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Every party gets to do that. >> susan myrick from the civitas institute. joining me now, reverend william barber, president of the north carolina chapter of the naacp and rick hasen, professor of law and political science at uc irvine law. and author of the book "voting wars." reverend barber, i'll begin with you. i'm curious your reaction to the justifications for the bill we just heard. they all seem to run in one direction which is making it harder for people to vote across the board. >> there is no justification. this is a vulgar display of the misuse of political power to manipulate pol...

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President and he is not going to let it go. the other audience is the american people. you heard it in the clip you just showed there. i think at the end of the day, despite all the discussion, republicans are really clear, they're not for this bill. they're not for health care reform. and so, if it is a question being for something or being against something, people saw very clearly democrats are for something. the republicans against something. being against something is not a good political strategy. i will steal tucker carlson's talking point here, tucker will say they're against something...

Time we could actually resolve something? and if we can't, then i think we've got to go ahead and make decisions, and then that's what elections are for. >> reporter: republicans argue that the substantial margin of the public opposes the democratic plans, and they argue that minor changes over a few weeks will not be enough. >> it's not going to be possible with that kind of an approach to come together within the time frame that he indicated if he insists, as senator mcconnell just said, on starting with this 2700-page bill and then tweaking it to adopt some of our ideas. >> reporter: democr...

Up against this onslaught of massive spending and massive government takeover. and i think there is a real sense of clarity. look, the only thing that there is bipartisan related to this bill is bipartisan opposition. republicans are opposed to it on principle, many democrats are opposed to it. the public entrusted, jane, this majority with a supermajority in both chambers. they got al franken, they got everything they need but within their own party they can't come up with a program. so i think that it's, unfortunately, the president has made a decision rather than fully engaging the minority...