role and the people have theirs. first of all, the congress have a couple of proposals in front of them right now. the john lewis voting restoration act is one. there s also a bill that would end the flood of money into politics, so much of it dark and curb the hyperpartisan gerrymandering. there was an effort in the senate that senator manchin led to try to get a compromise bill. it was a pretty good bill, actually, and it was brought up for a procedural vote just recently, and after all that work to bring all those republicans along with the 50 democrats, it failed to move forward. and i think that ought to teach us all something, not least of which senator manchin, who s a friend of mine and whom i respect. and that is we need changes in the senate rules, and in the
it possible for republican partisans to overturn the will of the voters if they don t like the outcome. so with that supreme court gutting of the voting rights act and the conservative movement towards voter suppression on the state level, what should the federal government do to protect voting rights of the communities that are the most vulnerable? you should not the point should not be lost that the very communities that are impacted by these state laws are those communities of color with growing demographics in many states that have been historically red. that s right. so what does the congress need to do? well, the congress has its role, and the people have theirs. so first of all, i think the congress, as you and i m sure your viewers know, have a couple of proposals in front of them right now. the john lewis voting restoration act is one. there s also a bill that would