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Done? >> i do share that something may be done. on wednesday martin luther king iii and i met with the delegation from texas. we also met with the majority leader schumer and pelosi and we met with manchin and lindsey graham, a whole host of people. im starting to see at least on the democratic side theres a determination to see something done. he met with eight democrats trying to frame something and i think all of that started with these texas legislators who made the sacrifice to come to wash...

There are 18 states that enacted 30 laws but its actually worse than that because there are a few states that have been up the bills that have many restrictive provisions in them which is the bills in georgia and florida and iowa. we see texas repeatedly trying to do the same thing and of course right now, they dont have a quorum there. but they promised to continue calling them back. and those bills just contain provisions that go after so many different pieces of the way that voting works. and...

Its about republicans that are attempting to do a power grab. so for me, do i stop? do i give up? i do let them go ahead and make that power grab? thats not my intention whatsoever. we have the house and we also have the senate. the house broke quorum the first time. the senate has the numbers to potentially do it a third time. but we are giving those here in d.c. until their recess as far as house members are concerned. so their recess will begin on august 6th. were hoping and praying that we g...

Any that stand out? >> well, yeah, our report says that there are 18 states that have enacted 30 laws, and its actually worse than that because there are a few states that enacted bills that have many more restrictive bills in them, the bills in georgia, florida and iowa. we see texas repeatedly trying to do the same thing. of course they are not able to right now because they dont have a quorum there, but the governor has promised to continue to call them back to do it. those bills just contain...

Budget resolution to bring that bill before the united states senate, you have to have a quorum to pass a bill in the senate. i would leave before i would let that happen. maria: he would leave. that was senator lindsey graham on this program last weekend threatening to skip to insecure democrats 5 and a half trillion dollar budget resolution doesnt get through to reconciliation which includes the pie in the skies special interest spending that we cannot afford can a 50-50 split in the senate wi...

Budget resolution to bring that bill before the united states senate, you have to have a quorum to pass a bill in the senate. i would leave before i would let that happen. maria: he would leave. that was senator lindsey graham on this program last weekend threatening to skip to insecure democrats 5 and a half trillion dollar budget resolution doesnt get through to reconciliation which includes the pie in the skies special interest spending that we cannot afford can a 50-50 split in the senate wi...

To move the needle, and what type of support it is they are going to need on the ground back home. >> theyre absolute heroes. when they broke quorum back in may to deny the republican majority in the regular session of the texas legislature, the attempt to pass voter suppression bills, not only did they galvanize the conscience of the country, but i have to think they helped get senator manchin back to the negotiating table. he went from a no on the for the people act, the major voting rights le...

Trying to defeat a quorum. the governor said he will call special session after special session. the guys are going to come back to texas, theyll get arrested and physically put on the floor of the legislature and i believe the legislature will do its job and pass common sense election laws. maria: joining me right now the governor of texas, greg abbott. governor, good to see you, two house democrats have returned to texas at this point. they are back at work. when do you expect the rest to retu...

As it was. this is the reason that we want serious people who are willing to ask honest questions and seek the truth on this committee, not people like mr. banks or mr. jordan who are trying to pretend that this thing didnt happen, that it was some sort of a field trip. i think the speaker made the right call on that particular decision because of the questions that you raised that have to be the subject of the investigation the committee will conduct. >> congressman, house peeker pelosi says th...

In particular, adam kinzinger, the congressman from illinois, apart from liz cheney, who is already on the committee. he is the only other republican who voted to create it. benny thompson, the chair of the committee, called mr. kinzinger a fine representative and the type of person who would be good for this committee. speaker pelosi a couple of days ago joked that everyone else seems to think he would be good. the bottom line is this is a decision for the speaker and the speaker alone to make ...