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if you like the idea of having masks forced on children by the government you should move to afghanistan and live with the taliban and see how you like that. wow. harris: all right. let s move on to this. was it worth the trip? at least three texas democrats returned home this weekending a 38-day effort to block republican legislation on voting restrictions. a contingent of more than 50 house democrats fled the state. we watched them. some left on private planes enjoying hundreds of dollars in per diem per day and stayed in hotels for weeks. some remain in d.c. enough have returned to resume the session now in their home state of texas and that opens the door for passage of the gop election bill they were trying to block. what did they accomplish outside of making headlines for all the wrong reasons, their mask wearing or lack there of was questioned. their covid positive testing
remain in dc out of their home state of texas as part of an effort to stop republicans from passing this restrictive voting law. joining me is one of those democrats, texas state represent everybody, and we re so happy to have you on with us. you re still in dc. you had no plans of going back to texas today for the special session. what is the end game here? how long can you conceivably stay there before you ll have to return to texas? we take it day by day. and so right now we can stay here and continue to work to get congress to pass federal voting rights legislation. we did not make quorum today at the capital in texas because we will not participate in the republican effort to restrict and limit the freedom of texans to vote. and that s what s happening here.
with my progressive flank on that $3.5 trillion price tag. of course, as i mentioned, not really going over well with a lot of democrats, but we re just at the beginning of this process. this is going to be a very grueling, long, grueling battle for democrats to get 50 out of 50 senators and all but three house democrats, which is their margin for error now, onboard with a massive piece of legislation. sahil, mariana, andy, thank you for explaining very complicated things. in just minutes, senator elizabeth warren live here on american voices to discuss the infrastructure bill and how so many of the crises we face are all actually connected to one another. plus, new york city s new approach to policing. when a mental health crisis is called in, they re trying something different, and it appears to be working. and later, joaquin castro and julian castro, the castro brothers, here to talk about what is going on in their home state of texas. right after the break, a conversati
Actor Matthew McConaughey announced Sunday on social media that he's planning a virtual benefit in the next two weeks to benefit fellow Texans directly affected by the brutal winter weather and blackouts in the Lone Star State.