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Beto O'Rourke: “This is progress. This is a step in the right direction. You mentioned it protects mail-in voting. It protects early…”

On the recordJune 18, 2021
This is progress. This is a step in the right direction. You mentioned it protects mail-in voting. It protects early voting for two weeks. It would end gerrymandering. It would make Election Day a national holiday. Those are four very major pieces of the original For the People Act proposal, and so I’m really pleased to see Senator Manchin agree to do this, and I think we may have an agreement that the Senate can move forward on.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
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msnbc.com

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Beto O'Rourke praises Joe Manchin's compromise proposal as a significant step forward for voting rights.

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