capitol hill to meet with democrats behind closed doors. and came back empty-handed. another rookie mistake. who allows the president to put the prestige of his office on the line with a visit to cajole lawmakers without knowing in advance that the deal can get done? like a summit. with a world leader. you only make the trip to capitol hill when you know you ll have something to announce, when it s over. in this case, senator sinema didn t even await his arrival. instead, she took to the floor and announced while she backed two new voting rights measures she will not support an effort to weaken the filibuster. and not to be outdone, soon after the presidential meeting joe manchin then released a statement announcing that he, too, was against ending the filibuster. in the final analysis, though, what matters to the american public is the economy. and considering the pandemic and notwithstanding inflation, it nevertheless remains remarkably
she said she didn t hear anything knew because it was the framework she already knew about and no firm support from senators manchin and sinema. i certainly don t think that s true. senator sinema has put out statements making it colleagues, at least to me, and i don t speak for either one of them, that they support it and the president represents he backs it and he has assurances from him. senator sinema didn t specifically say it was a very positive statement. i ll agree but she didn t say specifically unless there s a new statement that came out in the last 34 minutes that i missed, she didn t say i m on board with this framework, i m a definite yes, progressives you should feel comfortable i m here. based on the conversations we re here and said let s get it done that seemed pretty clear to me but the bottom line is this. the president came to speak to us today and say for the country, for our competitiveness, for, you know, our competitiveness with china and fight against
they want to get done what they can get done. in the meantime biden s presidency hangs in the balance, and i i think the president said it himself, and so i think everybody needs to sort of take a step back and say if you re a democrat, what s the greater good here. stop talking about what got cut from the bill and start talking about what is in the bill. gloria, to your point though isn t that what the president did this morning? he did. didn t he go to the hill to say precisely that and look at how it s played out. to your point, i m not sure what is next. it s interesting that jayapal is saying they will draft a letter of support for the framework. what does that get you? kicking the can down the road again? we ll see what that gets us. let s see what happens in a couple of hours. that is story that s moving right now. i m not quite sure what that means. i think bernie sanders is saying to the progressives, you know,
denying that nicotine was addictive. as i m sure you realized, that didn t turn out too well for them. don t think of yourselves as the ceo. think of yourselves as human beings. so all of the companies acknowledge climate change. they all said that they support policies that would curb emissions, but they and they all also denied spreading any misinformation, but they were all asked if they would commit to an audit to essentially confirm that they are not funding any groups that are spreading climate misinformation, and they all declined that commitment. erica? that is an interesting nugget right there. good to see you. thank you yeah. a former nhl player breaking his silence saying the chicago blackhawks prioritized winning over him, ignoring his allegations of sexual assault by a team coach. that revelation is next.
but now senator sinema is okay with that tax, but senator manchin has problems with it and so this is where it s like, okay, the two of them don t actually agree with each other. 98% of us are on the same page for a long time and we keep being patient, but look, at the end of the day, they need to understand that they do need to come together and i ve spent time particularly with senator manchin. i just talked to him today on the phone. i think he s working in good faith, but i think we need a little bit more here because we need to get this and we need to pass it for the american people. well, you are a powerful person with an important job and as we get our civics lesson here about things that matter, people are reminded why it s also a tough job that not everyone would want, but we wish everyone in government luck and congresswoman, thank you for joining us. absolutely. coming up, a fox news host