this after the vice president made a last-minute visit to capitol hill this afternoon, meeting with democratic senators to show support for the president s plan. and in the house, democrats are pushing their revised version of the voter protection bill named after the late john lewis, hoping to see a vote by early september. of course, the nationwide assault on the vote by state republicans will not abate in that time. case in point, texas, where legislators in the state are also in another special session, the second call by the governor in the past month to pass voter restrictions after state democrats fled the state to protect the vote. but one heavily watched democratic primary concluded this week, and shortly i ll ask chantel brown, the winner of
is being pushed through congress with as much force as democrats can muster as their leadership, both house and senate, met yesterday with the president and vice president over the desperate need for federal voting rights protection. still under a historic assault from republican state lawmakers floating hundreds of suppression bills. and after months of lobbying, there appears to be an invigorated effort to get some of those measures through the senate. with the voter protection bill named for the late john lewis reportedly being elevated in the house, but sadly not in time to pass before next month s congressional recess. meanwhile, the house select committee investigation into the insurrection has proven to be just as emotional and contentious as expected, even as
with the american peel. people. so this is squarely targeted at getting invitations to mar-a-lago, not at the protecting the right to vote. and it is always interesting to me that she have a voter protection bill that actually suppresses the vote. that does not make any sense. you mentioned though that you said that this is all about getting an invitation down to mar-a-lago, which is the giant cavern that the former president is hiding out in now. do you find with your republican colleagues how many are hook line and sinker on this big lie or how many are just going along with it because they do t want to get primaried by someone who is just crazy? yes, that is a great question and i am happy that you brought
florida began their apparent competition for the most voter suppressive state in the union, georgia was point zero. in two days, a cross-section of the black faith leaders will rally at the state capital in protest of what s happening across the country. in advance of a congressional vote on the voter protection bill named for one of georgia s most famous sons, the late congressman john lewis. joining me now are bishop jackson and reverend bryant, timothy mcdonald and lee may. as i should say, georgia was really the first shot fired in this war of voter suppression. for many, a measuring stick for
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