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Do you think that is the way this will likely go if it does go forward, that they ll find a narrower path to doing this? i think that s exactly right. they re going to debate how they can quote/unquote strengthen the filibuster in order to have this quote. i think there are a lot of ways to skin this cat, rachel. we ve seen proposals to lower the voting threshold from 60 down to 55 down to 50. we ve seen proposals to allow vouchers for democracy bills. there are a lot of ways you can make amendments. it s really not black or white right now. but ultimately the guide for whether or not this reform to the filibuster will work is does the majority does the senate majority have the ability to call an up-or-down vote on a piece of legislation, or does mitch mcconnell and the senate minority have the ability to straight up veto as they re going to do tomorrow, or do they have the ability to delay for months and months and months? so the senate with just the 50 democratic votes has the ab ....
Do you think that is the way this will likely go if it does go forward, that they ll find a narrower path to doing this? i think that s exactly right. they re going to debate how they can quote/unquote strengthen the filibuster in order to have this quote. i think there are a lot of ways to skin this cat, rachel. we ve seen proposals to lower the voting threshold from 60 down to 55 down to 50. we ve seen proposals to allow vouchers for democracy bills. there are a lot of ways you can make amendments. it s not black or white right now. but ultimately the guide for whether or not this reform to the filibuster will work is does the majority does the senate majority have the ability to call an up or down vote on a piece of legislation or does mitch mcconnell and the senate minority have the ability to straight up veto as they re going to do tomorrow or do they have the ability to delay for months and months and months? so the senate with just the 50 democratic votes has the ability to ....
My republican colleagues? it sure does to a lot of us. i challenge my republican colleagues i challenge you, republican senators come to the floor. defend these policies. tell us how they secure the vote. we know what you re up to. america knows what you re up to. and not to debate this, are you afraid to debate it? senate majority leader chuck schumer today on the house floor. tomorrow he will put the voting rights act on the senate floor, and there will be a vote on whether or not it gets debated. joining us now is senator merkley. i appreciate you being here. i know it s a big night. thank you, rachel. good to be with you. it s a significant event tomorrow. what are you expecting to happen tomorrow in the senate? well, i anticipate and i hope that we will have 50 votes to ....
Popular, that 70%, 80% of americans in some states support. so, for you going out to your senator s town hall or your congressional office this weekend, next weekend, the weekend after that, you don t need to get into the details of procedural rules in the senate. you just need to say are you going to pass democracy reforms or not? if not, why not? and don t talk to me about procedural vote issue. pass this bill. i m going to be watching you. that s important whether you re in a red state, whether you re in a purple state, or whether you re in a deep blue state. we need every single senator to be hearing from their constituents, to be feeling that fire from their constituents. that s how they change their minds. that s why the deadline for democracy is so important. that s why the events that pro democracy groups around the country are holding. we hope everybody is going to join. this is not professionals doing all this work. this is normal school teachers, i.v. technicians and nurses ....
Congress. they have been effective at at changing the odds in congress. tonight on the eve of senate finally taking up the voting rights bill, it s worth checking in with them to get their prognostication on how this is going to go. joining us now is ezra levin. it s nice to see you. thank you for making time. great to be here, rachel. what do you think is going to happen tomorrow? i think we re going to see us get off to the races tomorrow. look, we are not headed towards a brick wall. we re headed towards a little bit of a speed bump, but this is all part of the plan. so, we ve got to put tomorrow in context. there were several steps to the legislation coming out. first the for the people act had to pass the house. it did that. then it had to go through the senate process, go through the committee process, go through markup, go through vote. it s done all that. now the next step in the process is we have to debate whether there will be a debate. that is what the vote is tomorro ....