suppression measures back home and to push for federal voting rights legislation in congress, meeting with senators today. and vice president kamala harris, the administration s lead on voting rights. but neither president biden nor vice president harris addressed the elephant in the room when it comes to federal legislation today, the filibuster. even as some texas lawmakers echoed calls for a carve-out to advance federal voting rights legislation. biden called on congress to restore parts of the voting rights act gutted by the supreme court in 2013 and again just two weeks ago. puts the burden back on congress to restore the voting rights act to its intended strength. as soon as congress passes the for the people act and the john lewis voting advancement act, i will sign it and let the whole world see it. that will be an important moment. joining me now is alex pa deowe and chris turner.
get involved. i m not sure that north carolina republicans expected this level of outrage and pushback to what they have done. there is an incredible level of outrage and pushback that is now being made manifest every day. and if you want to talk about really interesting and really unpredi unpredictable, consider what happened today in washington, d.c. today one of the top republicans in the house, james sensenbrenner of wisconsin, republican, said he personally intends to resurrect the aforementioned voting rights act gutted by the supreme court earlier this year. congressman sensenbrenner, again, a republican, said that not only does that law need to come back, it needs to come back soon. i am committed to restoring the voting rights act as an effective tool to prevent discrimination. more subtle discrimination than overdiscrimination. my job is to fix the voting rights act. now, the first thing we have to do is take the monkey wrench
state board of elections is probably unlikely to that given that it is also republican controlled, but north carolina students are now organizing on that issue asking the state to get involved. i m not sure that north carolina republicans expected this level of outrage and pushback to what they have done. there is an incredible level of outrage and pushback that is now being made manifest every day. and if you want to talk about really interesting and really unpredictable, consider what happened today in washington, d.c. today one of the top republicans in the house, james sensenbrenner of wisconsin, republican, said he personally intends to resurrect the aforementioned voting rights act gutted by the supreme court earlier this year. congressman sensenbrenner, again, a republican, said that not only does that law need to come back, it needs to come back soon. i am committed to restoring