May 27, 2022: Is this Manchinema's moment?
They\u2019re the Senate GOP\u2019s two favorite Democrats: West Virginia\u2019s Joe Manchin and Arizona\u2019s Kyrsten Sinema. They worked with Republicans to craft a massive bipartisan infrastructure deal and to save the filibuster \u2014 and now, \u201c\u200b\u200bRepublicans acknowledge that because Manchin and Sinema preserved the filibuster, they need to at least listen to Democrats who are desperate for an agreement to reduce gun violence,\u201d Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine report.\n\u2014 Manchin, asked if he can get 10 GOP votes, per the Hill pool: \u201c\u200b\u200bI don\u2019t know why you wouldn\u2019t have 70 or 80, my goodness. \u2026 This is about basically protecting children. If they can\u2019t rise to that, they ought to deep, deep dig inside and find out why in the heck we\u2019re here.\u201d\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.