an acceleration of state laws, that would allow partisans to overturn the impartial count of an election. but, if we do not have a functioning democracy, where people know that when they vote, that vote will be impartially counted, and upheld. and the people who are defeated, will accept defeat, so that they can have unaccountable elected representation in washington, then there is no democracy. when i signed that letter, i never imagined that today s republican party would fail to stand up for democracy. new hampshire senator, maggie hassan, with impassioned remarks you. i never imagined that the tase republican party would fail to stand up for democracy. when president biden was giving his press conference, this afternoon, as i mentioned
and it just occurred to get on the bill. both senator manchin and sinema, who are co-sponsors of the bill that we work with them all summer, on the freedom to vote act, that i ve been leading. and they did vote for that, because they do support the bill. i think that s important for people to know. now, it s going to be the second vote. that is where the argument really pivots. to me, if you re serious about voting rights, and you saw well pointed out rachel, how many times has been exceptions. 160 times we ve changed a process. compensation for victims of space accidents that we changed the numbers for. you can go through history, it s full of examples. why, because senators wanted to get things done. they came to washington to do things. when they saw an obstacle in their path, still a fouling the