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The Playbook Podcast

Jan. 18, 2022: Outlook remains dreary for Dems this week

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

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🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to a four-day workweek in Washington. Today, Senate Democrats resume their doomed push on voting rights and election reform, taking up legislation that already passed the House. Expect more of the fiery speeches we’ve heard from both sides recently as Democrats open the debate. And, what's next for the BBB? Front-line House Democrats, eager to boost their prospects in November, are urging party leadership to break up Build Back Better into a series of votes on popular planks — even if it means giving up on one grand bill. Subscribe to POLITICO Playbook. Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Senior Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0

Presented by the American Petroleum Institute.

0:04.5

Hey, good morning, playbookers on Raguamunovallin.

0:07.6

It's Tuesday, and expect more fiery speeches on voting rights this week.

0:12.1

This is your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.

0:18.4

At 5 p.m. today, Senate Democrats are scheduled to meet for one of their final caucus meetings

0:23.4

to pressure and shame Joe Manchin in Kirsten Cinema on modifying the filibuster in front of all of their colleagues.

0:29.6

The first roll call votes on the voting rights package are expected Wednesday.

0:33.3

The rest is pretty much preordained.

0:35.7

First, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tries to cut off debate but fails because of a GOP filibuster.

0:41.3

Then, Schumer tries to change the rules governing the filibuster on this issue,

0:45.3

but fails because Mansion and Cinema lease side with all 50 Republicans against it.

0:50.3

Finally, Demp will pause their lobbying of Manchin on voting rights and return to lobbying him on Build Back Better.

0:56.6

But here's what to really keep an eye on as this all plays out.

1:00.3

Will there be any significant momentum behind the scenes on a bipartisan voting and election reform package?

1:06.0

And will President Joe Biden endorse that effort at a scheduled Wednesday news conference?

1:10.9

Here's a question. What's next for the BBB? President Joe Biden endorsed that effort at a scheduled Wednesday news conference.

1:17.3

Here's a question. What's next for the BBB? Frontline House Democrats eager to boost their prospects in November are urging party leadership to break up buildback better into a series of votes

1:22.4

on popular plinks, even if it means giving up on one grand bill. And even if those bills have no shot of becoming law.

1:29.4

But Mariana Sotomayor from the Washington Post reports that leadership has been cool to the idea so far,

1:35.0

while some frontliners want to focus more on selling the infrastructure law and other accomplishments.

1:41.1

You know it's bad for Democrats when JUPY lawmakers are so confident in their chances

1:45.3

of winning the House that they're already plotting plans for 2023.

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