Eric Holder actually said...

"I do feel a certain sense of cautious optimism that we can have a carve-out of the filibuster to allow the passage of this very important bill."

"If we fight for fairness, if we make sure that we get the number of seats that we are entitled to, both in the state legislature as well as in the House of Representatives on the basis of fair criteri..."

"At the end of the day, it’s going to come down to I think a binary choice between passing this pro-democracy bill and defending an arcane Senate procedure that in the past has been used to frustrate c..."

"Without that protection, I really fear what you’re going to see happen in states like Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, and Florida in particular, where you got Republican control of both the governo..."