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Act. all of these scenarios that we've been dealing with, we deal with them and have to deal with them the way we do because at least half the participants don't act or react. so, you know, when you have four pieces of legislation that are put up to deal with ballot security, safeguarding our elections and the republican majority leader blocks those four, okay. that's fine. then what are your plans? if you don't like the four that we've put up, then give us your plan. give us something. don't just go home for summer recess. so when you look at someone like burr who's saying, look, we've got to...

>> what about the flipside for those who look at congress and say in the house, look, you're passing bills you know are not going to go anywhere in the senate. that's an argument that could be made. what's the defense there? >> i mean, i actually don't buy that. for example, on prescription drugs republicans and democrats said they wanted to do something about prescription drugs. we could put infrastructure -- we've had infrastructure any number of weeks. you could get agreement if the president of the united states were a real partner in the negotiations. so i actually don't buy that. indeed,...

Voters are saying to me, why can't they just get their work done? we have to show up at work every day. that's how we earn a paycheck. and the congress should have to do the same thing. >> on a scale of one to ten, susan, how frustrated do you think americans are with ail of this infighting and failure to get anything done, generally speaking? >> 38. >> i had a republican and democrat, both each independently said 11. everybody seems to be in sync with that. >> i was just going to add, i disagree with jonathan a bit as far as making mitch mcconnell a household name. that's the frustration. he ...

Wherever it may lead. it may be statewide. it may be appropriate, chris, to reform the absentee ballot by mail mechanism that exists. it's always -- we face obstacles any time we do something to increase ballot security from various sources, but i think that may be something we have to pursue. but we have to know what the facts are, not just in one particular snapshot or from a biased or partisan point of view, but let's see what the full picture is. >> you can't let this man become the congressman for the 9th district before you find out whether he cheated in the race, right? >> and i haven't...

It may be important to inform the absentee ballot mechanism by mail as it is. we face obstacles any time we do something to increase ballot security from various sources, but i think that may be something we have to pursue. we have to know what the facts are, not just in one particular snapshot or from a biassed or partisan point of view, let's see what the full picture is. >> you can't let this man become your congressman until you figure out whether he cheated in the race, right? >> well, and i haven't argued, as i said a moment ago, it's probably the right decision. i think it's certainly n...