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Way for a partisan overhaul and republican legislatures are the biggest culprits. redistricting is a routine process that comes up every ten years to make sure that each district accurately reflects the updated populations in the area. but as my colleague jane tim puts it, in an increasingly polarized country, the process has become a partisan death match. just look at what's happening in texas. out of the 150 seats in the texas house, only six of them are within seven points or closer, according to the princeton redistricting project. six of them are likely to be competitive in an election. t...

Matter? it could have an effect on who ends up sitting in congress. i want to bring in nbc's jane tim. another scoopster joining us on the show who has buy lined both of those paste pieces. what have you found as relates to these businesses donations that they have made. >> the more mish story or the donation story. >> honestly, girl, take your pick. i said voting rights story but do whatever you want. >> let's start with in mish. they are trying to do independent redistricting for the first time, taking partisan jerry mannedering out of it. overwhelmingly voters say we want non-partisan distr...

We known that for months. but the donations, they kept flowing. >> jane tim thank you for the great breakdown. great you have to on. appreciate it. thank you. i want to go back now to the capitol, debate was supposed to begin about 45 minutes ago, 40 minutes ago, or so, ahead of what we expected to be these dual votes moving forward the president's agenda with that bipartisan infrastructure bill and the bigger broader climate and social spending bill. it hasn't happened yet. garrett haake, what's up? >> longtime viewers know i believe when it comes to congress you always bet the over on how ...

Rules if that doesn't happen, given moderate democratic opposition, that also is almost certain not to happen. lawsuits have already been filed against the texas laws with a judge temporarily shielding some abortion clinics from lawsuits. those cases may take awhile, they may run into judges less sympathetic. on the federal level, the attorney general pledges to look at all options, to challenge the texas abortion law, protect clinics and reproductive rights. it is not clear what the justice department can do, what power they have in the wake of a supreme court decision. bring in priscilla tho...

To pass better legislation. we're just not seeing appetite for movement in congress. there's such a long to do list in september and october going into it, i'm not seeing the attention to doing that. democrats are going to have trouble trying to get these loss tossed out in court. president trump also filled a lot of the federal bench with a lot of his appointees who may not be as open to tossing laws out as maybe someone else. >> abby, pick up on that thread that jane is laying out, the idea that any movement on the filibuster as relates to getting roe into law. stay with me in the weeds as r...