Introduced at least 389 bills that would restrict voting access. 22 of those bills have already been signed into law in 14 states. And at least 61 others are quickly moving through republican dominated legislatures in 18 states including one in texas likely on its way to becoming enacted. Vice president harris made remarks today about protecting voting rights at howard university a few hours ago where she announced she and the president have directed the dnc to expand its i will vote initiative with an investment of $25 million. Yes, it is early and we have never really started this early before, but, folks, it is never too early to defend your rights. So with these new laws that have been passed or they re trying to pass we have to start now to finish strong. The people must be able without hinderance, without obstacle, certainly without insurmountable obstacle, to decide our country s future. With this $25 million, the democrats are investing in the tools and technology to register v
Lated, politico reports that it s enough to ease the party s fears of a closer result that could have protended a brutal midterm next year. Added this, democrats hailed the comfortable win that the base enthusiasm did not wane and that the gop s doubling down on defunning the police attacks backfired. One of the central arguments on policy that the gop tested as a strategy is the attack after attack against biden and his agenda. It s fallen flat in the polls. The atempts to kneecap this president and the party are especially evident in a new round of public opinion polling. The poll also shows president biden pulling above 50% on every major issue voters were asked about. 70% of voters approve of the coronavirus response. 62% approve of his performance on the economy and stimulation of job. 61% approve the approach to governing with the essential job function there and issues essential to republicans attacks against biden and down ballot democrats light dealing with violence and crime.
Reminiscent of the thing that nixon s vice president, spirit new did, which got him indicted and thrown out of office as vice president of the united states. Louis dejoy is still postmaster general today. But we did learn today that he is under criminal investigation. We re going to speak with the reporter who helped break that story in just a few minutes. Before we get to that big news tonight though, i want to take a second to circle back to update you on a story that we first covered a few months ago. A story about the great state of missouri. It was a story centered on this republican elected official. Her name is patricia derges. She went to medical school in the korean. When she came back to the united states after she graduated from that school, she was not accepted to a medical residency program. So, the consequence of that is that she is not a licensed physician in the state of missouri. She can t be. She was unqualified. Because she is cousin get into residency program. That
Really quite oddly reminiscent of the thing that nixon s vice president spiro agnew did, which got him indicted and thrown out of office as vice president of the united states. Louis dejoy is still postmaster general today, but today we did learn he is under criminal investigation. We ll speak with a reporter who helped break that story in just a few minutes. Before we get to that big news tonight, i want to take a second to circle back to update you on a story that we first covered a few months ago, a story out of the great state of missouri. And it was a story centered on this republican elected official. Her name is patricia durgess. She went to medical school in the caribbean. When she came back to the united states in the united states after she graduated from that school, she was not accepted to a medical residency program, so the consequence of that is that she s not a licensed physician in the state of missouri. She can t be. She doesn t qualify because she didn t get into a re
Suppression. Here in washington, on capitol hill, gop leadership moving fast to boot liz cheney from their ranks. A move meant to cement the party firmly behind former president donald trump and his lies about the 2020 election. Cheney s warning to her party this morning. Her next steps and what other republican women are asking now. Good morning. I m hallie jackson in washington along with sam brock in florida and jane timm outside the texas state capital. Sam, let me start with you. With the ink barely dry on the governor s signature in florida on the new voting law, you have at least one lawsuit and i think two that have been filed. Reporter: multiple lawsuits, that s correct. Good morning. 8:47 is when the governor here in florida signed senate bill 90, a controversial voting law. We asked when it was going to be signed and where. Then this morning, we reached out to the media line. Minutes before it was signed, they could not confirm anything happening. Just forget about florida s