 Democrats vowed to fight on after Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked an election reform bill they considered a top priority. The 50-50 party line vote fell short of the 60-volt threshold to advance most legislation in the Senate. Though for the People Act, Democrats were seeking to offset a wave of laws passed by Republican-led state legislators that imposed new limits on voting. I think it is clear, certainly, for the American people that when we're talking about the right to vote it is not a Republican concern or a Democratic concern, it is an American concern. This is about the American people's right to vote, unfettered. It is about their access to the right to vote in a meaningful way because nobody is debating, I don't believe, whether all Americans have the right to vote. The issue here is, is there actual access to the voting process or is that being impeded? This vote, I'm ashamed to say, is further evidence that voter suppression has become part of the official platform of the Republican Party. Now, Republican senators may have prevented us from having a debate on voting rights today, but I want to be very clear about one thing. The fight to protect voting rights is not over by no means. In the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line.