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Dick Durbin: This is about the right to vote. And the Supreme Court has said and the Chief Justice in the course of his hearing…

On the recordJune 24, 2014
This is about the right to vote. And the Supreme Court has said and the Chief Justice in the course of his hearing before this Committee said that is the right that is preservative of all rights.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin asserts that voting rights are fundamental and protected by the Supreme Court.

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