halfway, because we wanted them to come to the table. eventually it game clear they were just trying to stall, they never wanted this to happen, so we vote odd it, and 35 house republicans joined us anyway. we sent it to the senate, mcconnell stopped it, so our automobile game, it became clear to find the truth. let s talk about these texan legislators, who are in washington right now. the speaker of the hour in texas can arrest them. people have been protesting i was talking to representative clyburn. there s a sense of urgency growing that this matter is serious, even if you don t think it affects you.
it, the filibuster is the gorilla in the room. joyce vance joins me now. she s a contributor and also a former u.s. attorney. joyce, thank you for being with us. when i read your column, i was thinking to myself, the nation, many people in the nation, were celebrating the strength with which joe biden came out and shamed republicans for doing what they are trying to do and made it clear that this is anti-democratic and it is not in the interests of our history or our country to be doing what they are doing in statehouses across the country. but you pointed out that there was something that democrats can do now to fix this. representative clyburn has suggested it and that is carve out matters to do with voting rights from the filibuster. make them not subject to the filibuster, where you have to get ten extra votes in order to pass something. that really looks like the increasing option here. biden s speech was strong and
that democracy is under attack and there s rage related to that. what was disappointing what i did not hear in his 20-minute speech, he never talked about the filibuster. so, those of us who know that the filibuster has been used as a tool historically to stop, has a long history of stopping civil rights legislation. and so whether that means as representative clyburn suggested or many others, if that means ending the filibuster completely or even just carving it out as representative clyburn suggested. we have to have some kind of action to get voting rights legislation through, particularly on the federal level. now, what is happening in texas is also happening in georgia. and also happening all across this country, this nation right now, under attack as citizens. this is not a partisan issue. we cannot allow the republicans to make this a partisan issue. all citizens in this nation should have free and fair access
things they always want which is getting to appoint judges as quickly as possible and tax cuts. and representative clyburn now, pleading with the president, who, of course, as everybody knows, clyburn made the biggest difference in president biden s campaign, pleading with him to at least push a carveout on voting rights and also with joe manchin. my hope is that in the least this is something that s going to get done. we know that there s significant push back to actually doing away with the filibuster, i think that would actually be best. because it s not only a problem when you talk about voting rights but a number of other issues that i think would be good for the american people if congress could actually get some things done. but a carve out or a push on the talking filibuster as the president has already said he supports. the problem is we haven t seen
constitutional rights. joining us now former hud director and mayor, julian castro who today is adding another title to his resume, that of msnbc political analyst. thanks for being with us. why don t we start by following up on jim clyburn s suggestion. i said time and again that if mitch mcconnell made an exception for the filibuster for what conservatives consider to be the most important thing congress does, which is to vote on the domination of supreme court justices, then why in the world can you not always make an exception to voting rights, and as jim said, to rights involving the constitution? yeah, i think that representative clyburn is exactly right. as you point out, republicans have put a carve out, in effect, for the filibuster for the two