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Jan 20 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
SEN. SCHUMER: "While tonight's vote was disappointing, it will not deter Senate Democrats from continuing our fight against voter suppression, dark money and partisan gerrymandering. With no support from Senate Republicans..." 1/5
"many of whom deny the very existence of voter suppression, we faced an uphill battle. But because of this fight, and the fact that each senator had to show where they stand, we are closer to achieving our goal of passing vital voter protection legislation." 2/5
"We take inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He kept fighting for voting rights through every obstacle and we will do the same. We will not quit. Now that every senator has gone on record, the American people have seen who's on the side of protecting voting rights." 3/5
"And it will only strengthen our resolve as we work to ensure that our democracy does not backslide. This vote is another step forward in the long march for universal voting rights." 4/5
"The Democratic Caucus pledges to keep working until voting rights are protected for every American." 5/5

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SEN. WARNOCK: "Here's the question tonight, America: are we Jan. 5th or are we Jan. 6th? Are we going to give in to the forces that seek to divide us by gerrymandering us, suppressing us, & subverting the voices of some of us in pursuit of power at any cost?"
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SEN. SCHUMER: "How will the members of this body band [together] and protect the most basic right, the right to vote, from forces...conspiring to take it away?...The question today before us today is as old as the Republic itself."
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When the Senate moves to end debate on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, what exactly will happen?

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SCHUMER: "The eyes of the nation will be watching what happens this week in the United States Senate...The public is entitled to know where each senator stands on an issue as sacrosanct as defending our democracy. The American people deserve to see their senators go on record "
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