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“There is a ticking timebomb,” said Wendy Weiser, the director of the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice, which supports the bill. “It will be a significant failure if [Congress] doesn’t pass these two pieces of major voting legislation. It will be a significant failure for the country, for the American people … I don’t think Joe Manchin wants that on himself.” Manchin is concerned the bill still does not have enough Republican buy-in, and fav...

Joe Manchin has publicly signaled that he doesn’t back Democrats’ bill and wants bipartisan support – can senators win him over and move forward?

New Primary Care Clinic completes $11 million in projects at Schuyler Hospital Cayuga Medical Center Schuyler Hospital began treating patients earlier this winter at its new Primary Care Clinic in the hospital’s main building. The Clinic completes the last phase of a three-year, $11 million investment in Schuyler Hospital, the largest since the hospital opened at its current location in 1972. Last spring, the hospital opened its new 15,000-square-foot Inpatient Medical/Surgical Unit. The new ...

John Lewis’s Final Fight For Voting Rights Democrats big reform bill contains 300 pages expanding voting rights that were written by the late civil rights leader. By Paul Blumenthal Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty Images As Congress debates the passage of a sweeping reform bill targeting voting rights, campaign finance, redistricting and ethics, Democrats in the House and Senate have the name of a colleague who is no longer with them on their lips. Rep. John Lewis, who d...

Activists want to save voting rights bill by killing the filibuster By Caitlin Huey-Burns and Adam Brewster March 5, 2021 / 8:30 AM / CBS News Voting rights activists set for Senate fight With voting rights legislation that passed the House this week marching toward a likely death in the Senate, activists are readying for a fight to save it: theyre taking on the bill-slaying filibuster, the Senate rule requiring 60 votes to end debate on a measure. In an evenly split 5...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on an Arizona case that could further undermine the ability of the Voting Rights Act to protect access to the ballot.

There are currently 165 separate pieces of legislation pending in 33 states to restrict access to the ballot. The three states with the most proposals — Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia — were carried by Biden in 2020, but are Republican-controlled

As states around the country advance a wave of measures that would make it harder to vote, Democrats in Washington are planning the most sweeping voting rights protections in decades. But to pass those protections, Democrats will have to overcome a huge barrier. Shortly after taking control of the US Senate last month, Democrats made it clear that they wanted to move quickly to advance a version of the massive voting rights bill that passed the...

Vote-by-mail spurred controversy, fraud charges and maybe the Capitol riot. Now it may become federal law. Updated Jan 31, 2021; Posted Jan 31, 2021 Rep. Andy Kim, left, talks to fellow Rep. Tom Malinowski at a reception prior to 2020 New Jersey Chamber of Commerce congressional dinner in Washington. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media Facebook Share Congressional Democrats plan to use their new-found majorities to permanently expand vote-by mail after an election that saw both record t...

With Republicans planning to obstruct the president’s agenda, some Democrats are pushing Biden to support eliminating the filibuster