about the survival of our most cherished institutions should support the president s call as well. that last part seemingly a shot across the bow as some moderate democrats who still are on the fence about those rules changes making it clear they may not ultimately back them, john. so chuck schumer, senate majority leader, like, two weeks ago told me this was an uphill fight to change the filibuster rules and yesterday still called it an uphill fight. what s the actual process to try? reporter: this is going to transpire over the next several days. the first thing to expect, the house will send over past legislation rights. freedom to vote act and the john lewis right to vote act. at that point the senate will vote on that legislation. here s the catch. they do not have ten republicans to support it. despite the fact they worked very hard to get manchin and sinema onboard with the two pieces of legislation, they don t have republicans. at that point, chuck schumer, majority leader,
turn out. these suggestions are the lowest hanging fruit. republicans have attempted to use it as a means to keeping certain voters out or retaining power for later in closed, contested elections. democrats have proposed legislation rights over the past year. we covered it frequently on the show. there s a piece of legislation called the john lewis voting rights advancement act named for the late, great john lewis re-authorizes the key provisions of the original voting rights