reverend dr. martin luther king jr. was asked if the civil right bill that president kennedy was working on should be put to a nationwide vote. you ll notice in his response he voices frustrations with the u.s. senate that we still face today. well, it would certainly be all right with me because i think the vast majority of people in the united states would vote favorably for such a bill. i think the tragedy is that we have a congress with a senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting. they want the majority senators vote and certainly they wouldn t want the majority of people to vote because they know they do not represent the majority of the american people, in fact, they represent their own states, a very small minority. insightful words from dr.