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Right now pending in congress is the john lewis voting act so with texas tries to pass a bill like this it would require preclearance and washington d.c. by a court or by the justice department. that's the way it's operated since 1965 but now it isn't because of that new supreme court decision so we need that law passed and without it i do fear that we're gonna have more antics like this from a party that's plans on these antics. >> so peter baker with all of that in mind, let's talk about this white house. this administration you cover. if joe biden was our guest on this broadcast tonight. if...

Reversed in 2013. the john lewis votings rights act that would restore that act. when texas tries to pass a bill like this, it would require pre-clearance in washington, d.c. that it is the way it operated since 1965 but now it isn't because the supreme court decision. i do feel we will have more and more antics like this on a party that is bent on these antics. >> peter baker, with all of that in mind, let's talk about this white house, the administration, you cover. if joe biden was our guest on this broadcast tonight, if i asked him, okay, start of business tomorrow, tuesday, post memorial ...

What i would say to our colleagues in congress is we need congress to pass the john lewis voting rights act. and hr-1. myself and other legislative leaders in texas a couple months ago sent a letter to our congressional delegation urging them to please pass the john lewis voting rights act. we need texas, texas voters need protections from the federal government against these efforts to suppress the vote. whether that's through laws like we stopped yesterday or through discriminatory redistricting maps which texas has a long, shameful history of, we need a strong voting rights act with a good,...

From voting? >> when you limit hours making lines longer making working people less likely to catch that ballot, it disproportionately impacts black and brown voters. you decrease the number of voting stations and when you make it harder to a ply don't act mike apply for absentee ballot, not submit, apply, theye flagrant. they're not going after voter fraud, they are going after voter access. specifically in areas where voters that are black and brown live. it used to be that under the voting rights act of that tech so would require preclearance. we know the supreme court has gutted that and t...

He said the most important piece of legislation that democrats have is the john lewis voting rights bill. because if we don't do this, then democrats and actually democracy are going to be imperilled for generations. democrats know we're going to get hammered in redistricting because of the number of state legislatures run and ruled by republicans. however, if you don't have that preclearance, if you don't have that ability for the department of justice to step in and rule in matters in these voting laws that we view to be very, very regressive, this voting law and as much as was made out of t...