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Federal government. the john lewis voting rights act did pass in the house. it does appear to be doa in the senate. sure it has the support of lisa murkowski, but were still like nine votes short of seeing this legislation pass. the for the people act, hr 1. that seems doa for right now. so if our federal government is not going to step up and protect the rights at the ballot box, what is left? where does this fight go from here? >> you know, i think the first thing we got to do, there is a solu...

Want the moratorium to end. what impact did that have on the republican position saying basically -- opposition saying basically we dont care? >> you know, we have some people in congress who care about their big donors, you know, and im not -- republicans and democrats, you know. and then we also have some who care about -- who first care about their community members in their districts and the people that live in those districts. and for me, my office says, you know, we want to do the absolute...

>> the way to stop the state house is a federal law. federal law exceeds state law. thats why the pressure must be on the capitol, the pressure must be on passing the john lewis act. we have congresswoman sheila jackson lee was arrested on this. we have congresswoman terri sewell who introduced the act, congressman al green. we have the chairperson of the congressional black caucus with us. we need to pass federal law. any time you have a state legislator standing on the floor of the texas house...

And i think that thats true for all of us. we know how hard it can be to galvanize and organize around a mission. we have friends in the streets. theres two different voting events happening. and we know that black folks are battling to not only protect democracy which is what weve always done, but you saw, of course, reverend sharpton flanked by cbc members today. there are some other members who want to take a way more aggressive approach. so most of this isnt even idealogy. we can look at the...

Thank you so much, congresswoman. are you welcome here any time. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> thanks for being here. dont go anywhere at home. coming up, the changing face of the congressional black caucus. you heard from one of the members. could the younguns with more progressive views shift the group dynamic, or do they have more in common with the establishment democrats? we will talk about it with angela wye and roland martin next. you dont want to miss this. stay with us. dont w...

People? when reverend sharpton and i did radio we used to answer the question. the cbc does a lot. are they a powerful enough body that these 57 members can say, you know, to latashas points, were going to hold the line. were not going to vote for anything until you pass voting rights. can they do that? >> they can, and they should. i dont know if they will, right. i think what we should remember as roland talks about history is how the congressional black caucus was founded in 1971. so after ad...

Cori bush, democrat from moodys, who im honor -- from missouri, who im honored to have on the show. congresswoman, thank you for being here. thank you for the work that you did on the steps of the capitol. this is devastating, what happened in the supreme court. and now this is essentially been punted back to congress to deal with. so as millions of people are hanging in the balance, their lives, their livelihoods, children, pets even, what does this mean, whats the plan? and can congress stop t...

And our pal roland martin host of "roland martin unfiltered." looking good. angela, the progressives versus establishment, i got to know i dont know if black folks care. i think theyre like how are you going to help my situation tomorrow. sometimes it feels more like a twitter fight than a real-life fight. however, it is a discussion thats happening especially when it comes to the cbc, how older established black candidates may differ from younger more progressive candidates. im curious, what ar...