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Jim Clyburn: “I didn`t march in the streets and spent nights in jail as a young man to find myself fighting the same battles…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2021
I didn`t march in the streets and spent nights in jail as a young man to find myself fighting the same battles generations later. The Senate must eliminate the 60-vote threshold to end the filibuster on voting rights and civil rights legislation.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina
Source
msnbc.com

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Clyburn advocates for eliminating the filibuster to protect voting rights and civil rights.

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