Vice President Kamala Harris released a statement addressing Senate Republicans rejection of the "Freedom to Vote Act" on Wednesday, October 20, (which happened to be her 57th birthday.) She has vowed along with the president and other Democratic leader to continue to fight for the passage of the bill. WIth no participation from the GOP wahtsover, Harris has not been able to exercise her tie-breaking authority. Her statement follows:
"Today, the United States Senate had an opportunity to uphold the importance of every American's right to exercise their fundamental right in a democracy, which is the right to vote. When presented with this opportunity, Senate Democrats unanimously upheld the importance of that right. And the Republicans unanimously failed to do so. The President and I remain undeterred. But there's still a lot of work to do. Those of us who have fought for the right of every American to be able to express their voice through their vote are not going to give up. We're going to continue to do the work."