chalian, our cnn political director and the host of a wonderful podcast called the "cnn political briefing." okay. so it's interesting you talk to some democrats and they say, yes, joe biden is doing what he needs to do when it comes to voting rights. but you're hearing it from texas democrats who say this needs to be more elevated, more national. is he doing enough? >> what you're seeing is sort of a patchwork state by state which is why you see democrats crying out for federal help. now the president has endorsed and supported this bill that passed the house called hr-1 for the people act. and its senate companion bill. the votes aren't there for it. this is not something that can be done through the budget reconciliation where you can do it with just democrats only. there's only two approaches here. get ten republicans on board, and it's like the top bill republicans are opposing this cycle. that's not going to happen. or this is going to create the fight over the filibuster and