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on our democracy. >> reporter: one day after warning democracy is in peril, tonight president biden is blasting efforts to restrict voting. >> with intensity and aggressiveness we've not seen in a long, long time. >> reporter: biden addressing the dramatic fight in texas over one of the most restrictive voting bills in the nation. >> it's simply un-american. it's not, however, sadly, unprecedented. >> reporter: texas democrats stopped the gop effort for now, but other states have already passed new voting restrictions or are debating it. democratic state lawmakers are calling on biden and his allies in congress to act. >> we did our part to stop this horrible voter suppression bill in texas. now texas democrats are calling on president biden and democrats in the senate to use the filibuster in order to pass the john lewis voting rights act immediately. >> reporter: the bill would reauthorize the 1965 voting rights act, but major voting legislation has stalled in congress amid republican