Jeff Merkley actually said...

"No recess until we pass the voting rights act for every American. No recess until we stop the gerrymandering in which politicians pick their voters instead of voters picking their politicians."

"when our Founders wrote our Constitution, they were very, very concerned about the use of the power of war and so they delegated that not to the President, but to Congress"

"But there are four main sections in the For the People Act. One is on dark money. One is on ethics. One is stopping gerrymandering. And one is protecting the ballot box."

"the deal-breaker for me is a failure to defend the ballot box."