simple majority vote. allowing one party to exert complete control in the senate with a simple majority will only pour fuel on a political fire whiplash. eliminating the filibuster would be the easy way out. wasn t meant to be easy. i cannot support such a course for this nation when elected leaders are sent to washington to unite our country, not to divide our country. literally the same time that manchin was slamming the door in his face, president biden was at his press conference marking his first year in office and said that he is not willing to accept defeat. i think that there are a number of things we can do but i also think we will be able to get significant pieces of the legislation if we don t get it all now to build to get it so that we get a big chunk of the john lewis legislation as well as the fair election. during today s debate