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A good many people to express their feelings, but it's hard for them, a lot of other people to travel, it costs them money, a lot of them have jobs, so i think what we're talking about is an issue that concerns all of our people and the final analysis must be settled by the congress. >> so it must be settled by the congress. and you know, i can see the capital from where we're sitting. talk to me of the 113th congress and the likelihood at the end of this march, we can actually begin to settle some of these key issues. >> the likelihood is relatively slim, because this congress is composed, at...

The vote in the house. it included only three republicans in favor of equal pay. as a follow-up, they would require employers to show pay disparities. not so into equal pay? how about equal representation, remember when in 2010, they decided to launch the year of the gop woman? it was supposed to be a historic year for women, and it was. the 2010 midterm elections marked the first time where the number of women in congress declined. thank goodness the democratic ladies resulted in the mighty 113th, boasting the largest number of women ever to serve in the u.s. congress. no equal pay, no equal ...

Republicans in favor of equal pay. as a follow-up, they would require employers to show pay disparities. not so into equal pay? how about equal representation, remember when in 2010, they decided to launch the year of the gop woman? it was supposed to be a historic year for women, and it was. the 2010 midterm elections marked the first time where the number of women in congress declined. thank goodness the democratic ladies resulted in the mighty 113th, boasting the largest number of women ever to serve in the u.s. congress. no equal pay, no equal voice and don't look for reasonable protection...

Back -- in my home county, baker, where i first went to register to vote, they are closing, since this -- since the supreme court ruled, they have decided to close all but one polling place. >> wow. >> the attorney for the county told them, you can do anything you want to now. there's no oversight by the federal government. can you imagine people in the rural area having to drive 15 and 20 miles to vote? they won't do it. >> that point is such an important one. it's about this third reconstruction we find ourselves. hang tight, we're coming right back after the break. i want to get more into t...

The present day. yeah, whatever. so now the ball is in congress's court to come up with a new formula for states that need to be under preclearance so that all voters will be protected. this is the same congress that's on track to do even less than the last congress which set the record for the fewest bills signed into law. so councilman norton, you are the first person to make me feel like 113th can come up with a formula, because maybe we can hold mcconnell's feet to the fire their 2006 behavior. >> of course, that was a different congress. we recognize that. there was 98-0 in the house, onl...