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This deadline that the democrats might lose congress in november of next year, and this investigation is going to get shut down because it is an existentialist threat to what the republican party has become which is a party of trump, a party of vote suppression. and that is why the investigation is so important. so it's important both backwards looking to understand what happened on january six, get to the bottom of, it and who was involved and whether the white house or trump gave support material or otherwise to these essentially domestic terrorists. but it is also about the future. because ...

>> you know, the voting rights bills have been pushed to the back burner as congress looks at the massive infrastructure package. the spike in covid got attention. but s-1 was a nonstarter for all republicans and a handful of democrats. joe manchin thought it went too far among others but what about the jon lewis act? do you see a path forward there or do you see a way to get s-1 finished. what's the best way to get through this congress? >> i don't think we should quarantine the conversation to two vehicles, s-1 and hr-4, we should look at what is the outcome on that we're pursuing. we need t...

In the filibuster. that could send congress into chaos. you said you want to reform the filibuster to hopefully one day abolish it completely. pt how critical do you think reform is in helping things like voting rights legislation get passed? there is no gop supporting the senate for voting rights legislation. democrats don't have the votes to overcome the 60 vote filibuster. >> i held a subcommittee hearing. i chair the subcommittee on the constitution and the judiciary committee which showed how the tsunami of republican vote suppression laws are having an effect. i'm persuaded we need to ab...

End partisan political gerrymandering. last month republicans opposed even debating even considering for the people's act. we must pass the for the people act. it's a national imperative. we must also invite for the joho lewis advancement act to restore and expand. explore and expand voting protections and prevent voter te suppression. all the congresswomen and men here who are a bunch of, you knew john many of you. just weeks ago supreme court yet again weakened the voting rights act and upheld what justice

Same way that provisions such as those that allow to make it easier to overturn an owe investigation is a provision we're seeing in state by state. too coincidental that happens to have the same typos that have the impact of limiting black and brown voters and the seeing that across multiple states and that you have the actions who admitted that they have been behind inserting this language and sometimes wright entire laws for these states that are trying to replicate and duplicate vote suppression all across the country. >> chris albright, thanks for joining us. stay in touch, please. >> hack...