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Chicago Civil Rights Groups Call On U.S. Senate To Pass Voting Rights Legislation

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The holiday came a day before the Senate returns to debate what is expected to be a doomed effort to pass the legislation. Despite the near certain defeat, voting rights activists, Democratic officials and relatives of Dr. King said they were not giving up. The legislation proposed in the Senate would combine two separate bills already passed by the House. The bills, among other changes, aim to nullify restrictions imposed in Republican-led states.

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Chicago Civil Rights Groups Call On U.S. Senate To Pass Voting Rights Legislation

CHICAGO (CBS) — Civil rights groups teamed up Monday morning for a car caravan calling on the U.S. Senate to pass voting rights legislation immediately.“No matter what you do to stop us. you will not stop the vote. The vote is alive. the dream is alive and the push is on,” said Bishop Tavis Grant of Rainbow P.U.S.H.“As long as we have breath in our bodies, we will stand, we will march, we will fight together to make sure that our rights are gua…

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