after what the supreme court did with voting rights act earlier this summer, i have not been hopeful that it could be restored by this congress, in particular. there was congressman sensenbrenner saying it can be done, he will see that it will be done. what do you make of that from him? rachel, first of all, thank you for continuing to put the spotlight on this issue. this is very important to so many people. i am cautiously optimistic that we can reach a bipartisan compromise in the house of representatives to amend the voting rights act and to get section 4 alive and well again so that we can enforce section 5. the supreme court really surprised us on june the 25th when it invalidated the formula. but thanks to congressman sensenbrenner and hopefully congressman eric cantor and others in the republican conference, we re going to cobble together a bipartisan compromise and get this thing amended before the end of the year. we ve got to do it. so many republican members who served
at the podium was rnc chairman reince priebus who remarked, i think jim sensenbrenner just made some news here. yes, he did. and if he gets to do what he said he s going to do, that would not only be that would be huge news. we ll have more on that next with somebody who s helping to lead that fight. stay with us. license and registration please. what s this? uhh, it s my geico insurance id card, sir. it s digital, uh, pretty cool right? maybe. you know why i pulled you over today?
get involved. i m not sure that north carolina republicans expected this level of outrage and pushback to what they have done. there is an incredible level of outrage and pushback that is now being made manifest every day. and if you want to talk about really interesting and really unpredi unpredictable, consider what happened today in washington, d.c. today one of the top republicans in the house, james sensenbrenner of wisconsin, republican, said he personally intends to resurrect the aforementioned voting rights act gutted by the supreme court earlier this year. congressman sensenbrenner, again, a republican, said that not only does that law need to come back, it needs to come back soon. i am committed to restoring the voting rights act as an effective tool to prevent discrimination. more subtle discrimination than overdiscrimination. my job is to fix the voting rights act. now, the first thing we have to do is take the monkey wrench
discrimination. more subtle discrimination now than overdiscrimination. this is something that has to be done by the end of the year so that a revised and constitutional voting rights act is in place before 2014 election season, both primaries and general elections. that was republican congressman james sensenbrenner of wisconsin today calling for the voting rights act to be restored by the end of this year. by this congress. he s a republican. joining us now is congressman g.k. butterfield, represents elizabeth city, north carolina, where we visited and took this show last week. former voting rights attorney and former supreme court justice. thank you for being back with us. thank you, rachel. it s good to see you again.
this is something that has to be done by the end of the year so that a revised and constitutional voting rights act is in place before the 2014 election season, both primaries and general elections. that was republican congressman james sensenbrenner of wisconsin today calling for the voting rights act to be restored by the end of this year, by this congress. he s a republican. is what he saying a possibility? joining us now is congressman g.k. butterfield, he represents elizabeth city, north carolina, where we visited and took this show last week. congressman butterfield is a former voting rights attorney and former north carolina supreme court justice. thank you for being back with us. i appreciate your time, sir. thank you, rachel. it s good to see you again. so after what the supreme court did with the voting rights act earlier this summer, i have not been hopeful that the voting rights act could be restored by this congress, in particular. but there was congressman sensenbre