Committed to support adjusting the Senate filibuster to pass federal voting rights legislation, saying he would prioritize protecting voting rights over preserving the filibuster if forced to choose between the two.

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Derived from a tracked promise: “Committed to support adjusting the Senate filibuster to pass federal voting rights legislation, saying he would prioritize protecting voting…”

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Office of U.S. Senator Chris Coonshttps://www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-on-senate-floor-senator-coons-comes-out-in-favor-of-adjusting-filibuster-to-pass-critical-voting-legislation/ ↗
“If I must choose between a fundamental principle learned through five congressional civil rights pilgrimages spent with John Lewis – that voting is a moral question – or continue to hold to [the filibuster], I will choose the former.”