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Dick Durbin: “Before you get to vote, you got to write a check for a…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Sen. Durbin on the SAVE America Act

Published | Video Starts at 05:13

Half of the population, you say to yourself, well, go get a passport. There can't be much to it. Have you tried lately? You know what it cost? $165. So Before you get to vote, you got to write a check for a passport for $165. That applies to 146 million Americans. And how long does it take? Well, I can tell you the people work hard to get out the millions of passports each year, but we're talking about three or four weeks, in some cases months. (05:13–05:18)

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Asserts that obtaining a passport costs $165, which is required for voting under the Republican plan.

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