important thing we have to do. the congressional black caucus prioritized this for the entire year. we ve prioritized eliminating the filibuster. we would sell it for reforming the filibuster and getting voting rights through. let s be clear. the filibuster is the journey of the minority. it gives the power to the republican minority in congress to continue to use the filibuster as a means for stopping any civil rights legislation. it s a relic of jim crowe. that s how it s been used before. that s how it s being used today. so any of the reforms would be welcome as long as they go far enough to be able allow that bill to come up. the filibuster, let s be clear, stops bills from even being considered, tiffany. it s not even the final vote. but it prevents the move forward, the motion for closure to be able to move a bill
filibuster loving manchin and sinema. theyed a adjourned this morning and won t be back until january 3rd. it s beginning to look like nothing will be passed by christmas. joining me is member of the house judiciary committee, of course, washington congress woman camilla jayapal. a lot of people are disappointed build back better won t pass. it s great to see them shifting to voting rights, however, there is a hump to getting over voting rights. their actions to get it passed. one is adopting a one-time chain, senator kaine to install a talking filibuster and force the gop to stand on the floor and maintain 41 votes to black legislation. what can you tell the american people this morning about vetting voting rights passed? good morning, tiffany. it s always great to be with you. look, this is the single-most
point that there is voting rights protection plan before the end of the year, which is ideally to do whatever it takes to make sure that is a reality. they are posting a picture of his weight loss. he is sacrificing his body so congress will eneight voting rights legislation, which is baffling to believe in 2021 this is the battle we are fighting. look, the people standing in the way, i m not letting republicans off the hook. you do have senators man. already have sinema, these are two people who likely never faced oppression. they govern from a privileged perspective from a space where they have never heard the stories of people being beaten to death to vote. people being, congressman john lewis having his skull cracked for the right to vote so it s incredibly enraging to watch these two people say, well, it s
administration to actually put action behind the words and in fact the voting rights is important to this administration, we should see not a reset. we don t take a break when our democracy is in balance. we have to literally put pressure on the senate. we have to really recognize this is structural racism that we re experiencing. we re also the vulnerability of the democracy of this country, legislation that keeps the work flow and economic package making sure we re respecting the right to vote that people are fought punished because the way they voted or who they voted for. absolutely. i think there is still a level of frustration amongst folks, that want action items tomorrow. when you say pressure, i assume you mean like make phone calls. if congress fails. if the administration fails, if nothing is done on voting rights, are you the person on the ground in most of the states
and you know we just have to see, but we have been working in very good faith and senator manchin agreed with the president to that framework. i expect the president to deliver on the 50 votes that he promised he would deliver when we, you know when we took his word and went ahead and passed the infrastructure bill and the build back better act through the house. the senate should have stayed in session and gotten the work done, tiffany. there is no reason they couldn t do that. i don t understand why they didn t do that. and i am urging the president to immediately have those discussions with senator manchin so that we can at least get an agreement on the legislation. it s not that complicated. the majority was pre-conferenced, so let s get the last piece done before christmas, at least get the agreement. then we can write up the legislation and make whatever changes we made and pass it through the senate. it s too important to wait.