Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2021

November 3, 2021

Today Senate Republicans blocked debate on the bipartisan John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Provisions in the bill have passed the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support five times, most recently 98â0 in 2006. Let there be a debate, and let there be a vote.

The right to vote is sacred and constitutional. It's fundamental to all other rights. The soul of America is at stake.

NOTE: The statement referred to H.R. 4.

Categories: Statements by the President : John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021.

Subjects: Civil rights : Voting rights; Congress : Bipartisanship; Legislation, proposed : John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021.

DCPD Number: DCPD202100918.

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