but me be clear, when states are engaging in voter suppression, only the law can stop them. senator cinema and manchin also say, if the bill doesn t get bipartisan support it shouldn t pass. the 14th amendment with granting citizenship in 1868, that s in there with bipartisan support. should formerly enslaved people have been denied citizenship? the 15th amendment that gave formally enslaved people the right to vote in 1870, that didn t have bipartisan support. should former slaves have been denied the right to vote senator manchin? in 1922, 23 and 24, some senators fill it is that s my filibustered an anti-lynching bill.
reporter for the washington post, he s been closely following the latest developments on the hill. maria henhouses is the president and for tour media, anchor of npr s latino usc and a journalist with a nearly 30 year career who wrote the memo once i was you. also joining us someone who knows the halls of the capitol all too well, former republican congressman jolly he s an nbc political analysts, and national chairman of the serve america movement. it s great to have all three of you with. us we have a lot to talk about this hour, mike i do want to start with the. let s listen to two house democrats on the opposite side of this divide representative gottheimer, and jayapal and what they had to say just this morning, watch. i support reconciliation, and so to my colleagues. we make all the time and let me tell you, we all agree that we need a reconciliation package and i think that s important for everyone to understand. but it doesn t mean, these are two separate bills, we ve got in
quo. they will vote for infrastructure as long as you vote for reconciliation. let me just ask you, though. i if go ahead. i just want to be clear about that. i support reconciliation. so do my colleagues. you know, we meet all the time and let me tell you, we all agree that we need a reconciliation package and i think that s important for everyone to understand, but that doesn t mean these are two separate bills, right? you ve got infrastructure and historic once in a century. there s no reason why we shouldn t pass that right away and get the shovels in the ground and make sure we do everything we can to stop derailments and invest in our infrastructure and climate and make sure we fight climate change and also keep working on this separate bill on reconciliation, which i m committed to passing. right. as pramila said, we re talking all the time to make sure we can get that done as well. except that s not where the progressives are and obviously there s at least 45
ahead and were fine and derailed after that. so that s what they ll have to piece together. and track maintenance will be a concern. the age of the track, what s been done. and bnsf will help the investigators with that because they will be the ones who were in charge of all that. you know, this crash comes timing wise as a big vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill slated for this week, and here s what new jersey congressman josh gottheimer had to say about it earlier this morning. take a listen. there s too much on the line here for our country. you think about infrastructure and what happened, the tragedy last night, the derailment in montana on amtrak, and of course, i m here in new jersey. we got hit so hard as other parts of the country did by hurricane ida. in the infrastructure bill is climate rezil yaenls to help fight climate change. to fix amtrak and invest in our roads, bridges, rails. there s no reason why we shouldn t pass that right away and get shovels in the
you ve got infrastructure and historic once in a century. there s no reason why we shouldn t pass that right away and get the shovels in the ground and make sure we do everything we can to stop derailments and invest in our infrastructure and climate and make sure we fight climate change and also keep working on this separate bill on reconciliation, which i m committed to passing. right. pramila said we re talking all the time to make sure we can get that done as well. except that s not where the progressives are and obviously there s at least 45 or so that will vote against infrastructure if there isn t at least, now they re saying they no longer need a vote first but maybe an agreementment to a pathway forward. if this all takes a couple weeks to sort out, because obviously it s not happening tomorrow, as you wanted, is that okay with you? let s be clear about that. the bill is going to get voted on early this week and going to come to the floor tomorrow as we wanted, and we