democrats right now. we ll talk to a progressive in a little bit a lawmaker who is they basically are saying that progressive standpoint biden is deeply unpopular, they re thinking of pry marrying him if he runs in 2024 and speaker pelosi hasn t been accommodating enough to the left. i wonder if two things are happening at the same time with both parties. i think it s true, dana. by the way, look at what chuck schumer is doing right now. still pressing ahead with an attempt with build back better and now with an attempt to eliminate the filibuster in order to pass this legislation they want to pass which would by which the federal government would take over the running of elections are states. two democratic senators sinema and manchin have said they oppose getting rid of the filibuster. they won t do it. schumer continues to do it. why continue to press it? he wants to impress the left of his party.
pushing the voting rights legislation, despite the fact it is doomed, capitalizing on a belief that was also found in that poll, six in ten americans think the democracy is in danger of collapse, sandra. sandra: jacqui heinrich, thank you. john. john: bring in texas republican john cornyn for more on this. senator, the president went to congress hat in hand, looks like he s going to go back to the white house with hat and nothing more. and sinema gave a speech saying i m for the voting rights bill but not for nuking the filibuster in the senate, and chuck schumer, won t have the votes to bring it to the floor. what do you make of everything they are trying to do here? none of this should be a surprise. this is what senator sinema, and senator manchin have said along and other unnamed senators not
filibuster which he might be willing to employ coming up during this calendar year if it will help him to get voting rights across the finish line here? have you ever heard anything about a small exception to the filibuster and what in the heck that means? well let s just recall there are no small steps. there are only big steps that lead to even bigger changes in the rules in the senate. the senate is supposed to be the deliberative body. if i recall correctly both senators sinema and manchin have said they don t support the filibuster. this may be part of the negotiations that he is having with senator manchin but the voting rights act is not going to make voting better, more accessible or more accurate. so what it does is it violates and gets rid of allstate voter i.d. laws. 70 to 80% of the population support voter i.d. and it makes people feel their vote is trust
and climate spending plan from democratic senator joe manchin whose vote could make or break the bill. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us from the white house. talks between the president and senator manchin have reached we are told a standstill and with it a key part of the president s agenda. what are hearing. the president s $1.75 trillion economic and climate package is the cornerstone of his domestic agenda but he needs all 50 senate democrats to advance it and he s missing one after multiple phone calls with joe manchin, the key holdout senator from west virginia, there is still no real progress toward a resolution. one of the key outstanding issues, the expanded child tax credit. they want to extend for an additional year. it is considered one of the biggest achievements of biden s first year in office but manchin has issued with structure and the cost and particularly the short-term nature.
so while senator manchin is getting the heat today from fellow democrats, he s not the only member of the party standing in the way of a potential end to the filibuster. senator kyrsten sinema is as obstinate as manchin on the issue, but gets far less attention. the arizona democrat sparked a flurry of progressive furor which she defended it alongside senator john cornyn. the idea of the filibuster was created to those who came brus. to those who say you must make a choice between filibuster and x, this is a false choice. the way to fix that is to change your behavior, not to eliminate the rules or change the rules. are you confused? so are the democrats. moderates like sinema and manchin have found themselves in a unique dilemma. straddling both sides of the political aisle they seem increasingly unsure of who to