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Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks to reporters alongside Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., during a press conference regarding the Democratic party's shift to focus on voting rights at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

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U.S. Sen. David Perdue speaks during the Republican National Committee's Victory Rally in Valdosta on Dec. 5, 2020. It’s a common theme: Politicians often seek the Lord’s career advice. And then they let folks know that they did. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Bill Pryor, chief judge of the federal appeals court in Atlanta, has been cleared of allegations of wrongdoing in that he hired a law clerk accused of sending racist and xenophobic texts. (Cliff Owen / AP file)

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220111-Atlanta-President Joe Biden speaks about voting rights during at Clark Atlanta University on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris depart Air Force One in Atlanta oon Thursday ahead of a speech on voting rights. (Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Atlanta on Tuesday to talk about the need for voting legislation now before Congress. (Drew Angerer/Pool/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

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Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. President Joe Biden accused Donald Trump and his supporters of holding a “dagger at the throat of democracy” in a forceful speech Thursday marking the anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. He warned that though it didn’t succeed, the insurrection remains a serious threat to America’s system of government. (Photo by Jon Cherry//TNS)

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President Joe Biden speaks Thursday from Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol to mark the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)

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President Joe Biden departs with Vice President Kamala Harris through the Hall of Columns after he spoke Thursday in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol to mark the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump in Washington. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP)

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Musicians Banks and Shane perform “God Bless America” beside a portrait of U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson during his funeral Thursday at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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President Joe Biden will travel to Atlanta on Tuesday to speak in favor of new voting legislation now before Congress. Vice President Kamala Harris will also speak that day in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Atlanta City Councilwoman Andrea Boone talks to two girls while shopping for gifts at Walmart. Boone took five local families, including children, on a holiday shopping trip. (BRANDEN CAMP FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION)

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