i ll be asking my republican friends in congress in states and cities and counties to stand up for god s sake and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election and the sacred right to vote. [ cheers and applause ] have you no shame? welcome back, that was president biden in philadelphia yesterday, where he gave an impassioned speech on voting rights as a wave of republican-backed restrictive voting laws are being implemented across the country. in texas the showdown continues as dozens of state representative, currently holed up in washington, d.c. after fleeing the state in order to block a bill. that bill passed the texas senate but it won t get to the governor s desk as long as the texas house democrats can hold out. nbc s priscilla thompson is in austin, this afternoon. priscilla, bring us up to speed
it s been an extremely tough year and a half. we re coming off a very dark four years before that and we ve had some of these needs for a long time. they ve been put off really in some cases since the eisenhower administration that we haven t addressed some of these things. how do the latest inflation numbers that show the prices going up for all kinds of goods and services affect the conversation around this bill among your colleagues in the house? well, i think we have to keep an eye on it, but we also have to recognize in the last five months we ve created 3 million jobs seen economic growth projections that are going up. unemployment going down. and wages importantly going up as well when you re talking about inflation, so we re going to have to keep an eye on it. i think it s something to be aware of but turning on the economy after a crisis of what we just went through just isn t as simple as turning on a light switch. there are going to be hurtles to overcome on your way bac
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