Tag: voting
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. [...]
Democrats Face a Dilemma on Voting: Compromise or Keep Pressing?
One proposed change would make clear that the vice president has only a ceremonial and administrative role in the counting of electoral votes. Another [...]
Biden’s voting rights plan isn’t enough to save democracy
About a year after President Joe Biden’s inauguration — and following the one-year anniversary of an insurrection that sought to block the certific [...]
Democrats Plan to Fast-Track Voting Rights Bill, Speeding a Showdown
WASHINGTON — Moving quickly to force a showdown over voting rights, congressional Democrats plan to pursue a procedural shortcut to bring up stalled l [...]
How the Voting Rights Bills Miss the Target on Election Subversion
More than a year after the attack on the Capitol, President Biden and congressional Democrats still seem nowhere close to enacting robust safeguards a [...]
Biden Calls for Legislative Action on Voting Rights
In the nine months since Republicans in Georgia muscled through a host of new voting restrictions, 18 other states have enacted 33 such laws. More tha [...]
King family: ‘Difficult decision’ to attend Biden’s voting rights speech
King family: ‘Difficult decision’ to attend Biden’s voting rights speech
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Biden and Harris visit Atlanta to push for voting rights, in 180 seconds
Biden and Harris visit Atlanta to push for voting rights, in 180 seconds
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The limitations of Joe Biden’s speech on voting rights and the filibuster
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden took his most aggressive stance on the filibuster yet, stressing his support for a carveout in the Senate’s rule [...]
Biden Will Endorse Changing Senate Rules to Pass Voting Rights Legislation
One bill introduced by Democrats, the Freedom to Vote Act, would, among other provisions, take the teeth out of state-led efforts to restrict mail- [...]
Voting Rights Groups Skipping Biden’s Speech Over Inaction
When President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver major speeches on voting rights on Tuesday in Atlanta, there will be notable absences [...]
Chuck Schumer forces Democrats to pick sides on filibusters and voting rights
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is going further than he ever has on filibuster reform, forcing Democrats to take a vote on the issue later [...]
Biden Will Deliver a Speech on Voting Rights in Atlanta on Tuesday
WASHINGTON — President Biden will deliver a speech in Atlanta next week that will be focused on the urgency of passing voting rights legislation an [...]
Biden Will Deliver a Speech on Voting Rights in Atlanta on Tuesday
WASHINGTON — President Biden will deliver a speech in Atlanta next week that will be focused on the urgency of passing voting rights legislation an [...]
French President wants to annoy the unvaccinated
Emmanuel Macron, France's president, removes his face mask during a news conference.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel M [...]