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G.o.p. boating bill. >> directed to send absentees under warrant of arrest if necessary. >> texas democrats found safe haven in washington. republicans derided democrats jetting across the country on the states dime. >> joyride on private planes with plenty of beer on board, and they are getting paid, presumably, even though they are not showing up for work? >> call it the texas two-step, the awol democrats blocked the texas bill exploiting a loophole in their own legislatures rules. texas state...

Quorum to hold the vote but because of the bad publicity with the charter planes and staying in hotels, we got even wash and dry our laundry and thank you for that tip. i have been driving my laundry and been going about it the wrong way, john. >> john: the towel gets wet and you got to dry your clothes and the towel, as well. >> chris: i got it, i fwot it. >> john: if you roll up the towels by themselves, they dry faster. >> chris: can i take notes? this is good stuff. >> john: i will text yo...

Because im not, but to make sure the african-american community, black women, young people, lgbt community, we utilize a coalition approach in the middle of a pandemic. just to have the opportunity because he had no, to my knowledge, met with with a group of plaque women on the phone and in the room representing many black organizations to just say thank you. we appreciate that. im sure vice president harris, she will be able to carry the message along with the staff. >> there you go. i also wan...

As that desperate future gets closer, and closer, and as the normal paths around it seem to be coming to dead ends, we are now seeing the face, in this fight, where the people who care the most about it are willing to do the most about it, are creating brand-new paths to make progress possible. theyre using direct action to do it. were seeing that at scale with the democrats from the texas legislature all walking out and flying to washington this week. theyre gonna be in washington for weeks, aw...

Forefront of change. she led successful efforts to raise the minimum wage in her state. she helped banrentially profiling by police. he forced insurance companies to cover advanced mammograms and hpv tests. she was the driving force behind texass first alimony law as well as a hate crimes bill in our state. the representative is the longest serving african-american woman in the history of the texas legislature. shes the longest serving woman of any race to ever serve in that body. but this week,...

Unless theres some kind of federal action to back voting rights and the nonpartisan administration of elections. this massive effort from the trump wing of the republican party to corrupt and it legitimize the 2020 election result, you think thats a stand-alone effort? you think that only applied to 2020? as that sort of desperate future gets closer and closer, and as the normal paths around it seem to be coming to dead ends, we are now seeing the phase in this fight where the people who care th...

The u.s. senate. he knows the u.s. senate bitett than any of us. we believe him, and we have faith in that. we know there can be consensus and we need to build consensus to implement some federal protections. we need that type of support again. for us in texas, a lot of us have worked across the aisle for many years in order to pass laws that help, you know, with respect to education, higher education, things like that. right now in texas, weve gotten to the point where this legislation has beco...

Our state. the representative is the longest serving african-american woman in the history of the texas legislature. shes the longest serving woman of any race to ever serve in that body. but this week, she has left texas. she is a texas institution who has left texas along with her colleagues to slow down republican efforts to restrict voting rights back home by denying them a quorum, and to push in washington for federal help for new federal protections that would stop republicans from what th...

Lunch yesterday at bedminster. i find that a little hard to believe. what do we know? >> kevin mccarthy is holding his cards close to the vest here. he has still not announced who he will appoint to this january 6th commission. and of course, he did meet with former president donald trump yesterday in bedminster. the official word from kevin mccarthy coming out of that meeting is that they talked about the midterms. that was the agenda going into it. but donald trump is not a man who is known fo...

They run away from the lone star state and hide in hotel room necessary washington, d.c. donna howard, one representative, posting that picture of her laundry freshly done and hanging over a couple towels over a shower curtain rod. trying to dry your clothes on a towel is not the best way, the towel gets west and takes longer to dry. are they mart /* mortars or grandstanders? >> chris: democrats dont have votes to pass new voting restrictions in texas it. only way they can do it is to leave th...