07/16/2013
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"I call on my colleagues in the Senate to urgently pass this legislation."
"The Shelby v. Holder decision made clear that those section 2 protections are not enough."
"Republicans have been scrambling to suppress votes and they are doing so with urgency."
"Texas has a long history. It is a State that has the most pronounced overt, racist voter suppression tactics that we know of."