Larger infrastructure plan the democrats try to push through on their own using a legislative maneuver to get around the filibuster. Not the only major piece of legislation introduce new voting rights legislation named after john lewis this week. The bill is likely to contain some of the key protections outlined in the initial election reform proposal that has been stalled in the senate for months now. Nbc news reports that house members are working on voting legislation preempting harmful laws already passing in state houses across the country. This is the type of action that the texas democratic lawmakers that have been in d. C. For almost three weeks now have been pushing for after leaving their state in order to break the quorum. This is the right advocates have been calling for, as well. This weekend hundreds of demonstrators marched across texas straight to the state capitol to protest how republicans are trying to restrict voting rights and demand that they take action. Johnson
Washed, specific washed, specific washington, d. C. , specifically tod. Ask for federal help, to a for new t federal protection th could set a floor on voting rights that no state can fall below. That, of course s the idea behind the for the people act. The for the people act is busy not passing the united states senate right now. Basically because of one conservative democratic senator named joe manchin. The texas democrats have met with him directly. Er they have met with other senators as well. They ve met with white house officials up to and include the vice president kamala harris. These texas democrats are away from their families, away from their jobs and businesses, away from their beloved texas. They re likely to be staying away for weeks to continue to press this case and to make sure there is no quorum at home. Like i said, they are literally facing arrest when they do go back to texas. And now six of these texas democrats have tested positive for covid in recent days. It wa
Draconian new voting restrictions. At least for now. They could have gone anywhere outside of texas. They chose to come to washington d. C. Specifically to ask for federal help. To ask for new federal protections that could set a floor on voting rights that no state that s the idea behind the for the people act. The for the people act is busy not passing the united states senate right now basically because of one democratic senator named joe manchin. The texas democrats have met with him directly. They have met with other senators as well. They ve met with white house officials up to and including the vice president, kamala harris. These texas democrats are away from their families and away from their jobs and businesses. Away from beloved they re likely to be staying away for weeks to continue to press this case and to make sure that there s no quorum at home. Like i said, they are literally facing arrests when they do go back to texas. And now six of these texas democrats have tested
Capitol, by leaving the state, so they re beyond the reach of texas law enforcement, these democrats are preventing a quorum in the state legislature back home, which means that in very practical terms they re preventing texas republicans from passing draconian new voting restrictions. At least for now. They could have gone anywhere outside of texas. They chose to come to washington, d. C. Specifically to ask for federal help, to ask for new federal protections that could set a floor on voting rights that no state can fall below. That of course is the idea behind the for the people act. The for the people act is busy not passing the united states senate right now. Basically because of one conservative democratic senator named joe manchin. The texas democrats have met with him directly. They have met with other senators as well. They ve met with white house officials up to and include the vice president kamala harris. These texas democrats are away from their families, away from their j
Democrats set a deadline for a key infrastructure vote as growing opposition puts the bipartisan compromise in jeopardy. The latest with the chief republican negotiator of the deal, senator rob portman, who joins me exclusively, next. Plus on the road. Democrats go local to promote voting rights. There are many routes to success here. But roadblocks remain in the senate. So, how will anything change? i ll speak to the committee chair holding that hearing, senator amy klobuchar, ahead. Hello. I m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is seeing red. Coronavirus cases are surging across the country once again, as the highly contagious delta variant spreads. All 50 states and washington, d. C. Are now seeing a rise in cases. That s the first time that has happened since january. As many of us know by now, the covid vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing serious disease, and 99% of those who are now dying of covid are unvaccinated. This new wave did not have to