allow the u.s. to raise the debt ceiling. a piece of legislation was proposed to allow a fast-track process for the senate to vote on that bill. for one time, and one time only, with a simple majority. so if you can bypass a filibuster to raise the debt ceiling, why can t you bypass the filibuster, one time only, to get voting rights passed, the most important issue of our lifetime? well, because agreement with the republicans to allow us to do, that they won t agree us to allow us to change, to pass voting rights legislation. because they like all of these pieces, these laws at the state level, that are meant to prevent, in particular, persons of color from being able to vote. so, we take them, working with democrats in order to pass this legislation. which, by the way, not too long ago, the majority of republicans supported it. and now, you see it is a real effort to move us towards the gates, telling people how many delegates will probably get to vote. well, we can still restore
this doesn t make it any easier on them, so hopefully we can all bent together and help out. devin clarkson, thank you not only for efforts but for your time and sharing your story with us. we appreciate it. no problem. thank you. all right everybody, for now we re going to send you back to the regularly scheduled program of the mehdi hassan show. we ll be back at the top of the hour with more breaking news on the storms ravaging the u.s.. stay with msnbc. false accusations. earlier, i spoke with senator tammy duckworth sits on a small business and entrepreneurship committee, who cosponsored the anti hate crime bill earlier this year. i spoke through about this small nomination, and the senate in general. thanks for coming on the