joining us now texas state representatives john bucy and julie johnson. thank you both very much for joining us tonight, and representative johnson, let me begin with you. are we ever going to find out who put this mystery provision in the bill? we >> know exactly who put that provision in the bill. republicans in the senate. they put that provision in the bill and send it over to us in the house, and they did it unfortunately with about 11 hours left of the legislative session. they slip it in at the last minute. we didn't get the bill until 4:52 on sunday when the clock expired midnight we. they know exactly what they were doing, and they're trying to get democrats islip at the wheel. fortunately, we are playing good tension and didn't let it happen. >> representative bc, and representative johnson, let me congratulate you on your win here and forcing this out of the bill. if you hadn't drawn attention to it as you did, we they would've been clearly trying to hold on to this provision. but representative john bucy, i'm surprised what is this? are they a

texas representative john bucy wife, molly is 27 weeks pregnant they did not want to have to make that drive. none of the texas democrats who left the state to deny the texas house representative quorum want to be in washington tonight, but they have made the trip to washington to resist would president joe biden today called " an assault on democracy ". when vice president kamala harris met with them today she gave them a standing ovation and then said this. >> the courage and the commitment and the patriotism that you all have evidenced by your action, in addition to your work and your words. i know what you have done comes with great sacrifice. both personal and political. and you are doing this in support and in defense of some of our nation's highest ideals. >> this afternoon texas democrats met with chuck schumer who said, everything is on the day both, that was his line, when it comes to passing voting rights legislation in the senate. which means a change in the senate's 60 vote threshold must also be on the table. here is what's senator schumer said today to reporters before h

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julian castro, texas state representative john bucy, thank you very much. thank you very much, and again welcome. >>> i'm joined by sherilyn ifill. if democrats fail to pass federal voting rights legislation to protect the rights of people in this state, you heard what they're doing in texas, what happens? >> democracy is very much in peril, joy. i'm not exaggerating. so we have lost key tools that we had under the voting rights act, first section 5 in 2013. last week the supreme court weakened the litigation tool we have, section 2. and that means that we have less ability to challenge the discriminatory voter suppression laws passing at the state level. we of course are suing georgia, we are suing florida. we'll see what happens in texas. these laws are popping up all over the country, so we are playing whack-a-mole with litigation. it's not going to be possible. litigation, as we know, is slow and expensive. and frankly, it's not going to be concluded, certainly not in time for the 2022 primary elections. but more importantly, it's really about democracy