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Steve Cohen: “I sponsored the bill in the Senate to restore voting rights, and that was put in by a House member, and I think it was…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2019
I sponsored the bill in the Senate to restore voting rights, and that was put in by a House member, and I think it was done for pernicious basis.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen discusses a bill aimed at restoring voting rights for felons.

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