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>> victory can look like different things. if we see congress making steps toward passing this legislation, we're being very realistic here. we're not expecting congress to pass this within the next 20 days. when we see movement, when we see more people getting involved in doing their part, and exercising their right to vote, that is progress. >> how long do you expect to stay in washington? >> we're here for the duration. we know the august recess starts on august 6th. our legislative session finishes on august 7th. we plan to be here to kill the bills in texas that make it harder to exercise...

That six months after that march over the edmund pettus bridge, which was, back then, the march 1965. august. august 6th. lyndon johnson signed the 1965 voting rights act. it was kind of interesting. less than a year later, he was unceremoniously ousted. and so, these kinds of things i am used to but i would hope that we're a better body than that here, in the congress. >> i want to thank you for coming on tonight, congressman. i want to sort of put a pin in and say next time you come on, i would love to hear more at extended length about that 1960 meeting of young james clyburn and young john...

Need one standard when it comes to voting in this country and that is the american standard. >> did you get any assurances after your meetings with people like senator man c.h.i.p. and other democrats? >> you know, number one, we're grateful for the opportunity to meet. i don't think that you can just come to town and have have every meeting opened up for you. we have been honored to meet with vice president harris. we met with senator manchin. he's expressed his views, but we understand from talking to other senators that the senate is boricing its will. leader schooum is working his koux ope...

Point. of course, the reality of your situation is now representative, you can ride the special session outside the state but greg abbott, your governor can keep calling special session after special session, right, until eventually a vote can't be avoided. here is how he put it to a local station about his plans. >> i can and i will continue to call special session after special session after special session all the way up until election next year. >> what are you going to do about this? it's not realistic to imagine so many people staying outside the state for a year. what do you have a plan...

Depending on how many liberals and progressives they lose. is schumer being realistic on the time line to get this voted on by august 6th? >> he has said he is willing to hold the senate in session and stave off the recess in order to get this done. but they have to have a flawless performance for this to actually get done by this date that schumer has pointed out. as you mentioned, all of that has to get done. they've got to find these republicans. they've got to keep the caucus on the democratic side as well. i think the takeaway for all of this is democrats want to get something done. is it...