Tag: voting
Why reforming the Electoral Count Act isn’t enough to stop election subversion and protect voting rights
While voting rights legislation is pretty much doomed due to Republican opposition and moderate Democrats’ decision to keep the filibuster intact, [...]
Three Black Senators Play Outsized Roles in Voting Rights Debate
“To have a conversation and a narrative that is blatantly false is offensive, not just to me or southern Americans but offensive to millions of Americ [...]
On Voting Rights, Democrats Say They Had to Go Down Swinging
WASHINGTON — In forcing a tense Senate showdown over voting rights, Senator Chuck Schumer violated a cardinal rule of congressional leadership: Don’t [...]
Democrats’ voting rights push in Congress is over. The fight for democracy isn’t.
If you listen to some leading liberal voices, the Senate defeat of the Freedom To Vote and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Acts could sound th [...]
Manchin, Sinema, and the failed Senate vote on filibuster and voting rights, explained
The Senate on Wednesday voted 48-52 against changing the chamber’s filibuster rules, dooming much of Democrats’ agenda for the near term.
Democra [...]
Voting Rights Bill Is Set for Defeat in the Senate
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, a conservative Republican raised by a single mother who worked 16-hour days as a nurse’s aide, hotly rejected the [...]
Senators Spar Over Voting Rights and the Filibuster
“If the Senate cannot protect the right to vote, which is the cornerstone of our democracy, then the Senate rules must be reformed,” Mr. Schumer said. [...]
Democrats’ voting rights debacle: Senate will filibuster bills
Sometimes there is no plan.
Democrats’ big voting rights push is headed for a brick wall in the Senate — again. To get their bill past the filibust [...]
Democrats Blame Sinema, Manchin for Voting Rights Impasse
WASHINGTON — This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with a fight for voting rights again at the center of the political agenda, one quotation from the [...]
Senate Opens Voting Rights Debate, With Legislative Defeat Looming
WASHINGTON — Democrats pushed forward on Tuesday with what appeared to be a futile bid to enact voting rights protections over Republican opposition, [...]
Jan. 6 Inquiry Subpoenas Giuliani and Legal Team That Made Claims of Voting Fraud
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Tuesday subpoenaed Rudolph W. Giuliani and the legal team that purs [...]
Marchers Honor King and Call on Senate to Pass Voting Rights Legislation
WASHINGTON — Each year, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is commemorated with marches, services and speeches. But the annual peace walk [...]
Senate Democrats Press Ahead With Debate on Voting Rights Bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats plan to press ahead this week with an effort to push new voting rights protections through Congress, in an all but doome [...]
Harris pushed hard for voting rights — then hit a brick wall
On Friday, her work — and that of the administration, as a whole — hit a brick wall, as two moderate Senate Democrats said they would not support wea [...]
With Voting Bills Dead, Democrats Face Costly Fight to Overcome G.O.P. Curbs
The federal voting rights legislation also would have contained funding for election administration processes, including automatic voter registration. [...]