senator bernie sanders today announced he is running for president at a campaign event on the campus of brooklyn college in new york city where he used to attend. here is a senator sanders announcement. [cheering] bernie!g] bernie! sen. sanders: let me thank you all for a wonderful rendition of the star-spangled banner. [applause] thank [indiscernible] not only forng up the workers in erie, pa when you against corporate greed but for every worker in america. thank you very much. [applause] this is going to be a 50 state campaign. [applause] we are not going to concede one state to donald trump. [applause] sen. sanders: let me thank my very good friend [indiscernible] she has been with me all across this country. has helped develop one of the great grassroots organizations in this country, our revolution. thank you very much. [applause] back thank [indiscernible] country, i will say words today and more tomorrow. people understand we have a broken criminal justice sy
number-one legislative priority, bill number one, democrats pushing this since the very beginning, even before they took back the house last fall. it has everything from voting rights to election security to lobbying. there are very specific provisions democrats have been pushing for years, automatic voter registration, supporting d.c. statehood, they would like independent commissions to be in charge of house redistricting efforts, there is a lot of far-ranging pieces here that democrats have wanted for a very long time. and we are going to see this on the floor next week. : you tweet this could cost about $2 billion, most of this going to states for grants for election security. with a price tag like that, what does it mean for the future of hr 1. ms. ferris: having 220 seven cosponsors means they will have virtually no issues passing this on the floor next week. of course the money is going to be something, this would also need to go through the appropriations committee. i
on congress for politico and joins us with a look at h.r. 1, a bill dealing with elections and campaign finance reform. the house democrats will be putting this legislation on the floor. what can you tell us about it? sarah: the fact that it is called hr one means it is the number one most important legislative priority. this is bill number one. democrats have been pushing this since before they took back the house last fall. it has everything from voting rights to election security. lobbying. there are provisions democrats have been pushing for for years, such as automatic voter registration, supporting d.c. statehood. independent commissioners in charge of house redistricting efforts. a lot of far ranging pieces the democrats have wanted for a long time. we ll see all of this on the floor next week. stephanie: you tweet that this would cost about $2 billion, most of that going to states for grants for election security. what does it mean for the future of hr 1? sarah: havin
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