01/19/2011
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"I ask the question why. Why can we not have the protection of the 15th amendment, which instructs the Senate constitutionally that they have a duty to end all laws that abridge the right to vote on th..."
"We are fighting for our voting lives. In essence, we’re fighting for the life or death of the ability and the right to vote."
"The 15th Amendment said the rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged."
"the greatest tribute to John Lewis is to protect the fundamental right to vote and to reinforce the basis of the 1965 Civil Rights Act"