Contributor to The Grio Jason Johnson, former Senator Claire McCaskill, Washington Post senior Washington correspondent Philip Rucker, and former U.S. attorney Harry Litman on Sen. […]
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Texas Dems Score Last-Minute Meeting With Sen. Manchin
Rep. Henry Cuellar tells Lawrence O’Donnell about the last-minute meeting he set up between Sen. Manchin and Texas state legislators where they agreed to work […]
Continue reading‘Divide And Conquer Strategy’ In Texas To Protect Voting Rights
Texas State Representative Jasmine Crockett (D) discusses the Democratic officials from her state heading to Capitol Hill to lobby U.S. senators to pass voting rights […]
Continue readingManchin Is ‘Not Going To Abandon His State For Sake Of Bipartisanship’
Jonathan Kott, former communications director for Sen. Joe Manchin, and Hoppy Kercheval, host of West Virginia’s MetroNews TalkLine, join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Sen. Manchin’s […]
Continue readingMehdi Hasan Asks If Democrats Are Up To Protect Voting Rights | MSNBC
Democratic Senators Manchin and Sinema are holding their party's agenda hostage over their opposition to voting rights and/or filibuster reform. NBC's Mehdi Hasan says their […]
Continue readingSenate Dems Consider Changing Voting Bill To Win Manchin’s Vote
Ezra Klein tells Lawrence O’Donnell that Sen. Manchin has put Democrats in a “tough situation” by creating two separate hurdles to legislate: opposing the voting […]
Continue readingSen. Manchin Meets With Civil Rights Leaders After Rejecting Voting Bill
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., met with civil rights leaders on Tuesday after rejecting the Democrats' voting bill. Marc Morial of the National Urban League […]
Continue readingManchin Opposition Likely Dooms Voting Rights Legislation
Civil rights leaders are imploring West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to support their efforts to pass new legislation to combat Republican attacks on voting […]
Continue readingManchin Still Opposes Voting Bill After Meeting With Civil Rights Leaders
NAACP President Derrick Johnson said the civil rights leaders’ meeting was about establishing a relationship with Sen. Manchin to continue pushing him to support the […]
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