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But that only requires a majority vote. >> right. lawrence, i think that is right. that certainly is the way president biden sounded on friday. i went down to my hometown of orangeburg, south carolina, where i gave a speech at a graduation ceremony of south carolina state university. and he was very strong on voting rights. that was a major theme of his speech. and he sounded very serious to me and ready to move on it. let me also bring in that last point that former senator kerrey was making in the context of the budget bills. you make the same point in the context of voting rights. they are ...

Constituents as well. but for them it's a matter of principle. they want to keep these people from participating fully in texas democracy and american democracy, and that's why they're going all the way forward with this. there's another factor here of course, which is that abbott has stayed in trump's good graces and the more he pushes this election bill the more he stays in trump's good graces, which of course is relevant to a potential primary challenge. >> adam serwer, that was really great. thanks so much for your time tonight. don't go anywhere. we've got senator chris murphy on the pres...

Mitch mcconnell. let the republicans pass it and we'll put an end to it if you can get rid of the filibuster bill. >> heather: it is deadline day for the department of justice. paul ryan threatening to hold rod rosenstein in contempt of congress if the d.o.j. doesn't hand over documents related to the russia and clinton email probe. so will the department comply? alan dershowitz is in studio. >> bill: we'll remember the life and legacy and the brilliance of our friend, charl krauthammer throughout the day. >> it's my job to call a folly a folly. you are betraying your whole life if you don't s...

When public sentiment wanted a lot of things done to deal with industrialization and the problem of the slums, the senate was impossible it to move because it was millionaires in there. they finally realized they have to have direct election of senators. they used to be elected by the state legislators and were susceptible to special interest. maybe that's the problem given the 60 votes needed, given who they listen to, the power of special interest, public sent is imt cannot pen trade. we've seen it for the last decade. it's not just the senate, the congress. >> majority leader harry reid fol...

>> majority leader harry reid follow the president? it's not working there. >> clearly, it's not working. >> but in those states in which the senators voted against the background checks, it's not even close to 90% in terms of wanting it. it's probably down in single digits in montana and arkansas and alaska and north dakota, the states that block it are democrats, so you have to take that into consideration. >> newtown, 90% move it. small, discreet parts of a bill, push it through. call it a victory, keep going. >> kill the filibuster bill. >> definitely. >> i spoke to an educator this week w...