democracy, and who should be held accountable. given what we have learned, i think that he probably has to be held accountable. plus, the dangers of redistricting to the democratic party in the welcome to nato party at the white house. all in starts right now. the good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the nationwide baby formula shortage has been terrifying experience for a lot of families, which is why congressman white house just took action. the house passed two bills, one which would make it easier for poor families to access formula. that passed with near universal support. that s good. the second bill, the one specifically designed to address the baby formula crisis by giving the food and drug administration $28 million towards that end, that bill was opposed by nearly 200 house republicans. they just voted no. that may come in something of a surprise to you if they have been paying attention. republicans across the country have been using the formula shortag
be held accountable. plus, the dangers of redistricting to the democratic party and. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, the nationwide baby formula shortage has been a terrifying experience for lots of families. which is why congress and the white house just took action. the house passed two bills, one which will make it easier for poor families to access formula. that passed with near universal support, that s good. the second bill, designed to address the baby formula crisis by giving the food and drug administration $20 million, that bill was opposed by nearly 200 house republicans. just voted no. that may come as a surprise to you if you pay attention to politics over the past few weeks republicans across the country have been using the formula shortage as a cudgel to attack democrats ahead of november s midterm elections. the attacks were everywhere. the highest ranking republican in the house, held. on the formal issue last week. right
paying attention to the supreme court there. we have to bring lawsuits when we can, and try to make sure that we do all that we possibly can to have a system where politicians are not picking their voters. where citizens are choosing their elected representatives. that s a difficult thing. it s something that i have been fighting for since 2017, but i am not saying that we should be for unilateral disarmament. we should be fighting for fairness, and i think that we fight for fairness, and we get fairness, democrats and progressives will do just fine. your latest book, a history of voting rights and an examination of the perilous situation that we find voting rights in in this country. i was thinking about the book when i saw the gop color it listen to this. he wants to get rid of one person, one vote in colorado, and basically make a colorado electoral college that would give more weight to rural counties. one thing that i think we re
was thinking about the book when i saw the gop color it listen to this. he wants to get rid of one person, one vote in colorado, and basically make a colorado electoral college that would give more weight to rural counties. one thing that i think we re seeing is a move away from the basic fidelity to democracy. one person, one vote. at an ideological level, across the conservative movement. what do you make of that? republicans are just not that into democracy. that s the reality. we have to confront that. in the book, we talk about how people of generations past fought for our democracy, did all they could to save our democracy, to enhance our democracy. we talk about a young woman named alex paul,