On call with Biden tonight, Warnock argued that passing voting legislation is more important than keeping filibuster, per source. Biden contended that the bill is important but they need to pressure GOP and get votes to pass it (which they don’t have). cnn.com/2021/03/22/pol…
Manchin, who opposes reducing the 60-vote filibuster threshold and is the lone Democrat to not sign onto his party’s voting bill, told me on Monday night that "there are a lot of good things in the bill that we can work on," but added that "we have to do a bit of work" on it.
Despite Biden’s comments, Susan Collins said she opposed to S1 in its current form, while Romney said it's "very unlikely" he would support the bill. "That's nothing but a pretense or cover for their real goal, which is to install a permanent Democratic majority,” Cornyn said
McConnell tells @HolmesJosh on his podcast this morning that Democrats are in a “hurry” to move “quickly” on everything they can to “solidify power” before 2022, like pushing S1 that he said Democrats “consider will benefit them” and “it may," per @alizaslav
Warnock downplayed impact battle over voting rules will have on his race. But said about his push to gut filibuster: "No Senate rules can take priority over the foundation of the democracy itself." He reiterated the same message to Biden, who has yet to embrace gutting filibuster
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