Earlier today,
the Republicans in the Senate
once again deployed the filibuster.
Not in a way that actually
hurts them where they have to
actually talk and
do it like in the movies and all.
That's just an automatic thing and
then it's over, we're done,
we're already moving on, and they
killed the Paycheck Fairness Act.
So it failed to pass a cloture vote
by a 49 to 50 margin.
It passed the House at April,
217 to 210 vote along party lines.
So no Republicans voted for it for
women to be insured, equal pay for
equal work to men.
So, and you're probably wondering,
hey, wait, didn't any of
the Republican women vote for it?
No, they didn't, Republican women
in the Senate and the House voted
against women receiving equal pay.
The reason it's 49 rather than 50
is that for some reason, Senator
Gillibrand didn't vote on it.
Even though this is like one of
her biggest priorities,
I don't entirely understand that.
But anyway, it was filibustered,
and now it's done.
We're done,
we're not going to get it,
it doesn't matter that it's super
popular, it's already bipartisan in
the way that matters, it's done.
So why?
Where were the good Republicans JR?
[LAUGH] >> Why didn't the good
Republicans support it?
We can do it, it's so important.
And Joe Manchin, he's disappointed.
He said every American deserves to
have a good paying job
with a livable wage in order
to provide for their family and
contribute to their community.
And being a woman shouldn't impact
being able to make ends meet.
The first vote I took in the Senate
was for paycheck fairness, and
it is far past time for
these inequalities to be addressed.
As an original co-sponsor of this
bill, I am disappointed that
the Senate was unable to pass this
much needed legislation.
But I will continue the fight for
equal pay across the United States.
Will I do the one thing necessary
to make it happen?
Getting rid of the filibuster?
No, screw women they can make
whatever they end up making.
I don't care, but
I am disappointed in the meantime,
we were unable to pass it.
I don't know why, it's something
probably complicated but I'm very
disappointed about the process.
>> I can't figure it out.
Hey, two quick questions after
that statement,
which I don't think he said he must
have put it down as a statement and
not actually spoken to anyone.
Although he would have gotten
the same lack of responses and
questions, even if he did.
But he says he's been fighting for
paycheck fairness from the
beginning, and he's disappointed.
One question who are you
disappointed in Joe?
Who are you disappointed in?
Because look what he said
I'm an original co-sponsor to this
bill, I'm disappointed
that the Senate was unable to pass,
you stress that, was unable to pass
this much needed legislation.
Why weren't they able to pass it?
He's covering for
the people who are making sure
these things don't pass.
You think a politician doesn't know
who voted against something
that you co-sponsored?
You co-sponsor a bill and
you have no idea who exactly is
voting against your bill.
When you co-sponsor a bill,
these are things that people put
their names on so they can run on
them for reelection.
Anytime a politician has any kind
of legislation, they like to say,
I passed this,
I was a co-sponsor on that,
there was a bipartisan agreement
here, and I was a part of it.
Look, my name is on the bill, they
want to put their name on things
they have some kind of legacy where
people can vote for them again.
This is supposed to be very
important to him, but
he doesn't want to name the people
that are against his bill.
He doesn't say it.
>> Yeah.
>> It's the Senate that failed it,
it's the Senate.
So you can include any senator,
you can include anyone.
[LAUGH] You can say Schumer is part
of the issue because he's in
the Senate, right?
because they failed to
pass it number one.
So first off, he didn't point out
who's the one who's stopping and
number two, how are you going to
continue this fight?
You said you're going to continue
the fight, how?
>> He didn't do anything.
>> What's next?
That's right- >> Nothing right at
it. >> Those questions don't have
to be answered because there's no
answer to them.
There's no one that he's upset at,
and there's nothing else he's
going to do.
>> He's not going to do the only
things that will actually matter.
They're not going to support it.
They don't care.
You're not going to get one,
you're not going to get two, you're
damn sure aren't going to get ten.
It's just not going to happen.
So that is another thing that has
died thanks to his nonsense
dishonest, he's not even saying
the real reason why support for
the filibuster.
>> Give this fool a week,
ask him in a week.
What are you doing now, Joe?
Hey, women are still making less
than their male counterparts.
What are you doing now?
Hey, I've got women in
West Virginia on the phone Joe,
those people you say you represent,
they're looking to find
out what you're going to do next,
you told us you're fighting still.
What's next?
>> You can't make a bipartisanship
omelet without breaking a few
women's aspiration to make what
they deserve.
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