trump s doj also pressed pause on the consent decree that was reached with the state of the city of baltimore following the freddy gray case. we ll have more on that later, as well. and we re going to talk a little bit more of that direct action. trump also asked for a 30-day delay in a federal challenge to voter i.d. laws in texas. president obama had issued that challenge against the state of texas, which has one of the strictest voter i.d. laws in the country. joining me now are congresswoman evet clark, president and ceo of the center for global policy solutions and joan walsh, national affairs for the nation. shining bright lights in my face and let s talk a little bit about the stakes here today. i have to first start by asking you about this consent decree delay in baltimore. i mean, we saw the freddy gray case and the uprisings that took place because of the killing of
terms of the numbers. in terms of advancing this, you need some on board to help pass legislation, and you need conservative or just business owners who are willing to pay their employers more. it soupdz like there were zero business owners or republicans speaking this week. why is that? were they not invite, and how important are their voices in this conversation? well, first of all, i m a business owner as well. i run a firm called global policy solutions. i should let you know that we ve invited every single member of congress and their staff, so all members of congress on both the house and the senate have been invited, including republicans. we ve also invited four republicans, high profile republicans, to speak, and all of them turned us down. why do you think that is? i think it s unfortunate. i think there s a culture of fear on capitol hill. i think that they have become so divided, and on the right so driven by this tea party conservativism that doesn t want to see them