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A lot of people in my district don't have copy machines in their homes.

Perhaps this here is the fear, fear that we will build the kind of political power that is just.

my Democratic colleagues are continuing what started last week, with spending hours trying to convince Members of their own party, both here in this Chamber and across the country, that they had no choice but to blow up the Senate rules by…

the last Voting Rights Act we had in 2006 was named for Fannie Lou Hamer, Mr. Johnson, for Rosa Parks, for Barbara Jordan, and Cesar Chavez, and other great civil rights leaders.

An elected government that does not accurately reflect the participation of American voters, all American voters, regardless of race, is no true democracy.

If we are to remain a true democracy, we must resist attempts to poison our election machinery with partisan interests that disenfranchise minority voters.

He wants to weaken voting rights because it will help him win. It's that simple.

Yet, this time, we have been met with total obstruction. The problem is not one Senator from West Virginia. The problem is a political party--the Republican party--that has given in to cynicism and adopted the worst arguments of those who…

numerous polls recently have shown that an overwhelming majority of Americans support common-sense election security measures, like voter ID laws, including 77 percent of Black voters, 78 percent of Hispanic voters

the importance of it is serious about the Voting Rights Act and the place where our democracy presently rests in jeopardy.

Michael Carvin, representing the Arizona Republican Party in the Supreme Court, gave away the game when he boldly admitted this position in open court.

let's hope the filibuster does not kill democracy.

We have spent enough time and money trashing a good man and his name.

It has been made public that he has a rap sheet with a laundry list of citations, including multiple failures to appear in court in Tennessee. We expect our judges to respect the law, not disregard it. If Mr. Mathis thought he was above…

the Senate is, indeed, a peculiar institution. Despite what some might expect, and despite how it might be portrayed from the outside, Senators genuinely strive to be collegial, even when--especially when--they hold strong political and…