House passes measure to allow Senate to begin voting rights debate
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The House on Thursday passed a measure that will allow the Senate to begin debate on Democrats' voting rights legislation, as President Biden headed to Capitol Hill to push his party to do all it can to adopt the measure.
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Once executed, it will put the Senate on track to debate voting rights for the first time this Congress.
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Still, passage of any measure remains an uphill battle without the support of 10 Republicans, or a change of heart from moderate Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.)to reform the filibuster.
That reality means the party that won full control of Washington after the 2020 election may essentially be powerless to combat restrictive local laws that were erected in GOP-led states over the past year.
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Sorry, why are we proceeding with this charade? Better to look active and feckless than inactive? Better by how much?
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Los Angeles Times2 years ago
US politics
House passes measure to allow Senate to begin voting rights debate
The House on Thursday passed a measure that will allow the Senate to begin debate on Democrats' voting rights legislation, as President Biden headed to Capitol Hill to push his party to do all it can to adopt the measure.
...
Once executed, it will put the Senate on track to debate voting rights for the first time this Congress.
...
Still, passage of any measure remains an uphill battle without the support of 10 Republicans, or a change of heart from moderate Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.)to reform the filibuster.
That reality means the party that won full control of Washington after the 2020 election may essentially be powerless to combat restrictive local laws that were erected in GOP-led states over the past year.
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