. >>> i want to bring in democratic senator tammy baldwin, a member of the senate appropriations and health committee. senator, good the see you. congratulations on the senate getting this bill passed. that was -- i don't think i have ever watched the senate as closely as i have. obviously there have been big things that you have done there. but this thing was a marathon before that bill passed early yesterday afternoon. >> thank you for having me. yes, it was a marathon, but this the end we delivered. and all 50 democrats our razor thin majority, stuck together to bring this much-needed relief. a couple more steps before it hits the president's desk, but as the president himself said, help is on the way. >> can you help me understand or help my viewers understand why there was no republican support this? it is a wildly popular initiative as have been the three that preceded. the republicans were prepared to be involved in those other ones. we heard from a lot of republicans about increasing the payouts to americans. what happened? >> i think your analysis at the top of the show hit

. >> wisconsin senator tammy baldwin says the country is making progress on lgbtq rights but discrimination remains a daily reality. >> from members of the lgbt >> republican senators like mississippi, cindy hyde smith say the equality act is equal in name only. she is concerned it will hurt women, particularly and sports. >> allowing male bodied athletes to compete against females and sports like basketball with totally undermine girl sports. >> iowa. senator chuck grassley says the bill would harm businesses and faith based groups that restricts services on religious grounds. i strongly suspect. >> that actually would dictate for women, girls schools, churches. doctors. >> and others. most believe. >> the bill is likely to face major opposition from most republicans in the senate in washington, rashad hudson. >> still to come following the shootings in atlanta that left 6 asian american women dead. there's a public call for action to protect that community. we'll talk live with the co-founder of the stop asian hate group about what needs to be done to make sure asian americans feel safe a

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the other senator in your state is tammy baldwin. you -- you serve an administration, a democratic administration that won statewide. you know, wisconsin's not a -- it's not a trump-plus-20 state. it's not -- you know, it's probably a state, where i imagine, if you pulled wisconsinites across the political spectrum. what did you think of january 6th? you would get thumbs down. i mean, this does seem to be pretty far from where the median-wisconsin voter is. >> oh, absolutely. the views of ron johnson are so out of line with the mainstream here in the state of wisconsin. republican outlets have called for him to step down because of just reprehensible things that he said. calling joe biden's presidency into question. i mean, the list goes on. i remember, back in 2016, when he was running for re-election. he was talking about this is going to be the ronald and the donald. and since the donald is gone, we're only left with the ronald. and he is going to be as ridiculous as he possibly can, in the absence of donald trump. >> does he embo

. >> senator tammy baldwin of wisconsin is the co-lead of the equality act and is the first openly lgbtqator. sen. baldwin: thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, and members of the committee. thank you for holding this historic hearing and allowing me to be part of it. the people sent me first to the house of representatives in 1999, we have seen enormous advances for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. on a bipartisan basis, we have expanded our nation's hate crimes law to violence against this community. repealed the don't ask, don't tell law that barred open service by gay and lesbian service members. through the actions of state legislatures and state and federal courts, marriage equality has become a reality in every corner of this country. our work is not yet done. because of that, the house has twice passed on a bipartisan basis the equality act. discrimination remains a daily reality for members of the lgbtq community. discrimination is a painful reality. a majority of states still lack comprehensive nondiscrimination protections in employment, housing,