Tweet - "@LeaderMcConnell seems hellbent on using the archaic filibuster to allow the Senate minority to block any legislation designed to protect voting & civil rights for our country's minority citizens as we continue our pursuit toward fulfillment of "liberty & justice for all."

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"@LeaderMcConnell seems hellbent on using the archaic filibuster to allow the Senate minority to block any legislation designed to protect voting & civil rights for our country's minority citizens as we continue our pursuit toward fulfillment of "liberty & justice for all."

"We have been here before.

During the 1940s and 50s, the Senate filibuster was used to kill civil rights legislation and protect Jim Crow laws.

Today, Senate Republican leaders are employing the same tactic to obstruct voting rights and civil rights legislation."

"Their efforts are designed to gain power for their party by suppressing political participation by minorities.

They know our vision of liberty & justice for all has majority support among voters so they seek to suppress enough votes so that their oppressive policies can prevail."

"To confront this threat, the Senate must eliminate the 60-vote threshold to end a filibuster on voting rights and civil rights legislation."

"I didn't march in the streets and spend nights in jail as a young man to find myself fighting the same battles generations later.

But it appears Mr. McConnell and his Republican colleagues are preparing to retread old ground.

And, I am prepared to stand my ground."

@WhipClyburn

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