him to make the legislative process work better when it, in fact, doesn t seem to be working at the moment. he wants to get his message out before, i think, that vote that will go down. and try reassure both his base and the democrats and the independents that have become frustrated with him that he s got things under control and things will be better in his second year. and what does senator schumer mean when he calls for a talking filibuster? it s a way for him to try to limit the filibuster. kind of a carveout on voting rights legislation. there s kind of two key things he s talking about here. it would allow leadership to cut off debate with 60 votes. and end all of kind of the talking on the filibuster after senators have spoken up to two times. so this is a way for them to try to push forward, move so they can t just be stuck, if they can t get to 60 votes on some of this key legislation, they would