Dem Rep. Brown: We Can’t Let the Filibuster Block Civil Rights Legislation Like in the 1950s, 1960s

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BROWN: "What it means is we just have to work a lot harder. In 2006, President George W. Bush signed the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act with support from Republicans in both the House and the Senate. It can be done. Republicans understand the value of voting and the right to vote. We are in a very partisan environment on Capitol Hill, so it's going to be more difficult. We have to break through that. I would certainly encourage senators who want to cling to the filibuster to consider at least a narrow exception for voting rights and civil rights legislation. We can’t let the filibuster, which successfully blocked civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s, to do the same thing today."