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Democrats alone must raise and repair the ceiling of our democracy. how do yes in good conscience justify doing one and not the other? some of my democratic colleagues are saying, what about bipartisanship? isn't that important? i say, of course it is. but here's the thing we must remember, slavery was bipartisan. jim crow segregation was bipartisan. when colleagues in this chamber talk to me about bipartisanship, which i believe in, i have to ask, at whose expense? who is being asked to foot the bill for this bipartisanship? is liberty itself the cost? i submit that that's a price too high an...

An impassioned speech on the senate floor yesterday, arguing that if lawmakers could finesse the filibuster in order to increase the debt ceiling, the same thing could be done to pass voting rights legislation. take a look. >> we set the stage to raise the nation's debt ceiling. and, yet, as we cast that vote to begin addressing the debt ceiling, this same chamber is allowing the ceiling of our democracy to crash in around us. the american people have been pushing for leaders in washington to address voting rights. democrats have tried again and again to engage our republican friends in a disc...

Conversation forward. we could not imagine, we could not imagine changing the rules. that is, until last week. because last week, we did exactly that. be very clear, last week, we changed the rules of the senate. to address another important issue, the economy. because while i deeply believe that both our democracy and our economy are important, i believe that it is misplaced to change the senate rules only for the benefit of the economy, when the warning lights on our democracy are flashing at the same time. and if democrats alone must raise the debt ceiling, then

Republican legislators are specifically targeting and who have been targeted through the decades, over a century. but this is also for hispanic voters. it is also for asian-american voters. this is also for white voters. if you're in the wrong voting block, laws are being passed that legislators can just cut you out and not count your vote. willie, again, this is a -- this should be a priority. >> building back democracy. >> for all voters. this is all about sequencing. nobody here is saying, oh, let's not get to build back better. this is all about sequencing. go ahead, let's see what inflati...

At his words for the past six months. he is going to wait until it is scored. he is going to see the impact on the tax code. he is going to see the impact on environmental regulations. yes, you can write your stupid articles about how he is corrupt and rigging the process all you want. that's fine. but he's going to wait to see how the legislation looks. because i know it's shocking in 2021, he is a legislator. whether you love him or hate him, the reality is, your insults aren't going to move him. so why don't we move bbb to the side until next year, and why don't we start worrying about our ...