but they are not united how to actually enact that policy, because in order to move through the regular order, it would require 60 votes to overcome a republican-led filibuster. there simply are not 60 votes because there are not ten republicans to back the larger plan. there are zero republicans to back the more sweeping measure. but there is also this push to get manchin and kyrsten sinema to change their view about how to overhaul the senate filibuster rules, to actually make it a simple majority, that could actually pass the legislation, but in order to do that, they need to have manchin and kyrsten sinema on board to agree to what invoke what is known on capitol hill as the nuclear option to change the rules and manchin said again he is not in favor of that and with kyrsten sinema as well, that means 48 democrats at the most to agree to change the rules, leaving the democrats with essentially nothing. on the republican side, too, kate, they have their own fight, their own issues,
going in and attacking him isn t going to get you the 51 votes. i couldn t agree more. we are agreeing with each other. i think the strategy here senator markey was, we re going to lob on this thing and get manchin and sinema to come along, you can t invent leverage over a person you don t have. i watched polling today, joe biden s approval is 29%, joe manchin is 64%, donald trump is 65%. that s west virginia voters. sob if you can get the west virginia on board for half a trillion in climate spending, senator markey, that s not bad. yes. in california we worked hard on the bill. we got it passed through the house in 2009. but a lot of talking, a lot of negotiation in the senate and it
families. if that s the case, you don t find that out by talking to reporters or setting deadlines. you get in the room. not with 1,000 people. get manchin, get the head of the progressive caucus, get joe biden, sit at a table and do it like you have done it, like every other business person has done it for years, and say, okay, let s make a deal or let s just walk away from this. i mean if you take manchin at his word, he s already committed. he shook biden s hand. he said, i ll give you $1.75 trillion. you start by saying, joe, show us your bill, not what you might support, show us your bill and let s see where we go from there. then walk out and make the announcement. we either have a bill or joe manchin will never support anything and he has been lying to us for the past year and a half. it is very clear. i don t think joe has been
with kamala going on the road providing biden s success in the last year, he has a job she can excel at. she doesn t have to say anything. perfectly said. mary, two hours on the phone with xi to convince him not to partner up with russia? biden can t even convince his people of anything. you re right, he can t get manchin and sinema to do what he wants but he thinks the chinese are going to listen, got it. lynn? what s up, lynn? why do we demand the white house release the transcript of biden s phone call. if trump was still president, all of the democrats would be demanding it. that s right. why not? it s an honor and deals with the chinese. we need to know. national security is at stake. i doubt it was the perfect phone call. i don t mind, this is from lynn, i don t mind aoc whispering, how do we get nancy pelosi and kamala harris to whisper too.