'We will not sit back and allow you to filibuster our right to vote,' the civil rights leader said at a rally in Washington, D.C.
, where it would need 60 votes to pass with the filibuster. Sharpton urged the Senate to go around the filibuster, which he called a"segregationist legislative strategy."
Sharpton said that action will continue for voting rights in the fall, and suggested that there may be protests outside of the Capitol.
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