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Legislative bodies that enacted regressive laws like in georgia. youre going to have a lot of voters harmed because of what theyve just done in georgia and in several other states. so we have to address the harm that has been implemented in state policy over the last two months as well as address issues around redistricting, how we make sure we get lines that are not so heavy polarized that we wont recognize congress in the next session. and we must also put in place measures to prevent jurisdic...

New york, if youre in d.c., which i hope will work on a state, which is a hold of the conversation. no mother where you live your right to vote should be standardize and that is what my focus is right now with hr4, the for the people act. when we get hr4 the john lewis voting rights act added on to that, that only gives us the preclearance so that we can look at when laws are being enacted in the future, having preclearance so that voter suppression like georgia will have to go through the depar...

Creating they needed to go back to the drawing board and needed to do it before joe manchin was the center of this debate. >> jason johnson, your signal is back. enough so that i see you shaking your head no. >> yeah. look. lets be honest and not pretend that manchins opposition is based on a deep concern about whats actually the content of either piece of legislation. he was an original co-sponsor of the for the people act and going back on something he co-sponsored. john lewis act establishes ...

>> lets be honest, lets not pretend that joe mentions opposition is based on some deep philosophical concerned about what is actually the content of either piece of legislation. remember he was and regional co-sponsor of the for the people act, he is going back on something that he cosponsored. he says that he is perfectly okay with the john lewis civil rights act, and that is the one that pretty much establishes a return of some variation of preclearance which would stop what happened in georgi...

You know, corporate money has a very, very tight grip on both parties. and i think that that has, has to do with the calculus in the situation that people arent really discussing enough. >> yeah. its a very good point. i mean, bracket for a second my own feeling about like, what the roberts court would do with the dark money provisions of hr-1, a road, a bridge to cross in the future, but its striking to me. i want your reaction to this. in some ways, right, mcconnell hates that part. republican...

Were counted in the aftermath of the 2020 election. but what ive been focused on is making sure that we have a standardized process to access the ballot across the country, no matter where you live. if you are here in atlanta, if you are in california, if you are in new york, if you are in d.c. which is a whole other conversation for another night, but no matter where you live in this country, your right to vote should be standardized and thats what my focus is right now with h.r. 1, the for the...

Situation that people arent discussing enough. >> it is a very good point. bracket for example my own feeling about what the roberts court would do with the dark provisions of hr one, that is a bridge to cross in the future, but it is striking, i want to get your reaction to this, in some ways, mcconnell hates the dark money part. they hate it. mcconnell -- his name is on the big cases on this. we call the bluff. take that outside, lets just talk about restoring preclearance, which manchin has c...

Supreme court struck down the coverage formula which they said was based on the past practices and not what was happening now and was unconstitutional. so texas no longer were under clearance regime, had to have voting changes cleared by department of justice. hr-4 would re-establish that coverage formula but have it national to apply to any states with voting rights violations in last 25 years, met a certain threshold, would be in preclearance, and other great things too, certain changes would ...

Gonna be difficult in the senate the hr4 is still really really important because it restores the voting rights act and improves it from what was done to it in 2013 went to the supreme court struck down the coverage formula. they said the coverage from light was based on past practices and for that reason it was unconstitutional and they struck down that formula. in states like my state, texas, no longer run the plea clearance regime which is cleared by the department of justice. hr4 will real e...

On the question of protecting american democracy, there is perhaps another option. just going to throw it out there. in his recent op-ed, he says he supports, he doesnt support the for the people act, but he does support the john lewis voting rights act, which would restore the federal preclearance requirements that john roberts and the conservatives on the supreme court just ripped to shreds for no reason. manchin writes, quote, the john lewis voting rights advancement act would update the form...