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Summer Lee: I was crushed last night about 10:30 p.m. as a sinister Act was performed on the floor of the United States Senate, and…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
I was crushed last night about 10:30 p.m. as a sinister Act was performed on the floor of the United States Senate, and that is the defeat of a talking filibuster that would have led to the opportunity for the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Sheila Jackson Lee expresses disappointment over the Senate's failure to pass the Voting Rights Act.

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