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Ali Velshi: Now Is The Time To Protect The Right To Vote

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 78 comments

As Senate Democrats debate amending the filibuster rule to pass federal voting rights legislation, Republicans at the state level have already passed a wave of […]

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Clyburn: ‘I Think I Am Making Progress’ On Filibuster Reform

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 28 comments

“I’m still working with them, and I think I am making progress. We’ll see when the time comes,” says Majority Whip Clyburn on talks with […]

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Threatened With Arrest, Texas Dems Draw Courage From History’s Civil Rights Leaders

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 58 comments

Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks about the illogic that exposes the disingenuousness of the voting restrictions being advanced by Texas Republicans, and expresses her […]

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We Don’t Need To Say ‘Filibuster’ To Talk Voting Rights With Manchin Says Texas Rep.

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 41 comments

Texas Democrats meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin about voting rights without talking about the filibuster is discussed by St. Rep. Joe Moody, who was stripped […]

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Jim Crow Still Has Some Nephews That Are Alive And Well: Congressman

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 55 comments

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, joins Morning Joe to discuss the effort to pass voting rights legislation and why he says there should be a filibuster […]

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Biden Wants To Return To Time Where Filibuster Worked, Says WH | MSNBC

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 67 comments

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre discusses where the president is on changes to the legislative filibuster as voting rights legislation is currently […]

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Clyburn Hopeful Joe Manchin Will See Wisdom Of Scrapping Filibuster For Voting Rights

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 57 comments

Rep. James Clyburn talks with Rachel Maddow about the idea of making an exception to the Senate filibuster for constitutional issues like voting rights and […]

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Beto O’Rourke: Filibuster Exception On Voting Rights Needed To Save Democracy

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 80 comments

Fmr. Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) says President Biden’s remarks on protecting voting rights was “a speech the country needed to hear,” but says it lacked […]