>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE WITH SENATE MAJORITY
LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER.
WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIG BOLD CHANGE THAT MAY BE COMING
TO THE SENATE, THE UNITED STATES IS A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.
THE SENATE MIGHT BE THE LEAST REPRESENTATIVE PART OF THAT
GOVERNMENT BECAUSE 45 MILLION MORE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY
ONLY 50% OF THE SENATORS.
THE DEMOCRATS REPRESENT 45 MILLION MORE PEOPLE THAN THE
REPUBLICANS.
THE FILIBUSTER IS THE LEAST DEMOCRATIC ASPECT OF OUR LEAST
DEMOCRATIC PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE
EVERYBODY INCLUDING JOE MANCHON SEEMS TO BE OKAY OF THE IDEA OF
AT LEAST CHANGING WITH THE FILIBUSTER MEANS.
>> YEAH, WELL LET ME SAY THIS, WHAT UNITES OUR CAUCUS FROM ONE
END TO THE OTHER IS WE NEED BIG BOLD CHANGE.
THE QUESTION IS HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING IT DONE.
WHAT IS THE PREFERENCE?
THAT REPUBLICANS JOIN US, THAT MAYBE WHAT THEY DID IN ARP IS NO
LONGER THE CASE, AND WE WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE, PUT THINGS
ON THE FLOOR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT STAY LET'S
GIVE THEM A CHANCE.
BUT IF THEY VOTE NO LIKE THEY DID ON THE ARP WHICH, DON'T LET
THAT STOP IT.
>> Stephen: I WILL TAKE IT AS A DEF YES IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> OUR CAUCUS IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST
WAY TO GET CHANGE, BUT FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.
CHANGE WE MUST.
>> Stephen: HOW MUCH HOPE DO YOU HAVE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
GET TEN REPUBLICANS TO COME OVER FOR HR-1, THE VOTING RIGHTS
BILL?
>> LET'S EXPLAIN, CAN I EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS TO PEOPLE BECAUSE
IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
IT STRENGTHENS OUR DEMOCRACY, DARK MONEY THAT COMES IN, AND
CASCADES IN FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS, CHANGES
REAPPORTIONMENT BUT THE BIGGEST CHANGE, THE MOST IMPORTANT
CHANGE IS IN VOTING RIGHTS, THERE HAS BEEN A NEW EFFORT BY
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURES THOUGHT THE COUNTRY TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE
AFTER THE ELECTION SINCE THEY LOST.
INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IN A DEMOCRACY,
FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG AND WIN OVER SOME VOTERS THEY WANT
TO STOP THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED AGAINST THEM FROM VOTING.
HERE IS ONE OF THE TWO EXAMPLES WHICH PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
IN GEORGIA THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED SOULS TO THE POLLS WHERE
PEOPLE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AFTER CHURCH GET IN
BUSES AND THEY GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE.
THERE IS EARLY VOTING, I THINK IT IS THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
BUT THEY GO ON SUNDAY.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE HAS DECIDED TO KNOCK OUT EARLY
VOTING JUST ON SUNDAY.
THAT IS RACIST.
THAT SAUL THERE IS TO IT.
AND SOME OTHER PLACES, THEY WANT TO SAY, TO HAVE AN ABSENTEE
BALLOT, YOU CAN'T GET TO THE POLLS, YOU NEED A NOTARY TO COME
TO YOUR HOUSE, WHAT POOR PERSON IS GOING TO DO THAT.
SO THIS IS DESPICABLE.
SCRKS-1 WOULD UNDO IT AND ALLOW THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO UNDO
IT.
WE HAVE TO PASS IT.
>> Stephen: MITCH MCCONNELL SAID ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE
THAT IF Y'ALL CHANGE THE FILIBUSTER, THERE WILL BE
SCORCHED EARTH OF THE KIND THAT NO ONE PRESENTLY SITTING IN THE
SENATE HAS EVER SEEN.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE SCORCHED EARTH THAN THE WAY
MITCH McCONNELL HAS JUST RUN ROUGH SHOD FOR THE PAST FOUR TO
EIGHT YEARS, REALLY?
I MEAN ISN'T HE THREATENING THAT IF YOU DO THIS MITCH McCONNELL
WILL CONTINUE TO BE MITCH McCONNELL?
>> YEAH, WE USED TO CALL THE SENATE WHEN HE WAS IN CHARGE THE
LEGISLATIVE GRAVE YARD.
THE HOUSE WOULD SEND OVER GOOD BILLS THAT HAD A LOT OF POPULAR
SUPPORT.
HE MIGHT OPPOSE THEM, FAIR ENOUGH BUT HE WOULDN'T EVEN PUT
THEM ON THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE.
McMITCH CON EL IS SO AFRAID FOR OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
THAT HE KEEPS LOOKING FOR DIE VERSIONS, ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DIVERTED.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DE TERRED.
WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE DE MANLD, NEED, WANT BOLD CHANGE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, AND MITCH MCCONNELL CAN DO ALL THE
THREATENING AND BLUSTER HE WANTS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP US.
>> Stephen: IS IT EMPTY, COULD HE GRIND THINGS TO A HALT AS A
MINORITY LEADER?
>> LOOK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GIVE HIS BLUSTERY
THREAT CREEDENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD, PERIOD.
>> Stephen: SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> NICE TO BE HERE WITH YOU, STEPHEN
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR
JARED LETO.