still a steep hill to climb. he can only do so much when it comes to the filibuster. he can pressure members of congress. excuse me, pressure senators do that, to get onboard with that. we know manchin and sinema have proven to be a little bit difficult there. it s not just them, right. you have mark kelly, arizona senator who is up for re-election in november. also kind of hemming and hawing whether or not he would be onboard with a carveout for the filibuster. so it s not just those two. civil rights leaders hope they will see president biden really lean in, maybe call out some of those folks by name. we have already seen that backfire with joe manchin. so i m not sure that the president is going to do that. but they are hoping to see a completely different shift because this white house knows that they have reached a different level of interest and involvement when it comes to voting rights. and then ashley, let s stay on that strategy. does talking to people in
president biden is insisting he and manchin can get past their differences. how do you think this will play out? i think manchin feels very little pressure at this point. republicans are universally opposed to some and some which seem to be very popular. if it s your number one priority, there are ways to pressure senators, including senators who oppose you. to drop some of the opposition you can arguably drop parts of the bill. there are some sensible parts of this bill and some that don t go into effect for two to three years, and some that is not very effective, and i don t think they re in very good shape now. what s not sensible enough? a lot of it goes into effect at different times. universal pre-k. they have these slogans. i actually looked at that for a
any silver linings here that you can see? and try to earn their votes. they have some room to play with there with that deficit reduction figure. and we know the white house is going to have to try and get some republicans on board, but we ve also heard that pro-trump groups are going to start buying some ads to pressure senators like dean heller to fall in line. take a listen to what lindsey graham said yesterday.