"I think we`re going to have probably some pretty close margins there. And so, the movement of one seat to one state and taking away from another one, I think can have -- can have a have an impact."
"Do you care more about the filibuster or do you care more about democracy protection?"
"It`s all about power, the maintenance, the retention of power."
"The Justice Department's got to use what's left of the Voting Rights Act -- you still have Section 2 -- and be really aggressive in going after these discriminatory measures."
"The filibuster was used throughout the 20th century to frustrate the passage of civil rights bills."
"It seems to me that this is the right time, this is the right act, dealing as I said with that -- that unholy trinity of voter suppression, dark money and gerrymandering."
"They have made a determination that they can’t win elections where more people vote. And so they have made a determination that what they’re going to do is to try to change the rules."
"I think, once some of this legislation is actually passed by the Senate, S.1, H.R.4., which is the John Lewis advancement, voting advancement bill, perhaps a minimum wage, when it becomes something th..."
"It’s all about power, the maintenance, the retention of power. The Republicans understand the demographics are changing, that the ideology of the nation is changing, and it’s moving away from them."
"The Justice Department’s got to use what’s left of the Voting Rights Act -- you still have Section 2 -- and be really aggressive in going after these discriminatory measures that these states are tryi..."
"He's a person who believes that a president's supposed to have hands off with his Justice Department. He's a good lawyer."