iGen team Jill and Victor bring on U.S. Senator from Oregon, Jeff Merkley, to talk about the growing effort to suppress voting in states across the country and what he and his colleagues in the Senate are doing to counter the Republican effort. We also talk about if our representatives are up to the challenges that confront the next generation. If they aren’t, why is the greatest deliberative body in the world so slow to do the things our country needs? Is it really just McConnell and the Republican — or are there bigger issues for us to handle — especially if you want to go into politics and make a difference?

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