speak with tomas lopez and dr. dorcheau from the national and speak about the presidential debate be returning on monday morning for more "washington journal." thanks so much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up this morning on c-span two soldiers posthumously awarded the medal of honor. then at 10:30, live coverage of the funeral for beau biden. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour has partnered with time warner cable to learn about lincoln, nebraska. >> -- one of the most important american writers of the 20th century. he was given almost -- she was given almost every literary award possible in her lifetime. she was known for some of her massive pieces, like "professor's house." in 1943, she made a will, which had a few restrictions in it. one of which she did not want her letters to be published. she left behind at least 3000 letters that we

joining us from new york is tomas lopez from the brennan center for justice.e heard from presence of candidate hillary clinton in houston last week calling for some changes in the way that voting balls are being put in place -- floating voting laws are being put in place. what are you calling for? caller: we hope -- guest: we hope that this is something that people across the political spectrum will embrace. this is being increasingly viewed as a partisan issue. we think that voting does not have to be partisan. we think that voting should be free, fair, and accessible to all americans. we think that laws restricting access is a step in the wrong direction. host: republicans are saying that this is to make sure it is fair and to ensure that there are no shenanigans. guest: i think you will agree that we want elections that are secure and reliable, but there are ways to do this without shutting people out of the system. host: let me get your response to what someone said in "national review ago he will, the notion of election day is not just a tradition, it is

on the next washington journal tomas lopez talks about voter access. and a dr.oth parties should proceed with their primary election debates. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> it is only considerable, the difference. we pick from the tree, from the top down. and that bark there is part of the bark that we take from the root up. and if the only difference i have found between the democratic leadership and the republican leadership is that one of them was skimming from this place and the other. >> that was a perfect example of appealing to the masses. ultimately, i think like a lot of characters, he became --, and was consumed by his own power. he was a maverick. >> he became as much -- he gave as much grief to his own party as he did the opposition. if they were all mavericks nothing would get done. we are fortunate that this truly -- huey longs have been rare in this institution. >> on the history of the house and senate, its leaders characters and scandals. >> now former senior bush administration o

." >> this morning, tomas lopez talks about challenges to republican enacted restrictions to vote axis. then, james doroshow with the national cancer institute discusses nationwide trials of cancer treatments using dna sequencing. later, frank fahrenkopf looks ahead towards the general election, presidential and vice presidential debates, and how parties should proceed with primary debates. as always, we would take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. president obama is in germany today for the start of the seven -- d7 summit. congress is expected to debate fast-track authority. it will likely pass, but it will be close vote. if it does pass, it will give the president of victory because republicans gave it to him. live coverage on c-span. "the hill" has coverage on the $5 billion election. they think

we will speak with tomas lopez and dr.eau from the national and speak about the presidential debate be returning on monday morning for more "washington journal." thanks so much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up this morning on c-span two soldiers posthumously awarded the medal of honor. then at 10:30, live coverage of the funeral for b

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