the john lewis voting rights advancement exact and the act and the freedom to vote act. they have no way around the 60-vote threshold. senator chuck schumer, the majority leader, plans to call some form of a vote on a rules change, something to pierce the filibuster, to change the rules to allow these two bills to come up for that majority vote threshold. but it s abundantly clear at this point that senator joe manchin and senator kyrsten sinema, although they may support the bills, firmly oppose a change in the rules to allow them to pass. democrats either go home and pull the plug on this effort or they do everything they can. that s where schumer feels the weight of history on his shoulders. i m reliably told he doesn t want to be remembered as the majority leader who didn t do everything in his power to at least try. they don t have a way to succeed but they feel they re too far along in this march to simply turn around and go home now,