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Some pushback on this executive order from big business groups who call it federal overreach. they say it could actually stymie economic growth, but progressive groups have long been calling for these types of changes, even saying that the former obama administration, the last democratic administration, had been insufficiently tough on corporate dominance and big mega companies that have so much control over the economy. president biden fitting this executive order squarely into his broader economic vision, saying that as we come back from the covid-19 pandemic, the economy can only truly thri...

Voting rights act that said that states that wanted to put in new laws that might restrict voting would have to get preclearance to do that from the justice department. now of course the john lewis voting rights act would try to bring that back but voting rights activists feeling heartened by the attorney general will be hiring more trial attorneys to pursue this as well as looking into things like why it is in america that black voters tend to wait longer to cast ballots than white voters. >> thank you, josh. that is nbc's josh lederman reporting from austin. an update now to the story that...