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>> but me be clear, when states are engaging in voter suppression, only the law can stop them. senator cinema and manchin also say, if the bill doesnt get bipartisan support it shouldnt pass. the 14th amendment with -- granting citizenship in 1868, thats in there with bipartisan support. should formerly enslaved people have been denied citizenship? the 15th amendment that gave formally enslaved people the right to vote in 1870, that didnt have bipartisan support. should former slaves have been d...

Reporter for the washington post, hes been closely following the latest developments on the hill. maria henhouses is the president and for tour media, anchor of nprs latino usc and a journalist with a nearly 30 year career who wrote the memo once i was you. also joining us someone who knows the halls of the capitol all too well, former republican congressman jolly hes an nbc political analysts, and national chairman of the serve america movement. its great to have all three of you with. us we ha...

Quo. they will vote for infrastructure as long as you vote for reconciliation. let me just ask you, though. i -- >> if -- >> go ahead. >> i just want to be clear about that. i support reconciliation. so do my colleagues. you know, we meet all the time and let me tell you, we all agree that we need a reconciliation package and i think thats important for everyone to understand, but that doesnt mean -- these are two separate bills, right? youve got infrastructure and historic once in a century. th...

Ahead and were fine and derailed after that. so thats what theyll have to piece together. and track maintenance will be a concern. the age of the track, whats been done. and bnsf will help the investigators with that because they will be the ones who were in charge of all that. >> you know, this crash comes timing wise as a big vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill slated for this week, and heres what new jersey congressman josh gottheimer had to say about it earlier this morning. take a...

Youve got infrastructure and historic once in a century. theres no reason why we shouldnt pass that right away and get the shovels in the ground and make sure we do everything we can to stop derailments and invest in our infrastructure and climate and make sure we fight climate change and also keep working on this separate bill on reconciliation, which im committed to passing. >> right. >> pramila said were talking all the time to make sure we can get that done as well. >> except thats not where...

Whitaker should. second, if that doesnt happen, we democrats, house and senate, will attempt to add to must-pass legislation. in this case, the spending bill, legislation that would prevent mr. whitaker from interfering with the mueller investigation. that legislation has had bipartisan support. two democrats and two republicans introduced it. as you mentioned, there are a number of republicans who have spoken out that we cannot allow whitaker to interfere with the mueller investigation. so ther...

States rights, states rights, thats about all that the republicans have talked about and local governance. now the federal government is telling california, what laws they should and shouldnt pass. >> its an interesting point there. how much leeway do the states have though? >> well, you know, theres a rule about the supremacy and having federal laws enforced within the state. the question will be here are the california laws actually specifically opposed to the federal law? do they cause it to ...

Kro kraut hammer has been saying it goes to peoples belief in the ability of government to run massive programs like this one, at least in 2013 and the way america is right now. >> lets separate two things. on immigration the mayor isnt saying it shouldnt pass. hes a strong supporter of it passing as youve seen from bipartisan leaders across the sector. on the obamacare front, there were very serious concerns about the website. the website is getting fixed. there were very serious concerns on th...

Is there a malaise or the younger ones, lets get things rolling -- >> yesterday. a group of us came together and filed the startup 2.0 act, a collection of ideas that we have gotten from the startup business types of what they are looking for and the changes they need in order to create new jobs and businesses. its a collection of ideas that everybody agrees on. we put it together and we filed it yesterday, there is no reason it shouldnt pass. we are stirring up action on the things we agree on....

Is there a malaise or the younger ones, lets get things rolling -- >> yesterday. a group of us came together and filed the startup 2.0 act, a collection of ideas that we have gotten from the startup business types of what they are looking for and the changes they need in order to create new jobs and businesses. its a collection of ideas that everybody agrees on. we put it together and we filed it yesterday, there is no reason it shouldnt pass. we are stirring up action on the things we agree on....