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Voting laws which are clearly a direct response to donald trumps rhetoric about the election being stolen. youve seen hundreds of these bills introduced at the state level and mitch mcconnell talks about a solution in search of a problem. well, whats the problem that all of these bills are trying to solve at the state level? >> hes just actually -- thats a damning phrase for republicans who are looking for a solution to a problem. like ron desantis pushing to fix voting in florida when im from f...

Into the white house he made the issue of voting rights one of his key platforms. but the democrats attempt to push forward a bill to make it easier for people to register and to cast their vote has failed to win the necessary support in the senate. david willis reports. with its emphasis on protecting voting rights and ensuring the integrity of elections, the for the people act represented the largest overhaul of the us electoral system in a generation. democrats also saw it as a means of offse...

To come in, and voters have the option to maybe perhaps pick you as their second choice, which changed the dynamics of the voting process. and thats a good thing for the country. >> a.b., first of all, im stunned by our friend michaels magnanimity on this topic but well move on. just saying, if you had to write a column tonight on deadline, the column could be, could it not, while theres a discussion in washington and out in the states on restricting the vote, in new york where theyve been open ...

Senator john warner. the service will be held at washington national cathedral in dc. warner fought in world war ii and the korean war, he went on to serve as the secretary of the navy and the commonwealth senator from 1979 to 2009. warner passed away from heart failure last month. he was 94 years old. neil: republicans block advancement of the democrats backed for the people act, democrats had plenty to say about the failure of their signature voting bill, president biden saying it would be sup...

Vote. the issue here is their actual access to the voting process or is that being impeded? and the bottom line is that the president and i are very clear with support s1, we support thejohn very clear with support s1, we support the john lewis voters rights act and the fight is not over. republicans argued that such measures are necessary to prevent voter fraud which they believe led to donald trumps defeat in 2020.— defeat in 2020. and they see the for the _ defeat in 2020. and they see the ...

Peoples right to vote, unfettered. it is about their access to the right to vote in a meaningful way. nobody is debating, i dont believe whether all americans have the right to vote, the issue here is is there actual access to the voting process? or is that being impeded? and at the bottom line is that the president and are very clear that we support the bill, the john lewis voting rights act, and the fight is not over. >> joining us now congressional historian, hes the scholar at the american e...

Believe, whether all americans have the right to vote. the issue here is there actual access to the voting process, or is that being impeded. the bottom line is that the president and i are very clear we support s1, we support the john lewis voting rights act and the fight is not over. >> the vote here comes as 14 republican legislatures have passed voting rights laws. joe manchin agreed to support bringing it to the floor for debate in exchange for a guarantee his voting reform proposal would m...

Exactly how many voters wont be able to vote due to the new voting laws across the country. its definitely going to bring a large amount of confusion to the voting process, which can sometimes just make a voter want to stay home. >> nick, in georgia the republican lieutenant governor, lieutenant governor duncan acknowledged in a television interview that the law in georgia was predicated on a lie. there was no fraud there. three audits bare that out. in texas republicans have had to concede the ...

Vote. unfettered. its about access to the right to vote in access to the right to vote in a meaningful way because no one is debating, i dont believe, whether all americans have the right to vote. the issue here is that there is actual access to the voting process or is that being impeded? and the president and i are very clear that we support the voting rights act and the fighting is not over. im joined now by our north america correspondent david willis this vote, not entirely, there have not ...

>> lets listen into the vice president. >> the united states congress can take up which is about the fundamental right to vote in our country and i think it is clear certainly for the american people that when we are talking about the right to vote is not a republican concern or a democratic concern. it is an american concern. this is about the american peoples rights to vote. it is about their excess to the right to vote in a meaningful way. nobody is debating i dont believe whether all america...