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Bills that dont pass by midnight yesterday effectively die. and so we were determined to either kill it by talking on the bill to prevent a vote from coming up, killing it through a procedural maneuver, and as a last resort, leaving the chamber to deny the necessary quorum. we are required to have 100 members on the house floor of a 150 member house. so it became clear republicans were going to resort to an extreme tactic to shut off debate, even though we were still fighting the bill, they were...

Fact that there is some pushback against the presidents emergency declaration amongst republicans in the senate? >> yeah, i think theyre terrified of the president -- precedent that its going to set and they know that for all of the yack-yack that they had during the obama years ago usurping congressional authority, there is no greater step than whats been taken with this emergency declaration. theyre hoping the courts bail them out and theyre hoping that they wont be held accountable, but i thi...

Issues because thats where congress and republicans in congress are really failing as well. >> did you see some hope in the fact that there is some pushback against the presidents emergency declaration amongst republicans in the senate? >> yeah, i think theyre terrified of the president -- precedent that its going to set and they know that for all of the yack yack that they had during the obama years ago usurping congressional authority, there is no greater step than whats been taken with this e...

African-americans. thats the reason their law wound up in court and some of those provisions were added back in. you had liberal early voting in north carolina. you had the automatic registration for high school students as they were about to turn 18. there were all these liberal voting provisions that were struck down by the legislature there. its part of whats driving, quite frankly, a lot of activism around early voting and around voting by african-americans in the state. its part of whats dr...

Aunt, if she supported walker, when the voter didnt know, she was given an absentee ballot application to sign had her behalf. it was caught by the city clerk and say its apparent voter fraud. >> it makes more work when people try to defraud the system. but we caught it. we knew we would. we have never had one slip through. theyre not going to get an extra ballot on. that wont work. >> eric: could there be voter fraud in this race? we have the communications director with media trackers, a conse...

Its adversely affecting working people because of the lesser number of voting days available in early voting and its significantly impacting african-american church goers who make it a historical pilgrimage to vote on sunday. lets think about this. is it just a coincidence that it affects young people, military, working people, african-american and hispanic, i dont think its a coincidence. >> you think its part of the game plan to throw the election? >> absolutely. i think its game plan hatched ...

Number of voting days available in early voting and its significantly impacting african-american church goers who make it a historical pilgrimage to vote on sunday. lets think about this. is it just a coincidence that it affects young people, military, working people, african-american and hispanic, i dont think its a coincidence. >> you think its part of the game plan to throw the election? >> absolutely. i think its game plan hatched among republican groups unveiling it because they realize tha...