that until congress fixes it, section 5 of the voting rights act is dead. in the near term, at least, it really is up to congress and then the president to make this happen. joining me now is congressman keith ellison. he announced he would announce legislation to amend the u.s. constitution to guarantee the right to vote. and former governor of delaware who voted for the reauthorization of the voting rights act in 2006. congressman castle, can i begin with you, it was striking to me today that eric cantor came out and issued a statement saying he supported a reauthorization of the vote rights act, but he was really a voice in the wilderness on the republican side of the aisle. we tried to get republican sitting members of congress to come on the show and talk about the future of this important piece of legislation and basically have struck out. my question to you as someone who voted for it in 2006 when it enjoyed broad bipartisan support is, can your party rally to the cause yet again? >> well, does my party want to rally to the cause is the issue?
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