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Federal government. the john lewis voting rights act did pass in the house. it does appear to be doa in the senate. sure it has the support of lisa murkowski, but we're still like nine votes short of seeing this legislation pass. the for the people act, hr 1. that seems doa for right now. so if our federal government is not going to step up and protect the rights at the ballot box, what is left? where does this fight go from here? >> you know, i think the first thing we got to do, there is a solution on the table that you can end the filibuster. that the democrats actually have a majority in t...

Want the moratorium to end. what impact did that have on the republican position saying basically -- opposition saying basically we don't care? >> you know, we have some people in congress who care about their big donors, you know, and i'm not -- republicans and democrats, you know. and then we also have some who care about -- who first care about their community members in their districts and the people that live in those districts. and for me, my office says, you know, we want to do the absolute most for everyone in our district starting with those who have the very least. and so i don't wan...

>> the way to stop the state house is a federal law. federal law exceeds state law. that's why the pressure must be on the capitol, the pressure must be on passing the john lewis act. we have congresswoman sheila jackson lee was arrested on this. we have congresswoman terri sewell who introduced the act, congressman al green. we have the chairperson of the congressional black caucus with us. we need to pass federal law. any time you have a state legislator standing on the floor of the texas house talking about don't mention racism, you can put a lipstick on a pig, but i wouldn't recommend you ...

And i think that that's true for all of us. we know how hard it can be to galvanize and organize around a mission. we have friends in the streets. there's two different voting events happening. and we know that black folks are battling to not only protect democracy which is what we've always done, but you saw, of course, reverend sharpton flanked by cbc members today. there are some other members who want to take a way more aggressive approach. so most of this isn't even idealogy. we can look at the progressive caucus where cbc members, there are 27 cbc members who are members of the progressi...

Thank you so much, congresswoman. are you welcome here any time. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> thanks for being here. don't go anywhere at home. coming up, the changing face of the congressional black caucus. you heard from one of the members. could the younguns with more progressive views shift the group dynamic, or do they have more in common with the establishment democrats? we will talk about it with angela wye and roland martin next. you don't want to miss this. stay with us. don't want to miss. stay with us establishment democrats? establishment democrats?