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Good morning, Playbookers. It's Tuesday, June 8th. I'm Rugumana Vallin, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

Two days after West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced his opposition to the For the People Act, the Democratic Party's top legislative priority on voting rights.

A group of black and civil rights leaders will visit Mansion today. We're told the meeting was

recommended by National Urban League president and CEO Mark Morial, and was set up a few weeks ago.

Those who know Mansion well have told us the senator's mind, uh, isn't exactly open to persuasion on the bill. So,

we asked some participants how they plan to approach the meeting today. Here's what we heard back.

Derek Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, kept expectations low in an interview last night.

The goal of the meeting for us in the civil rights leadership is to establish and build a relationship. There was no particular item on the agenda, but we will have a

conversation about our policy priorities and hopes to open up the dialogue so that we can, in fact,

have the type of give and take opportunity to ensure that all Americans are supported. Johnson said he also

plans to remind Manchin of the steps he took

as Secretary of State in West Virginia to expand voting. We'll be watching especially closely to what

Reverend Al Sharpton, who's also attending, will say afterward. Reverend Sharpton has had some criticism

of Manchin in the past, telling our very own Eugene Daniels in March, the pressure that we are

going to put on Manchin is

calling the filibuster racist and saying that they are, in effect, supporting racism. While Manchin

might be the only one publicly taking the heat for shutting down the bill, we're told a couple

Democratic senators are privately unhappy with how expansive the bill is. They're apparently afraid

to say so on the record. In fact, every single Senate Democrat except Manchin has co-sponsored the bill is. They're apparently afraid to say so on the record. In fact, every single

Senate Democrat except Mansion has co-sponsored the bill. So what makes this bill so controversial?

Politico Zach Montalero has a good read this morning on some of the bill's most contentious provisions.

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