure out how we get there. ultimately, we get there stopping the subversion of the rules in the senate, in my judgment, and eliminating the filibuster. that term the term tierney of the minority is appropriate, which is why many of us in the civil rights community is going to keep pushing those democrats that have not come in around
bennett will have his hands full. he has six seats. which is unprecedented for a prime minister of israel. he will not want to pick a fight with joe biden. joe biden is not going to want to fight with him. he will probably get an invitation to visit washington. billion dollars that the israelis requested for replacement of iron dome missiles. probably an invitation for lapid who will rotate in. he has the slimmest of majorities. israel has long been without a truly functioning government. can bennett actually make some progress here? i think that s the real question. he is 49 years old.
it s not unlimited, but we have an opportunity. he s going to talk to senator capito this afternoon. we re going to see how those conversations go. reporter: but biden also facing cross-cutting pressures inside his own party. progressives pleading with him to drop the bipartisan talks and move to a budget procedure that allows for a simple majority to move biden s sweeping proposals. if we re going to stand up for working families, what we need to do is use reconciliation. reporter: as moderates crucial in a congress where democrats hold the narrowest of majorities, calling on them to continue. these take time. i know everyone s in a hurry right now. reporter: for biden, a critical moment coming as the may employment report shows 559,000 jobs added, an unemployment rate that ticked down to 5.8%. but the hole from the pandemic still deep. 7.6 million jobs fewer than before the coronavirus shut down the nation.
facing cross cutting pressures inside his own party. progressives pleading with him to drop the bipartisan talks and move to a budget procedure that allows for a simple majority to move biden s sweeping proposals. if we re going to stand up for working families, what we need to do is use reconciliation. reporter: as moderates crucial in a congress where democrats hold the narrowest of majorities, calling on them to continue. these take time. i know everyone s in a hurry right now. reporter: for biden, a critical moment coming as the may employment report showed 559,000 jobs added and an unemployment rate that ticked down to 5.8%. no major economy is gaining jobs as quickly as ours. reporter: but the hole from the pandemic still deep, 7.6 million jobs fewer than before the coronavirus shut down the nation and no shortage of choppy economic data from inflation to labor force participation, threatening to derail biden s goals.
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