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Piece of legislation and one of the things that democrats are keeping in mind as they try to push through that legislation is this is almost certainly going to end up back in the supreme court so theyre trying to craft this legislation in a way that could address some of the concerns weve seen from some of the more conservative justices including in the arizona case that we got the ruling on a few weeks ago. this will be a slog through the summer to try to get the voting rights legislation passe...

Pass the john lewis voting act and the for the people act. these things need to be done now. otherwise the damage inflicted in these state houses will take years to decades to undo. >> it would add i.d. requirements, ban drive through and early overnight voting and add criminal penalties to the election process and empower partisan poll watchers. those are only a few of the proposed restrictions. whet the author of the voter suppression bill was pressed to provide evidence of voter fraud related...

>> no. senate democrats really have very little recourse at this point as long as the filibuster remains in place and moderate democrats indicate they have no appetite or not only indicate, but double down, reinforce that they have no appetite for changing the senate rules. the john lewis voting act, the for the people act not moving. the administration is meeting with civil rights advocates today. theyre going to continue to feel the pressure. >> i think how this ends honestly is them using thi...

Opinions? >> critical race theory is a theory, a legal concept, and academic framework to ensure that we are teaching our children and honest and accurate account of history, looking through the lens of how laws are created and shaped. it is beyond slavery, it also includes talking about civil rights laws, the voting act. they are talking about how we got here as a nation, and i still have yet to hear from someone why it is so wrong to teach our children the beginning of history, starting with 1...

We need to have this white house deal with the fact that the senate may have to deal with a work-around or dealing in my opinion and the opinion of others, dealing with this filibuster to be able to deal with legislation that would preserve and undergird the protection of the right to vote. senate bill 1 and the john lewis voting act. and that is what the eight of us leading national civil rights organizations are going to talk to the president about tomorrow. he has said that vice president har...

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And one of the real components of a democracy is people having free, fair access to the ballot. currently in 47 states around this nation what were seeing is voter suppression laws just like my home state of georgia where just currently even yesterday the secretary of state is saying he is going to purge 100,000 voters from the rolls in georgia. more than ever we need federal legislation that at the least is going to make sure that we protect the rights of voters and the democracy that is going ...

Approaches for voting rights legislation in the united states senate, we had a big breakthrough today when stacey abrams announced that she agrees with and can support joe manchins proposed changes in the "for the people" act. a week ago when joe manchin wrote an op-ed with the title that broke democrats hearts, "why im voting against the for the people act," democrats complained joe manchin did not mention anything in that article that he disagrees with in the "for the people" act, or that he w...

The fact of the matter is, this is a very good proposal today. it doesnt have everything everyone would like. but in terms of protecting democracy, making it easier to vote, extending early vote, theres a lot of really solid proposals here. which is why everybody from colin allred to stacey abrams is supporting it. my guess is that theres a plan here. and i think at the end of the day, as you know, lawrence, when people have said theyre opposed to something, so in joe manchins case, hes opposed ...

Talking to everybody. you know that basically wikkowski signed on to the john lewis voting act with me. youve got to keep working, you cant give up on this stuff, and you cant separate our country any further. >> after that, after joe manchin said hes once again in search of republican votes, after that, mitch mcconnell once again proved that what president biden said about him yesterday is always true. >> mitch has been nothing but no for a long time. and im sure he means exactly what he says. ...