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Steve Cohen: “Yet, this time, we have been met with total obstruction. The problem is not one Senator from West Virginia. The problem…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
Yet, this time, we have been met with total obstruction. The problem is not one Senator from West Virginia. The problem is a political party--the Republican party--that has given in to cynicism and adopted the worst arguments of those who opposed the passage of the Act of 1965.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen criticizes the Republican party for obstructing voting rights legislation.

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