While Democrats had hoped to change the filibuster rules so that they could ram election-related legislation through the U.S. Senate, they have been unable to do so because some Democratic senators will not support targeting the filibuster. But during a speech on Monday, Democratic Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that the situation would not even be an issue if the city had two senators.
Bowser said that "we cannot talk about voting rights without talking about the disenfranchisement of 700,000 taxpaying Americans right here in Washington D.C., a legacy of slavery and Jim Crow America. Today we're talking about the filibuster, but consider this: We wouldn't even be in this situation if Washington D.C. had two senators, the two senators we deserve."
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