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Senate Republicans and Democrats sparred over voting laws and administration during a lengthy hearing on Democrats’ sweeping voting rights legislation, with each side digging in and few compromises achieved on substantive issues.
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz accused Democrats of backing “
Jim Crow 2.0,” saying that the party is simply trying to shore up its own voters and weaken the influence of law-abiding citizens. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pushed back on Republican concerns about election security, asserting that “you re more likely in America to be struck by lightning than commit voter fraud.”
Republican ranking member Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri noted that “lengthy or spirited markups” are not common in the Senate Rules Committee.
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Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz called Democrats’ sweeping voting system overhaul “Jim Crow 2.0” and put the blame for the racist, suppression laws of the past on Democrats.
Speaking at a Senate markup hearing on Tuesday for the
For the People Act, dubbed H.R. 1 in the House and S. 1 in the Senate, Cruz acknowledged Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer describing Jim Crow laws.
“He s right. Jim Crow laws were bigoted, racist, and disenfranchise millions of people,” Cruz said. “It is worth remembering that those Jim Crow laws were drafted by Democrats, they were implemented by Democrats, and they kept Democrats in power.”
Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Won t Support D.C. Statehood Bill
Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Won t Support D.C. Statehood Bill If Congress wants to make D.C. a state, it should propose a constitutional amendment. and let the people of America vote, the West Virginia senator said
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The likelihood of D.C. statehood was served a blow on Friday when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) said that he opposes a bill that would make the nation’s capital a state.
Manchin told Hoppy Kercheval of West Virginia’s MetroNews in a radio interview that a constitutional amendment was needed, not legislation.
Rolling Stone Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Won’t Support D.C. Statehood Bill
“If Congress wants to make D.C. a state, it should propose a constitutional amendment… and let the people of America vote,” the West Virginia senator said
By Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Federal Oil and Gas Leasing, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. With a packed day of votes the Senate will move forward on multiple Biden Administration political appointees as Capitol Hill prepares for the President s first address to Congress. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
U.S. lawmakers intensify bipartisan efforts to counter China
FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
April 22, 2021
By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan U.S. congressional push to counteract China picked up steam on Wednesday as a Senate committee overwhelmingly backed a bill pressing Beijing on human rights and economic competition, while other lawmakers introduced a measure seeking billions for technology research.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the “Strategic Competition Act of 2021” by 21-1, sending the bill for consideration by the 100-member Senate, even as committee members voiced a need to do even more to counteract Beijing.