piece of legislation supposed to be the corner stone of president biden s economic agenda, with that they turned to voting rights, but given how far apart sinema and manchin are on that bill, we can t push too hard on them, otherwise what chance is there of passing build back better act? meanwhile, i feel like the fact that they re going to go through with this, the fact schumer is in least, in theory, going to have this vote getting around the filibuster and trying to pass this bill, forcing manchin and sinema to cast this vote, with it, seems republicans to keep the filibuster in place, that is going to be so damaging to their brands i feel like, one of the main things they are remembered for, when you say their name that s what people are going to remember them for if anything. so jeff, just this morning, had mit romney on meet the press senator, saying bill would give
the politics they re up against? joining me now to discuss, kevin sheridan, republican strategist and founder of sheridan media, and juanita tolliver, democratic strategist and msnbc political analyst. juanita, welcome to you both, juanita, i ll start with you. chuck schumer is planning to force a vote tuesday on the for the people act. it comes with a lot of consequences for democrats. showing their hand up front when it comes to whether there s support for the bill or not. what s the strategy here? and are the leaders concerned they may be boxing themselves in in some kind of way? look, michael, i think leaders are at the point of let s put this bill up and anybody who is willing to oppose it, via voting on the floor, will have to expose themselves, because up until this point, it s been a lot of hemming and hawing within the caucus to the point it seems democrats are working against themselves. with schumer bringing this to the floor, forcing manchin to tell him exactly what piece