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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· May 6, 2012

#sweepstweet @lisalampanelli wins $100,000 for her charity and that’s a nice gift.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· May 6, 2012

My @foxandfriends interview discussing the 9/11 Trials at Gitmo, @MittRomney, the job numbers and @CelebApprentice http://t.co/rYX1QAaB

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· May 6, 2012

It’s clear to me that @teresa_giudice needs some lessons in negotiation #sweepstweet

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

The question, though, is whether or not we want to deny an opportunity to vote for those who have similar hardships and inconveniences.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

Minorities are impacted, young people are impacted, people who live in cities are more adversely impacted by this.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

We are a stronger democracy when more people participate in this democracy.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

It only creates an opportunity for people to register.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

If it is not about suppressing fraud, it is about suppressing votes.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

If you cannot even point to a prosecution of more than a handful of people, then I think it argues that it is about suppressing the vote rather than suppressing fraud.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

We need more eligible people voting, not fewer.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

Voting is a right, a privilege, and a responsibility that we should all take very seriously.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

We do not want to return to the problems of 2000 and 2004. We want to move forward, not backward.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

There is no evidence of fraud that gave rise to this change in the law.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

Critics of HB 194 say that, in fact, what they are doing is just suppressing the vote.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

There was consensus--there was consensus in Ohio about voting--and now there is an effort by one political party to undercut that consensus.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

Senator Brown and I call on the legislature to do just that.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

This hearing today is entitled 'New State Voting Laws III: Protecting Voting Rights in the Heartland.'

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

The clouds over the 2004 election were caused by process, not by individual voters.

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