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Process of where he's been 50 defy plus voting years. there are fewer voting rights now. then there were when the voting rights act of 1965 was enacted into law. that thing has been gutted. so you're looking at the country's 55 years on the voting right act -- particularly of the last decade or two. ten to your question, voting rights and reconciliation, looks very unlikely without the voting act bill will actually move through the senate and become. no reconciliation, the democrats can figure up something with joe manchin, christian cinema, that the house can agree to. and maybe they could ge...

Mcconnell flipping today and picking today as the day where he basically kills any hope of the 60 votes on the john lewis bill in the senate. >> yeah, i mean this is an interesting point because for a while there was some speculation that the smart thing for mcconnell to do would be to let the john lewis bill go forward with 60 votes because that would help them avoid any showdown over the filibuster and it would be good for his legacy. he's made a big deal of civil rights in the past and the thing to remember about mitch mcconnell is that he does whatever the base demands at the end of the da...

And mitch mcconnell just completely blew that possibility out of the water. and so it's not gonna be anywhere near any republicans for that bill. so where does that leave even that first step toward assuring voting rights and the answer is that leaves us nowhere. it leaves us nowhere as long as we're still dealing with the 60 vote threshold as the filibuster is now structured and i don't think we move forward unless there's not gonna be any kind of reform until and unless mentioned and some others change their minds. >> notice sterling brown, our brilliant director in the control room. wheneve...

End of the day, let him decide whether he's going to vote no because of something that he'll have to explain to his constituents which is not about the substance of the bill, but something that he wanted republicans to do that they wouldn't. i mean, there's no other path here. the only question to ask is how much time will be wasted while they let this play out in an unbelievably foreseeable way. [laughs] >> well we have senate expert adam joining us in this hour so we're gonna let him try to explain to us where we are tonight. >> he knows these things better than i knew for sure. >> thank you...

This is what congressman butterfield and his house judiciary committee, they are hard at work on now. hr4 must pass, but it will not be ready until the fall. senator joe manchin is a supporter of the john lewis voting rights bill as is lisa murkowski which means that as of now, that bill has 51 votes in the senate, but still, would need to pass that 60 vote threshold in the senate. joining us now is democratic congresswoman nikki mott williams of georgia who occupies the house seat of the late's john lewis. she is also -- thank you very much for joining us once again, we always appreciate it. ...