'If Senate Democrats can find the political courage this moment requires, they have the tools right now to pass voting rights legislation and save our democracy,' says StandUpAmerica's executive director.
The strategy was welcomed by progressives, including Christina Harvey, executive director of the advocacy group Stand Up America.
Throughout the current congressional session, voting rights legislation has been blocked by Senate Republicans as well as two Democrats—Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona—who have so far"The Senate spent an entire year drafting, considering, and debating voting rights legislation," Schumer said during the press conference."Senate Republicans have spent the same amount of time refusing to negotiate with our members, including Sen.
"We feel, very simply, on something as important as voting rights, if Senate Republicans are gonna oppose it, they should not be allowed to sit in their office," he added."They gotta come down on the floor and defend their opposition to voting rights, the wellspring of our democracy."
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