to cast that 50th vote so al gore could cast the 51st vote and that was bud kerry. he has been there done that on being the 50th vote and the weight of the presidency on that 50th vote. we ll talk about the dynamics of it today. when that bill went to the floor we did not know how he was going to vote or a few other people and then they revealed themselves as time went on and got to a point where we knew, okay. we are one vote away. the bill is on the floor. being voted on and amended at that time. i think that is what senator sanders wants to see happen in january and senator schumer seemed to say today that is what he is going to do. yes, i think that is right. if you can get the former senator who you are about to speak to to go down to the marina and hop on to senator manchin s house boat, his yacht, and have a conversation with him in those terms i will buy you
and one democratic senator is undecided and the undecided senator ran against the president for the democratic presidential nomination the year before the vote. this is 1993. bill clinton is in the white house. he has what was then considered a massive budget reconciliation bill that has sailed through the house of representatives and is now stuck in the senate on the floor of the senate but there s only 49 votes supporting it. a 50th vote, 50th democratic vote will allow vice president al gore to cast the tie-breaking vote and bill clinton will get to sign his first piece of legislation into law. the undecided senator of nebraska went into new hampshire the year before looking like the most stable democratic candidate for president while the clinton campaign appeared to be drowning