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Seventeen Democratic governors are urging the U.S. Senate to pass two bills that aim to protect voting rights.

Democratic governors including Tony Evers wrote a letter urging the U.S. Senate to pass two bills that aim to protect voting rights.

Voting rights measures need 60 votes to advance under U.S. Senate rules but have been stalled by Republican opposition.

Democratic governors are urging the U.S. Senate to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights legislation to protect voter access to polls.

And election officials fear for their safety.

Organizing the Senate The Senate ended weeks of uncertainty yesterday when it approved an organizing resolution for the 117th Congress. The breakthrough came after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced that they had reached an agreement [1] on how to share power in the evenly divided Senate. While Schumer replaced McConnell as Senate majority leader last month thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote, his fellow Demo...

Print this article Subscribe today to the Washington Examiner magazine and get Washington Briefing: politics and policy stories that will keep you up to date with whats going on in Washington. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Just $1.00 an issue! SCHUMER STARTS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is speaking the same language as the Biden administration. In a floor speech this morning marking an agreement on an organizing resolution that will allow Democrats to take control of committee...

The budget resolution includes instructions for crafting a $1.9 trillion coronavirus package, in line with the top-line figure proposed by President Biden.  The decision to move forward with the reconciliation process comes as a group of 10 Senate Republicans will meet with Biden and Vice President Harris on coronavirus relief. The Hill’s Jordain Carney has more here. Breaking down the Republican counteroffer: The Republican proposal totals $618 billion, according to details released by Coll...