they seem wedded to the filibuster not willing to think about any sort of carve-outs for any of these issues. joe manchin s bill was sort of the skinny voting rights bill that was put on the floor of the senate, and it got no republican votes. so i think if you re a democrat and you re hoping that perhaps the republican obstinance on voting rights will move joe manchin, move senator sinema, we ll see if that happens. and then you add that up with what biden said today, maybe you get somewhere. but so far even given what biden said tonight, i think if you re a progressive you re still looking at a president sinema and president manchin on this issue because they hold the keys to the kingdom when it comes to this very critical issue of democracy and voting rights, something that or forefathers fought and marched for and died for that is very much under
voting rights will move joe manchin, move senator sinema, we ll see if that happens. and then you add that up with what biden said today, maybe you get somewhere. but so far even given what biden said tonight, i think if you re a progressive you re still looking at a president sinema and president manchin on this issue because they hold the keys to the kingdom when it comes to this very critical issue of democracy and voting rights, something that or forefathers fought and marched for and died for that is very much under assault in this country being roled back in several states. don t you think he was very candid about his negotiations with them where he stands with them and his agenda and what he s trying to do? and i think without going too far because i m not sure. i wish you could see afterwards i was struck by him holding his head down thinking about what he had just said.
here it is. first of all, she s smart as a devil, number one. number two, she s very supportive of the environmental agenda in my legislation. very supportive. she supports almost all the things i mentioned relating to everything from family care to all those issues. where she s not supportive is she says she will not raise a single penny in taxes on the corporate side and/or on wealthy people, period. and so that s where it sort of breaks down. and there s a few other issues it breaks down on. didn t she vote against the tax cuts for the rich under trump, right? anyway, go ahead, david. correct. so that is a clear roadblock the president couldn t have been more clear on. and i actually think we got insight because kyrsten sinema, even here colleagues in the senate, don, has been a bit of a puzzle. joe manchin a little more clearer, talks a lot more about
rate increase is not going to be included in the final framework. i think it was a funny exchange there when anderson said why 4 weeks, and he said we couldn t get 12 weeks. very honest about what those negotiations look like. david, what s your take away? kaitlan s last point there how to pay for it. the president couldn t be clearer kyrsten sinema is a roadblock to how they envision paying for this. how many times did you listen not just joe biden but every democrat running last cycle the president and vice president every day of their administration last year talking about rolling back those trump tax cuts and getting corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share. and kyrsten sinema says on tax rates for both of those corporations and wealthy americans, it s a no-go. so now they re trying to find other ways. the president promises this will not add a penny to the debt david, let me play it for you and then you ll help explain it.
so the president tonight, president biden expressing confidence democrats are coming together to pass his two big pieces of legislation, infrastructure and the social safety net. but acknowledging in cnn s town hall there s still a lot of work to be done especially in negotiations with moderate democrats, senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. back again kaitlan collins, david chalian, nia-malika henderson. kaitlan, back over to you now because president biden got a lot more specific about his economic agenda. what s in it? what s out? what did we hear? yeah, don, our team has done great reporting what s going on behind closed doors in those negotiations but the president basically came out tonight and revealed a lot more specifics than we d heard from democrats,