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Would suppress representation especially in minority communities which affects everything from allocation of federal resources to, you know, where district lines and congressional lines get drawn. >> let me ask you this on this decision today on contempt. how much does that supreme court ruling that we all think is coming at the end of this calendar month, does that create a sense of urgency? this is why justice is upset you wouldn't negotiate longer. do you think they're buying time to wait until after the, to see what the ruling is or are you guys rushing this because you want to beat the ru...

Seen really in a generation what were you particularly looking out for well i mean i think it's important to note that in a lot of europeans have said that they hope that foreign policy changes and that's not probably not going to happen and this vote will not give congress the power to do anything that it hasn't been doing already in terms of foreign policy but it will if the democrats do take the house they will have this oversight power to maybe challenge the president which has not happened in the last two years the other thing i think is important to watch is that the governors and the pe...

Control of the house, a clear democratic advantage. a majority clearly within the democrats' reach. let's look at the race rankings. 207 we at cnn rank as solid, likely, or lean democrat. 218 it takes to get the majority. republicans in a weaker position here. what jumps out at the map, see the yellow? 31 toss-up races in our cnn rankings. of those 31, 30 currently held by republicans. so the republicans on their heels playing defense, democrats in this basket of opportunity. the toss-up districts more than enough to get to the majority, 218 in the house. how do the democrats think they can do...

Politics to the right, to the left. my old boss, arnold schwarzenegger is very involved in all of these initiatives, redistricting reform. if you live in a country where the politicians pick the voters, as opposed to the voters picking the politicians, you get what you get here. >> will anything change that? >> well, yes, if you draw these district lines fairly, you know, the congressman when he was the chairperson at the dccc, and if you're at these committees an important part of the job of the committee in a redistricting year is to draw the lines in a way that advantages your party. the sc...

Substantially -- my old boss, arnold schwarzenegger is very involved in all of these initiatives, redirecting reform, if you live in a country where the politicians pick the voters as opposed to the voters picking the politicians, you get what you get here. redirecting reforms -- >> politicians -- >> if you draw these district lines fairly. the congressman when he was the chairperson at the dccc. i spent a part of my career at the nrcc. if you're a part of the committees, you draw the lines in a way it advantages your party. the science and technology that's involved in this is extraordinary. ...