it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that notes that the former president has never been known for his policy chops. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, january 18th. we ll start with the news. the senate will begin voting onnen a pair of voting rights bills today despite strong backing from the white house that will likely fail to pass. the senate will convene this afternoon to begin debating but is not expected to hold a vote today. after debate on the bills begin, senate majority leader chuck schumer will move to end debate. that requires a filibuster-proof 60-vote margin, and that s when republicans are expected to block the bills. senator schumer said he ll put forward a bill on the filibuster change after it s used to block the voting rights legislation. the only path forward on this important issue is to change the rules to bypass the filibuster, and right now there are two democrats who don t want to make that