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[Opinion] Watch Susan Collins and Jon Ossoff’s testy voting-rights exchange that drew senators’ applause

Summary by Ground News
Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff took aim at Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Collins voted against reauthorizing the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Twitter had a field day with the reaction to the debate. Collins' seat in the Senate is set to expire in 2022 because she ran for a seat vacated four years in.

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Jon Ossoff confronts Susan Collins over her past support for voting rights legislation

Sen. Jon Ossoff, one of the two Georgia Democrats elected in last year's runoff elections, confronted Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on the Senate floor Wednesday over her previous support for voting rights legislation and her opposition to Democrats' new voting rights proposal.Ossoff, the youngest member of the Senate, called out the fifth-term senator before she joined the Republican filibuster to block the voting rights bill. Democrats later he…

2 years ago·United States
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Watch Susan Collins and Jon Ossoff’s testy voting-rights exchange that drew senators’ applause

The nation’s youngest senator squared off in a 10-minute debate with U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in a Wednesday exchange on legal history notable for its fine detail and becoming personal.It came as the Senate held nearly a full day of debate over Democrats’ signature voting overhaul. The majority party was trying to weaken the 60-vote threshold to filibuster legislation to pass their bill by a simple majority, but they were thwarted — as expected —…

2 years ago·Bangor, United States
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Jon Ossoff confronts Susan Collins over her past support for voting rights legislation

"Do not invoke Congressman Lewis’s name to signal your virtue while you work to erode his legacy," Ossoff demanded.

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Susan Collins Mocked for Whining After Sen. Ossoff Brutally Calls Her Out Over Her Hypocrisy on Voting Rights

Thank you, Stacey Abrams, for helping to send two of the best new Democratic senators going to Washington. Unfortunately, one of the greatest speakers in the Senate, Georgia’s Sen. Warnock, also the head pastor at MLK’s church, is in a position set to expire in 2022 because he ran for a seat that had been vacated four years in. Senator Warnock speaks as beautifully as one would expect of a pastor with his prestige combined with being a U.S. Sena…

2 years ago·United States
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