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National debate in the United States on the role played by race in college admissions culminated with the Supreme Court hearing challenges against two universities.

Once into law, that will no longer be allowed. theres also some exemptions for religious organizations that may not want to perform a same-sex marriage. they dont have to worry about their tax-exempt status being revoked. that was the compromise, and today in the house, 39 republicans joined in support of the bill that had 258 votes in the affirmative. in speaking to one congressman, mark -- said they no longer have to worry about the supreme court potentially targeting their marriages. did you ...

Voted against this bill. but 39 republicans crossed the aisle to protect marriage equality for one of the last bills nancy pelosi will shepperd as speaker. how significant is this? >> reporter: significant marking a sea change in ow politicians view this issue, of course, weve seek the american public shift rapidly in acceptance of same-sex marriage. now we are seeing congress follow behind and just this bill which would repeal the defense of marriage act from 1996. that bill when it was first e...

Of the senators duly chosen have voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. >> the motion is agreed to. today, the united states senate one step closer to passing the marriage act, a landmark bill that would -- defected the bill cleared this initial hurdle shows that it has a good chance of becoming the law. take a look at that final tally, 62 to 37. senate democrats needed ten of their colleagues to break the filibuster and debate on the bill, in the end, 12 republicans join them. its i...

Of the senators duly chosen have voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. >> the motion is agreed to. today, the united states senate one step closer to passing the marriage act, a landmark bill that would -- defected the bill cleared this initial hurdle shows that it has a good chance of becoming the law. take a look at that final tally, 62 to 37. senate democrats needed ten of their colleagues to break the filibuster and debate on the bill, in the end, 12 republicans join them. its i...

Of things. you and i are in politics media we are paid to pay attention, i dont think either one of us could mention what the first week of a republican congress would do in terms of solving the kitchen table issues. mark: thing when republican leadership in senate trash the candidates, 6 weeks before the election. >> they did the democrats job for them. >> they had no legislative agenda to run on, other than we want bipartisanship and to work with president biden. you are not getting people to ...

Weeks ago when i asked him -- which issue are you hearing about from on the campaign trail? and is it abortion? it is a threat to democracy? he said we can walk and chew gum at the same time. and i think we make a mistake when we think that people only focus on one thing to the detriment of something else, and people were saying -- about look abortion is way down here. people dont care about it. what we are learning tonight is, no, no, no people do care about it and when they have the option to ...

Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions could soon be a thing of the past. At least that’s the impression many observers got after l

With apologies for being quite blunt . . . the debate about affirmative action is almost entirely poppycock. Last week the Supremes heard arguments in a

I asked him the same question, the question i asked dana the incomekcumbent attorney general youcept the results? she said i refuse to lose. they didnt answer the question. >> in fact, on that point, i mean, weve heard time and time again that sort of pivot that laura is eluding to, the idea of not just saying the yes or no, which is a very difficult thing for people to say apparently and you can to the extent if it was a got ya question, which i dont think we agree it is, couldnt you just answe...