it, what will happen in the senate? it will encounter the same fate that hr-1 is encountering right now, which is an impasse until we summon the resolve to get rid of the filibuster. i do think there are steps under way in the senate to try to get there, to try to set up votes on provisions in hr-1 to establish if the republicans are going to block everything, in so doing to convince senator sinema and manchin to reform the filibuster in order to pass the most needed, popular parts of hr-1. i hope that that happens and i hope that we don t stop there and that we use those changes to the filibuster to then be able to pass things like not just hr-1 and the john lewis voting rights act but the women s health protection act that the congresswoman just referenced and ultimately supreme court reform. because absent that, none of these bills are going anywhere. we have a limited window of time to be able to do this.
its drivers who are sued for driving a woman to an abortion clinic in texas. the company s general counsel is our next guest. plus from the abortion ban to tough new restrictions on voting, texas has lurched sharply to the far fringy at one time super weird right. now democrats are hoping voter backlash and changing demographics might help right the ship. and what is a cause for celebration for many could be a call for arms for some again on that far fringe. how today s teardown of a major confederate statue in richmond, virginia, might trigger the far-right extremists. deadline white house continues after a quick break. don t go anywhere. a quick break. don t go anywhere. n. you dunk it? crash it? doggy-bone it? we upgrade it! because everyone deserves better. the best part? get up to $800 for the 5g phone you want. plus, $500 when you switch. ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy.
there. our governor is responding right now to a couple of really fringe primary candidates that are running against him and he s leading this entire state, you know, off the rails, leading kids, like my kids are in school right now into extremely dangerous situations. banning something they used to care about, which was local control. it used to be a texas value, a conservative value, you allowed local communities to have their own control. so they re abandoning their own precepts and concepts and they re doing it in a way which will accelerate their political demise but is more importantly damaging our democracy. what is your answer to democrats who feel like with control of statehouses and legislatures, republicans are exerting more control over american life than democrats are with control of the house, the senate and the white house? well, i was a voting rights lawyer before i came to congress. i can tell you that if i could wave a magic wand in this country, i would fix our v
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themselves with disease and death in texas schools, to take away the kinds of voting measures that made it safe for people to vote in the midst of a pandemic and which were according to the new york times some of the most secure voting measures. an austin american states reporter said there was no fraud he had heard of from the measures that were band yesterday. how does that happen? this is why you need to have open elections that are free and fair. when we have gerrymandered districts where they know, these legislators know in this next session so they ll be safe in the next elections. they don t have to worry what their voters care about. we see how gerrymandering affects that. we also see how having a state have one party rule for too long can impact the impulses in that party. they re not talking to texans. they re having an internal conversation with each other about who can be the most far right wing, who can be the hardest and the furthest out