new restrictions on mail-in ballots and add criminal penalties for sending unsolicited ballot applications, among other changes. twice this year, texas democrats used this so-called nuclear option of denying quorum, which is required for the house to conduct state business. governor has the right to call us back as many times as he wants to. the governor knows we have every tool in our bucket which we intend to use. reporter: republicans say don t expect them to back off the bills just to get the democrats to come back. folks ask if we re making concessions for the purpose of negotiation. we re going to pass a good bill. we re not going to pass bad policy just to get people to show up for work. reporter: more than 50 democrats boarded private planes for washington, d.c., back in mid-july, leaving the state to avoid arrest for missing the session. we left texas to stop house bill 3, but we came to washington, d.c., to urge congress and the administration to take immediate acti
the january 6th insurrection. so it s pretty clear to me that the position of the republican party in d.c. is not in the best interests of the people of florida. just like the republican majority in my state is. but to the white house, we want to see more but we want to see more weight when it comes to for the people act being prioritized. the white house has mentioned the need for voter protection resources, which of course is also important. but voter protection services are a band-aid. this is a systematic problem that we re seeing extreme politicians across the country push for these voter suppression bills. and we need the white house and congress to not convene a recess, to step up, and to pass voter protection legislation. all right, florida state representative anna v. eskamani, thank you. thank you. now, turning to the u.s. s withdrawal from afghanistan, the taliban attacks, they are
future leaders, and the congressional gop remains preemptively against the voter protection legislation democrats have compromised on. but it would help black voters in the same state that birthed juneteenth to begin with. so here s my challenge to republicans in congress. ahead of tuesday s senate vote on the for the people act, do not hide behind a holiday that black americans frankly deserve, a recognition of the historic and continuous waiting for various freedoms that black americans have endured because that recognition is heartening. but we still understand that currently we re under an assault of your party s making, occurring in nearly every state. and while the nation stands to benefit from another teachable moment, it should not be an
insurrection that threaten their lives, that forced them the coward fear the same legislators are content to use the disorder sold by the trump years to stay in power. that is why they killed the commission to investigate the insurrection before it ever stood a chance. and that is why they are now trying to kill senate democrats voter protection legislation. but standing between the lawlessness being generated by the gop state, lawmakers and the lawlessness being upheld by congressional republicans is the biden administration and is justice department which will be doubling its voting right team ahead of its suppression somewhere. we re standing in their way with his leadership, my next guest. joining me now, democratic congressman jim clyde burn of
democracy moving forward in its pursuit of perfection. and i do believe she will do that. so before i move off that, you re saying that senate majority leader schumer ought to bring this back to the floor to the senate. if he can t get the 60 votes, then speaker pelosi should move forward and has several options to do that. let s move on to voting rights for a minute and the big lie weaponized to undermine them. as i asked congresswoman jayapal yesterday, are you fighting for the voting rights contingent, working with other agencies to combat this suppression campaign by state legislators? is it enough? especially as democrats voter protection legislation is at best being installed in the