it completely unwinds our republic. the president still insists he wants to keep working with manchin. lawmakers know appeasing the west virginia moderate may mean trimming the bill to fewer programs that last longer. i suspect we will narrow it down and concentrate on three or four initiatives. other democrats say they are open to the idea of piece mealing bill and passing stand alones. that s a strategy that s being negotiated. we are open to a way to reach the finish line. senate majority leader wants to vote on bbb early next year even if he doesn t have the yeas to pass it. that four senators in purple states who may have been hiding behind manchin to go on the record. schumer is also threatening to force a vote to carve out what he calls the ill conceived and abused filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation with just 50 votes as opposed to 60. even that is looking doubtful. we have to senators who say