pressure on republicans or be willing to make the filibuster cost more for republicans who are maybe they don t want to go down on the floor and say they oppose this bill. i m not necessarily sure that s going to be enough. i don t see a scenario where republicans aren t willing to do that. they seem to universally oppose sb-1. do you see where they flip on it that they make enough changes to the rules of the senate that this could actually get through? it s interesting as part of my reporting ahead of the speech, i spoke with a senior adviser in the white house who s playing a big role among others in advancing these voting rights issues, and when i talked to him, they want to see president biden giving speeches, much more use of the bully pulpit ahead of the senate vote on s-1. what richard responded is,
i was more than disappointed in the position on s 1 but at the same time, i think that we might be able to get some of the provisions in s 1 through provided that joe tells us what he is concerned about regarding this 800-page bill. let me just ask you in general broadly speaking, president biden, the democrat is trying to get an agenda through. do you believe that if he continues to push for a bipartisanship that that agenda is in jeopardy? yes. i mean, as i said, i believe mitch mcconnell when he says that his goal is to make sure that joe biden doesn t accomplish his major goal so that mitch mcconnell can take back the senate. i believe him when he says that and so while we can get bipartisan support some discreet bills such as the covid-19 hate crimes bill that we passed in a bipartisan way some of the big agenda items, i believe mitch when he says that he s not going
pelosi stepping in with a new statement, saying the bill must be passed but it will not be ready until the fall and it is not a substitute for h.r. 1. what do the prospects of either bill look like right now? reporter: let s take those one at a time, ayman. on s. 1, that bill does not have a pulse in the senate after joe manchin resolutely came out against him. democrats have 49 out of 50 members on board. they don t have a path to a 50th vote without manchin given that republicans are unanimously opposed to it. no matter what happens to the senate rules, for the next year and a half, the duration of this congress, that bill does not have a viable path in the senate. the joe lewis voting rights advancement act, that appears to have one republican vote, that of senator lisa murkowski. they need nine more to defeat a likely filibuster and they don t have a likely path to those
over certain matters we were in touch all the time. there were some objections to that provision. from the administration. you said on the floor last hour, you hoped that this wasn t indicative of republican obstruction on other bills. why would you not think this is the beginning of the end for the filibuster? look, i said it over and over. we have to have big, bold action. we have to we cannot fail on key things to our democracy like s-1. everything is on the table. we will continue to discuss it as we move forward. it sounds like you think that s all everything is on the table. we hope we can get bipartisan support. so far, we have not seen any glimmers on s-1. if we don t, everything is going to be on the table. last one. the patient one.
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