10/27/2009
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"Voting right is coming to the Senate floor. If the Republicans try to block it at a 60-vote threshold, we will then vote. We as Democrats will have a vote on a rules change."
"Senator Schumer also committed to bringing a version of the Build Back Better bill passed by the House of Representatives to the Senate floor."
"How can we in good conscience allow for a situation in which the Republican Party can debate and pass voter suppression laws at the state level with only a simple majority vote, but not allow the Unit..."
"I know we are all frustrated at this outcome. However, we are not giving up on Build Back Better, period. We won’t stop working on it until we pass a bill."