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And talk to members about, you know, what the place was like and how much it changed over the years, and whereas, you know, like it used to be a much more wide-open senate, where members could walk in and offer amendments of their choice and they would get majority votes, you know, feinstein, some of feinsteins assault weapon ban in 94 was passed, i think, with 52 votes. no closure necessarily, now, unfortunately, you need closure on everything pretty much unless its a reconciliation bill and, y...

Come do today. what about your expertise did they want to tap? >> well, certainly schumer had been working on this for quite a long time and trying to get some movement on the voting rights bill, and hes come close, as you noted, senator kaine unveiled a package of possible changes. and theyre getting closer. and so they asked me to come in and talk to members about, you know, what the place was like and how much it changed over the years, and whereas, you know, like it used to be a much more wi...

The freedom to vote act is the bear minimum what is necessaries to combat whats going on in terms of voter suppression. a lot of damage has been done especially by supreme court chief justice john roberts decision to eviscerate the position there and it really is problematic what is going on. its necessary, i believe, for our congress to level with what the supreme court was saying, which was, go ahead and legislate voting rights, and the only way to do that at this point is to modify the filibu...

Modify standing precedent of the senate rules and allow for majority votes, you know, carveouts for things like voting legislation and election legislation. >> yeah, weve been trying to ring the alarm bells at least on this show that the biggest threat to our democracy right now in getting anything done and certainly the things to preserve our democracy like voting rite rights is the filibuster. alicia garza, chris haynes, thank you so much for your time. coming up, a republican delegation is ...

Gov’t Plans New Special Economic Zone, Opposition-led Dunaújváros Fears Losing Tax Revenue The government is considering declaring the industrial areas in the settlements of Iváncsa, Rácalmás, Adony, and Kulcs special economic zones. If accepted, jurisdiction over property ownership, zoning rules, and taxation will be transferred from municipal councils to the ruling Fidesz-led county assembly. The decision would put neighboring opposition-led Dunaújváros in a particularly difficult po...

So far not hears a whole lot of progress, the president today has been referring to these negotiations as a game. take a listen to this. >> i can say this -- i think that the democrats want to make a deal. i really do. i feel that. >> what is the deal? will you come down from -- >> well call it something different. i dont think i have to. for this year. well call it -- excuse me. well call it something different. >> does this change from a concrete wall to a steel fence? lets say, does it matter...

Republicans made clear that the legal battle was far from over. impeachment was not going away. >> i see us proceeding with our hearings, getting a bill of impeachment on the table, and then if we have the majority votes, getting it to the floor, asking the speaker to call back the members for a vote. >> if we didnt do everything we had to prepare a case and bring it to the public and ultimately to the house and senate, we would be judged poorly by history. >> he engaged in this behavior as pres...

Democrats emboldened, but republicans made clear that the legal battle was far from over. impeachment was not going away. >> i see us proceeding with our hearings, getting a bill of impeachment on the table, and then if we have the majority votes, getting it to the floor, asking the speaker to call back the members for a vote. >> if we didnt do everything we had to prepare a case and bring it to the public and ultimately to the house and senate, we would be judged poorly by history. >> he engage...

Nominations. >> wait a minute. we have never had a requirement -- the practice has always been that judicial nominations were approved by 51 votes. theres never been a supreme court justice who had to get 60 votes with the exception of abe fortus. even clarence thomas was 52-48. chuck schumer was the one under george bush insisted george bushs nominees get 60 votes. >> obviously, its one of these sides -- >> there never has been -- >> you want to see it restored, the 60 vote threshold to end deb...

His two term vts have outraged n the left. he won with less than a majority vote. each time a democrat and independent divided the vote. no more. today, maines primary voters will be using something called ranked choice voting. few cities already use this. under this system voters rank andidates in order of preference. if no one gets majority votes. the candidate with fewest first place votes is dropped and that persons second place votes are spread around to the other candidates. confused? yes....