i don t think we re millenniums are coming online, but i don t think we ll necessarily see the kind of violent crime. i think we have put in measures that will prevent that. then you ve got to deal with the here and now. i think now there is an opening. i wanted to ask the congressman, will we see legislation this fall while eric holder is still in office, while the president still has some clout before we get into election year mad snns what is the timetable? i expect to see legislation, if perhaps not this fall but next year. i know congressman bobby scott, congressman sensenbrenner leading the task force, have the charge to come up with legislative proposals that has bipartisan support. again, this is also going on at state level. texas, ohio, pennsylvania, south dakota, georgia, new york, red states, blue states, as eric holder point out. there really is momentum to
tackle this issue in a way that s good for america. sensenbrenner, are you sure he s still a republican? we ll have to check his registration card when we get back to washington but we re thankful for it. i want to thank congressman hakeem jeffries for joining us today and paul butler as well. when we come back, we want to talk about the end of the potentially, the end of the era of post partisanship. [ male announcer ] how do you get your bounce? i m, like, totally not down with change. but i had to change to bounce dryer bars. one bar freshens more loads than these two bottles.
was no political motivation, the white house was not involved whatsoever. congressman, this is consistent with this man s lifetime biography. and we ve just witnessed months of wasted money and time on pointless pursuits that he has an agenda on. so let s talk about something that is actually substantive. and that is voting rights. yes. do you have any faith, sir, that your congress can pass a transportation bill to keep our roads safe, can pass a new voting rights act that would pass muster with the supreme court? i think we can do it. i think there are some people on the other side, congressman sensenbrenner and we ve got some senators who are interested in making this happen. the democrats are certainly interested in making it happen. we ve got to go ahead and do it. what i m afraid of is that we ll talk, talk, talk and not get it done. i know john lewis is working hard on it, clyburn, leader
in which that remarkable woman had refused to give up her seat. even as the right to protect the right to vote continues. almost 50 years after the voting rights act was signed into law. and i m delighted to say that joining us now is elijah cummings of maryland. good afternoon, sir. good afternoon, martin. is the legacy over or will congress eventually honor the fight of miss parks and so many others? i believe that congress will. i was more pessimistic a few weeks ago, but i ve seen the movement of people like john lewis, congressman louis, congressman sensenbrenner from the republican side, my good friend the whip, mr. clyburn and others who are coming together and others on the senate side coming together to do what the supreme court said must be done. and that is to come up with a
barton, a republican congressman says the house won t pass an update to the voting rights act. but as stated by joan, congressman sensenbrenner, who is a republican, and john lewis also sounded optimistic when i talked to him last month. let me play this for you. we are coming together, both democrats and republicans on the house side, and they will do the same thing on the senate side. and we re going to pass another voting rights act. we ve come too far, made too much progress to go back now. and we cannot go back, and we will not go back. will there be other republicans like congressman sensenbrenner that will step forward and join the coalition of americans protecting americans right to vote, or is barton right? are there enough right-wingers to stop this house? what do you think? you re there, a major senior