On the recordJuly 13, 2021
The only way to walk back is to pass the For the People Act and, of course, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. We cannot do that without filibuster reform.
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msnbc.comThe only way to walk back is to pass the For the People Act and, of course, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. We cannot do that without filibuster reform.
Jones emphasizes the necessity of passing voting rights legislation and reforming the filibuster.
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You can certainly expect chaos and dysfunction to persist in the 119th Congress, as it did in the 118th Congress.
I mean, it's why you see this President repealing executive orders from the 1960s, which were intended to advance Civil Rights.
We don't ever want to get to a place in the United States of America where the executive branch is able to do whatever it wants to do, and that the law doesn't matter anymore.
A reminder that various administration officials lied under oath in the Senate yesterday, which is a crime punishable by imprisonment.