but it does seem like this particular battle with its attendant name calling could be accruing political traction for a policy push that might otherwise be on the back burner in, yes, mr. mcconnell s senate. so given what we know about 2016 and what we are being warned about this coming 2020 election, should the u.s. take any further action to protect its democracy? we turn now to u.s. senator ron of oregon, member of the u.s. senate intelligence committee. thanks for joining me tonight. thank you, ari. what is important about these bills and what they d accomplish and why is mitch mcconnell blocking them? well, first of all, mitch mcconnell can put all of this to rest by bringing this key legislation to the floor. what i will tell you having served on the intelligence committee for sometime now, as of right now, i believe foreign hostile actors are going to make
democratic hopefuls are working hard to shape the narrative before the first question is even asked. today we are in fact offering a revolutionary proposal. reporter: in the days leading up to the first face-off, several candidates have rolled out policy proposals describe designed to drive the debate. policy pace setter elizabeth warren unveiling another plan aimed at protectioning u.s. elections writing in a media post, enough is enough. it is time to make high quality voting in the greatest democracy in the world easy, convenient and professional. warren isn t alone in the policy push. progressive rival bernie sanders introduced a plan monday to eliminate the student loan debt of every american. all student debt would be canceled in six months. reporter: meanwhile brrk is calling for a new war tax an on those who have not supported veterans. we have to do much more for
there. meanwhile, another sanders rival beto o rourke is pumping out his policy push ahead of the democrats big push. o rourke unveiling his plan to cover veteran s healthcare. leyla santiago has the details. it s a major issue in this election. when you combine that with veteran s issues, that s quite a political point for him, clearly a focus he wants to score some points on. reporter: right. so this is an eight-page proposal. it s got a variety of topic. let s actually get right into it. the first thing it talks about is ending the wars in afghanistan as well as iraq. he s got this idea of a war tax. more on that in a second. he talks about the veterans affairs, more spending for alzheimer s research. he wants this to allow service to be a pathway to citizenship and then focus quite a bit there at the very end of the policy on women veterans as well as lbgtq
care, that those laws have to come before my department of justice for a review and approval. and until we determine that they are constitutional, they will not take effect. that sounds like it means 60 votes in the united states senate? you know what, everything that we need to do is going to require 60 votes in the united states senate. which is why i say, everybody, 2020 is about the white house, it s also about the united states senate. joining from us the location of that town hall, nbc correspondent ron hilliard for us. ron, good morning. thanks for joining us. senator kamala harris, during the msnbc town hall last night as we just heard, hitting on a number of topics, what do you think and what are you hearing was her standout moment last night? reporter: yeah, good morning, as you just played, that was her big policy push that she focused on last night. this is a methodical campaign by kamala harris, as she s going through, is this now her fourth
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