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Passed in 19 states and after months of pressure and pleading from activists on democrats to do something, to do anything to stop this wave of voters suppression and nullification laws, the united states senate has now taken up a last ditch effort to try to pass federal voting rights legislation. debate on a sweeping bill that combines the two key voting proposals, the jon lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote act, began just a few hours ago. democrats are pressing ahead even though th...

To keep the filibuster at this particular time. >> yeah. boris. the pressure is on senator manchin at this point because he has put his name and his backing behind a specific vet of voting proposals and has gotten the cold showered from republicans. they have not said lets meet at the table and discuss some of these voting proposals. you heard senate minority leader mitch mcconnell say this is proposal is a nonstarter even though it came from one of the most conservative democrat in the senate. ...

Photo id measure was blocked under section five of the act and regarded as one of the most discriminatory voting proposals in the country at the time. >> you know, i just want to get this in perspective. i couldnt have a better person here than julian bond. if you think about the way america has changed, back in 1964, the all-white delegation to the united states senate -- texas, south carolina, georgia, mississippi, virginia, theyre all white guys, basically. they all voted against the civil ri...

Covered by section 5 of the voting rights act. theyre now open to a haute of attacks in those jurisdictions that over time have been most adaptive and most intense in forms of voter discrimination. for example, the supreme court issued its opinion this morning around 10:30. already today, there are news reports from the state of texas which are saying now that texas will implement its photo i.d. measure. youll remember that texass photo id measure was blocked under section five of the act and re...