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Senate Democrats fail to advance voting rights legislation and changes to filibuster

Senate Democrats fail to advance voting rights legislation and changes to filibuster

Republicans oppose the voting rights law, a Biden priority. In an evenly split, 50-50 Senate, Democrats do not need the votes to overcome a filibuster. &#a hundred and sixty;&#a hundred and sixty; &#one hundred sixty; &#a hundred and sixty;

 
 

Manchin and Sinema Help GOP Crush Dems’ Voting Rights Dreams

 
 

Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill as Senate Vote Comes Up Short

Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill as Senate Vote Comes Up Short

As anticipated, the Senate didn’t invoke cloture on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act on Wednesday night. Past this month the House handed the bill, which is a hybrid of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Vote casting Rights Advancement Act. Senate Majority Chief Chuck […]

 
 

Five things to expect from Biden’s news conference Wednesday: Inflation, COVID-19, voting rights and more

Five things to expect from Biden’s news conference Wednesday: Inflation, COVID-19, voting rights and more

One day prior to his administration’s one-yr anniversary, Joe Biden will field questions from the click on COVID, balloting rights, inflation and extra. &#a hundred and sixty;&#one hundred sixty; &#one hundred sixty; &#a hundred and sixty;

 
 

Democrats came up short on MLK day promise. What’s next for the push for a voting rights bill?

Democrats came up short on MLK day promise. What’s next for the push for a voting rights bill?

Democrats remain intent on bringing a balloting rights invoice up for a vote after every week when their efforts to maneuver the rules forward have been stymied.      &#one hundred sixty;

 
 

On MLK Day, King III implores Senate to act on voting rights

 
 

Texas County Reports Half of Ballot Applications Have Been Rejected Since Controversial Voting Law Enacted

Texas County Reports Half of Ballot Applications Have Been Rejected Since Controversial Voting Law Enacted

Montinique Monroe/Getty Pictures A Texas County clerk’s place of work has said that roughly half of of all mail-in pollapplications filed since the state handed a balloting reform legislation last year were rejected. Senate Bill 1 used to be signed into legislation by using Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) last September. […]

 
 

McConnell calls Biden’s voting rights speech ‘profoundly unpresidential’

 
 

‘Let the majority prevail’: Biden backs filibuster change to pass voting rights in Atlanta speech

 
 

What activists want to hear — and don’t — from Biden’s voting rights speech

 
 

Democrats are faced with a choice on voting rights: Go big or go small

 
 

Senate wraps for the year, punting Build Back Better, voting rights