mike debonis: -- of the thighs a law. is there any hope in mitch mcconnell senate, is there any hope -- mitch mcconnell's senate, is there any hope before the subset, or are we heading towards another brinkmanship cliff moment here? senator leahy: it is too early to tell, but i hope we don't have another brinksmanship. and you have less ability to bring parties together in brinksmanship. these articles have just come out that how seven due to his the backdoor way of going into americans' informational -- information. that is going to help us. there is going to be two or three major debates coming up, 702 being one of them. and then the other one is a major -- it is going to be a major thing. frankly, i would like the side having a way for americans to know -- not just what their government collects -- what industry is collecting. what happens to the information when you go to a grocery store or a major chain and use your credit card? how is that being done? what happens if they are tracking your phone and you are walking

mike debonis: let's turn to a completely different subject. we are coming up on a momentous anniversary, the voting rights act 50 years ago today. this legislation was moving through congress. i know this is something you feel strongly about that -- that congress needs to act to restore the protections. what are the prospects that there will be any movement on that in this congress? are there any republicans who are willing to sign on to restore what the voting rights act once did? senator leahy: it is difficult but i think we will find something. it is unfortunate the supreme court made a terrible decision in the shelby case, but we have got -- we have got to do this. now, people are trying to figure out how -- based on the number of voters in the district -- how -- not the population -- there are some efforts underway to disenfranchise the elderly minority communities, other people. that is not america. we thought we won the civil rights battle after selma. we still have to fight. and i think the right to vote is the most important and there

. >> the "washington post" mike debonis is joining us. can we start on the senate ateate side. a lot of talk about trade and the paths it has taken. what is expected on the senate side when it comes to trade? >> guest: we are expecting the senate will take action on the trade promotion authority legislation passed in the house last week. senator mcconnell filled closure on the bill meaning the senate will vote to take up the bill and have a final vote on it as soon as tuesday and my hope is all of this will be dealt with and possibly could have a bill on the president's desk by the end of the week. >> host: what is different about this than the previous attempts? >> guest: the week prior to this there was quite a bit of drama when the house rejected the trade promotion authority legislation because the legislative mu legislative maneuverings were engaged to get around the senate but then they combined the trade promotion authority bill with a weighted bill that is a program to give assistance to workers that istypic typically supported by democrats and not supported by republic

. >> host: mike debonis of "washington post" covers congress and tell us about the week ahead in congress thank you, sir. >> caller: thank you. >> a new congressional directive is a handy guide to the 114th congress with car photos of every senator and house member, plus bio and contact information and order handles. also issued maps, a foldout map of capitol hill and delicate congressional committees, the president's cabinet federal agencies and state governments a. order your copy today. it's $13.95 plus shipping and handling for the c-span online store at c-span.org. >> tonight on "the communicators," co-chair of the congressional privacy caucus joe barton on the recent fcc regulation rules and issues of privacy in cybersecurity. >> you've got the basic principle, whose information is at this? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app? and we know the way these things work go into the cloud and all that or can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy? take the latter view that it is personal that changes the way you regula

we also have an studio with us mike debonis: and dustin volz:.

we also have an studio with us mike debonis and dustin volz. thank you both for being here as well.

mike the bonus -- debonis, what are the charges? >> one arcane financial charge, and one straightforward charge. the financial charge has to do with structuring of cash withdrawals to avoid bank reporting laws that put into place some years ago. when he was confronted about this by federal agents, according to the indictment, he lied and said he had made a comment suggesting he was taking the money for his own use because he no longer had fate in the banking system. the prosecutors allege that he was engaged in getting hot money to an unknown -- hush money to an unknown person. >> what kind of reaction did other reporters have? he was the longest-serving republican speaker at the height of power, and is now facing embarrassing stories? >> the reaction has been the will limit -- b wildermuth hash -- bewildermint. a pack of armadillos be involved in something so sordid, or unseemly. i think that continues to be the reaction, especially when the reporters who covered in washington. there was a queasiness factor that has not gone away.