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Really calls for changing the rules of the u.s. senate. now, so far theyre not convinced. but were going to watch this all take place over the next couple of days. around 10:30 this morning there will be a vote in the house of representatives, they will send over that voting rights legislation to the u.s. senate. now, once it gets over to the senate there will be a vote on both the john lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote act. those pieces of legislation have the support of all 50 de...

Over the last week, members of congress returning to their districts for the july 4th holiday. what will greet them when they come back to washington, d.c.? we saw those two republican pieces of legislation fail on the floor of the house of representatives. as we search for policy answers here, cindy describing an ad hoc solution, as much as it is one, to part of this problem. what is washington trying to do at this point or has it given up until the midterms? let me let alan weigh in here. >> t...

Doing for a long time. the fact that they cant get the bill out to the deadline they set by themselves definitely shows its not off to a great start. >> let me ask you, if i can, by switching gears to this bipartisan group, to get some legislation. to ban bump stocks. a month after the shooting in las vegas, congress entered a bill to regulate, not to ban, but to regulate bump stocks. how do you think that were going to see legislation signed by the president? >> the fact that its bipartisan is ...

Politics of this? >> i think they really are determined to make this legislation fail. and they dont care. these are not the people they care about, and they dont believe the government should be in the business of doing this, and so its a totally ideological thing. its so many governors who are elected in that wave of 2010 as well, its a test of their tea party principles and people are losing and theyre winning. >> january brewer. i mean, to me, shes the fascinating outliar here, because not o...

>> i think they really are determined to make this legislation fail. and they dont care. these are not the people they care about, and they dont believe the government should be in the business of doing this, and so its a totally ideological thing. its so many governors who are elected in that wave of 2010 as well, its a test of their tea party principles and people are losing and theyre winning. >> january brewer. i mean, to me, shes the fascinating outliar here, because not only did she go for...

Legislation fail. and they dont care. these are not the people they care about, and they dont believe the government should be in the business of doing this, and so its a totally ideological thing. its so many governors who are elected in that wave of 2010 as well, its a test of their tea party principles and people are losing and theyre winning. >> january brewer. i mean, to me, shes the fascinating outlier here, because not only did she go for it, she went to war for it. >> right. >> i mean, s...