later on, marc veasey, democratic from text -- democrat from texas.ew voting of the rights caucus. he will discuss voter id issues later in the program. a story today taking a look at tuesday and wednesdays testimony by federal reserve chairman -- chairperson janet yellin. making statements and that testimony before congress. to give you a sense of what she was saying, it was last week that the federal reserve chair talked about the -- talk about her thoughts. is a little bit of that event. >> economic growth was relatively weak last year and early this year. some of the factors weighing on growth were expected. for example, exports have been soft, reflecting subdued foreign demand and the early appreciation the dollar. activity in the energy sector has obviously been hard hit by the steep drop in oil prices since mid-2014. the slowdown in other parts of the economy was not expected. in particular, business investment outside of energy was particularly week during the winter. it appears to of remain so into the spring. growth in household spending slo

texas congressman marc veasey talks about his objections to the voter identity geisha and law in histe and his efforts to update the voting rights act. washington post assignment editor marilyn thompson looks at the presidential election campaign fund. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on face book and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: it is the washington journal for june the 20th, the senate votes on four gun control amendments today. they are not expected to pass, but you can see the debate on them on the floor later on on c-span two. those votes on those amendments planned to take place about 5:30 today. jamesw york times reports hamilton will begin meeting with potential vice presidential candidates for hillary clinton possibly as early as this week. the republican convention is less than a month of a

host: joining us is marc veasey of texas. good morning. guest: good to see you.host: you were a lead plaintiff in the challenge to the state id law. could you set up what the voter id law does in your state? id law in worst voter the entire country. let me go step-by-step through some of the provisions of the law that makes it so egregious. you can have a drive or his license or a task or, a ha we are now going to the democratic senators news conference. the room is starting to be filled with some senators coming in for this event. this is a news conference about gun control measures voted on today. we are standing by live for the beginning. >> diane is on her way. nelson is here. don't worry. just have to wait for diane. senate republicans should be embarrassed, of course they are not area they are not embarrassed because nra is happy. 90% of americans support expanding background checks. it is not 90% of democrats, 90% of american people. andcrats, republicans, independence. democrats, republicans and independents. the nra says no, so republicans do nothing. th