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Than hr-1. at what point do you think the focus should be about getting hr-4 done? it does seem to unite the party a bit more and possibly get some republican support. hr-1 has divides inside even the democratic party. your thoughts? >> we will fight to keep both hr-1 and hr-4 through. youre correct hr-4 has more support and senator manchin appears to support an even more expansive hr-4, which would provide preclearance to all 50 states, not just a secretary number of states. i also dont want th...

Which would restore the federal preclearance requirements, john roberts in the conservatives on the supreme court, ripped into shreds for no reason. he wrote the john lewis voting rights act would update the formula states and localities must use to ensure proposed -- to restrict the rights of -- as we reported here in the program senator manchin and republican senator elites and mccarthy wrote this dear colleague letter calling for the same thing, right? weve got to do this. in terms of democra...

Rights act. he also made clear that he will not support abolishing the filibuster. the senator appeared on fox news to explain his objection to the for the people act. >> i think its the wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together. theyre not supporting that because i think it would devise further. >> so whats the difference between the two bills? well take a look. weve broken down into some bullet points for you. for the people act is pretty wide ranging. it would ban partition ger...

>> this morning joe manchin made news on election reform that could mean the end of an voting rights bill. senator manchin wrote that hell vote against the for the people act. however, he added that he does support the john lewis voting rights act. he also made clear hell not support abolishing the filibuster. the senator appeared on fox news to explain his objection to the for the people act. >> i think its wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together. i think it would divide us fur...

Receive preclearance before making changes, but it wouldnt do anything to help us with states like florida and georgia that have already made changes and wouldnt increase access to the ballot the way hes proposing they would do. >> hes talking about the fight over voting rights and were seeing legislators enacting bills that will make it harder for voters to vote. hes essentially saying this is a normal partisan battle between democrats and republicans looking for an advantage. >> and its absolu...

Just care about the people of west virginia, or is it a deep belief this is the wrong bill? by the time we see whether or not the john lewis bill gets filibustered, i think it will -- >> manchin says he does support the john lewis voting rights act. >> exactly. thats going to bring back the voting rights act expanded across the country, this idea that the doj has to sign off on preclearance to make sure it doesnt affect minorities and people -- does not affect voting negatively. so i get joe man...

We could get legislation through the senate that protects american voters? >> well first of all, thank you very much for having me this morning. look, i think that hr-1 is very, very clear, it is been sent to the senate, senate has now presented it as s-1 and i have met with various senators including senator manchin and i said time and time again that hr-4 is a -- and since there are 47 states that have now proposed legislation that could suppress the vote, we need to pass hr-1 with the preclea...

Core issues on democracy, right? theres no real deal thats going to be struck on h.r.1 or 4, right? thats for the people. but that, maybe, there is a place for a narrower deal. and i should say that joe manchin and lisa murkowski wrote that letter to their senate colleagues saying lets restore part of the voting rights about the john roberts court struck down for no reason other than their own whim, essentially. but i just dont see ten votes for that in republicans. i feel like i am losing my mi...

Narrower bill. the idea that states would have to go through the justice department and have the federal government approve changes to their voting situations in those states. i tried to follow up with him there, and you can hear manchin kind of cutting off my questions. he doesnt like going into the specifics of this. pre-clearance, if you brought that back now, wouldnt help people in georgia or florida or potentially texas which may very well pass its restrictive voting rights legislation in t...

Thats for the people. maybe theres a place for a more narrow deal. i should say joe manchin and lisa murkowski wrote that letter to the colleague saying lets restore the voting rights act john roberts court struck down for no reason other than their own win, essentially. thei>> i dont see ten votes frm that for republicans. you have the summer kelsey. its like i feel like im losing my mind. maybe im wrong, but you work with these people in the u.s. senate. what incentive do they have to restore ...