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The country. the system upheld very well during tense stress in the latter part of the previous congress. theres no ration basis for federalizing this election. therefore, theres no point in having an election in the u.s. -- a debate in the u.s. senate about something we ought not to do. >> so there is a law in the logic here, because if theres nothing to fix, why are so many republican states committed to restricting or blocking voting rights, changing them from the 2020 election? according to ...

Includes universal vote by mail, more polling places and protections against election meddling among many other things. and in a rare move, vice president harris presided over the senate vote. just goes to show that it is important to democrats. the bill was co-sponsored by every democratic senator except joe manchin who did vote yes to at least start debate on the bill. that gave the democrats a united front but little to show for their efforts on a key priority. >> this vote im ashamed to say ...

Late this afternoon. but it did not matter. the democrats needed ten republicans to cross over and go along to get the 60 votes they need to break a filibuster. but not one republican voted in favor of even allowing debate on the legislation. put another way, all 50 republican senators voted no. well states are back home working hard to suppress the vote or certain votes should we say, theres not a republican in the senate who wants to even allow a debate on this topic. an angry majority leader ...

Preventing debate about how to preserve minority rights in the society. >> there is no effort in any state in america to suppress votes based upon suppression of minority participation. what this is really about is an effort from the federal government to take over the way we conduct elections in this country. it is a solution in search of a problem. regardless of what may be happening in some state, there is no rationale for federal intervention. >> my colleagues -- my colleagues, if senators 6...

Moderate joe manchin gave republicans what they demanded onds key issues like voter i.d. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said it is up to individual states to sort it all out, claiming there is really nothing to see here. >> theres nothing broken around the country. the system upheld very well during intense stress in the latter part of the previous congress. theres no rational basis for federalizing this election, therefore, theres no point in having an election -- debate in the u.s. sen...

Has something like 96% of its covid cases_ has something like 96% of its covid cases are _ has something like 96% of its covid cases are delta variant. other countries, _ cases are delta variant. other countries, less. it will undoubtedly turn out— countries, less. it will undoubtedly turn out to— countries, less. it will undoubtedly turn out to be the dominant variance in those _ turn out to be the dominant variance in those countries, because it is so contagious, — in those countries, be...

They want. once his proposal surfaced, manchin switched back to supporting the bill which he co-sponsored in 2019 but changed his mind on in 2021 for a while. with the democrats all agreeing to move forward on the bill, the question now is whats next? majority leader schumer vowed to continue the fight while lashing out against his republican colleagues. >> the republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights, and it is an indefensi...

Voting rights act. the republican leader uses the language and logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an indefenseble position for any senator, any senator let alone the minority leader to hold. >> do you agree with what he said and how he said it or does using language like that very thinly veiled, you know, calling someone a racist and jim crow and evoking the 1960s, does that make it harder for you to work with republicans? >> you know, i dont know. we ...

Now who are not vaccinated. why is that? >> yeah, there are two sets of things going on. one, of course, is that we are not seeing a lot of older people because they are mostly vaccinated. thank goodness for the vaccinated older people. a large proportion that is not vaccinated, this variant does seem to cause more severe illness and is landing a bunch in the hospital and icu. its just a reminder that people that downplayed the virus and said its not a big deal for young people are just plain wr...

Decisions, absolutely yes, which would be blocking reassignment surgery. then you get to some areas that you have to balance, what are the rights of the parents? what if the state came in and said you had to mandate? the state had to make the decision instead of the parents? conservatives would not react well to that. >> i understand that logic what wins the day, governor, the same logic that protects the unborn. the same logic that would protect someone from reassignment surgery. i understand y...