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On the recordJuly 7, 2021
I think we're going to do everything we can politically to rally the American people, everything that we can do legally and in the United States Senate, do everything we can to put pressure on our colleagues to finally stand up and say on this issue, at least I would go further -- on this issue, at least, majority should rule, 50 votes plus the Vice President says that we're going to pass a voting rights legislation and end this outrageous Republican attack on voting rights.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders emphasizes the need to rally support and pressure colleagues to pass voting rights legislation.

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