Going to be we saw it happen with speaker gingrich and it can happen here. Boehner walked away from a deal shortly after that. I want to come to the interplay between the leadership on the republican side in in a second but i have to ask this based on what you said. I think you know the president gave what was initially an off the record interview to the Des Moines Register editorial board, speaking although he did not get the endorsement of that paper in one of the things he said in the interview was he believed he could get a grand bargain struck on the debt ceiling if he were reelected on november 6. A son what youre saying they may not be possible if if the freshman and now sophomores and many members who come and dont eventually give a nether blessing to cut a deal. In her may feel in the same tough spot now that but he was last year. A ground part and based on what you say may not be possible if obama wins under any circumstances. This is outside of the book but i will do it anyw
Harass, you cannot intimidate. And before you make any changes in election laws dealing with registration, changing a precinct, local lines for any political position, you have to get preclearance from the department of justice or the Federal District court in washington, d. C. So, the state of florida, for an example, never sought to get clearance to purge. And theyre hiding behind there may be fraud. Thats their own. Amy goodman you were on that selma to montgomery march. This. Can you explain what happened, as we go back, what, almost half a century now . Rep. John lewis on march 7, 1965, a group of us attempted to march from selma to montgomery, alabama, to dramatize to the nation that people wanted to register to vote. One young africanamerican man had been shot and killed a few days earlier, in an adjoining county called perry countythis is in the black belt of alabamathe home county of mrs. Martin luther king jr. , the home county of mrs. Ralph abernathy, the home county of mrs.
Struggle to obtainand protect Voting Rights in this country. Our guest is the former chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Now 13 term congressman john lewis. It is so important for people to understand, to know that people are suffering, struggling. Some have died for the right to participate. The boat is the most powerful nonviolent tool that we have a democratic society. Across that bridge, life lessons for change. With Congress Member john lewis. All that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Amy goodman we spend todays hour looking at the bloody struggle to obtainand protect Voting Rights in this country. Since 2010, at least 10 states have passed laws that require people to show a government issued photo id when they go to the polls. While supporters say the laws protect against voter fraud, others argue theyre more likely to suppress voter turnout among people of color, the poor and proper id an
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