It’s Time for Biden and Senate Democrats to Save Voting Rights
With voting rights legislation stalled, it s almost as if Mitch McConnell was still majority leader. July 13 2021 8:17 PM EDT
Does anyone believe that if Mitch McConnell was the Senate majority leader now, he would blow up the filibuster rule to advance legislation that favored his racist party? He’s the most sinister and devious politician of our lifetime, and if he gets the majority back in 2022, look out!
What will it take for Senate Democrats to go on the offense, get rid of the filibuster, and pass both the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act? What in the hell are they waiting for?
Biden Sidesteps Filibuster Reform in Major Voting Rights Speech
On 7/13/21 at 8:24 PM EDT
President Joe Biden delivered a landmark speech about the importance of voting rights to the United States on Tuesday, calling out recent Republican efforts to restrict voting as an assault on our democracy.
Notably missing from the speech, however, was any discussion of reform of the filibuster a Senate procedure that many experts say must go if Democrats hope to pass the For the People Act, or the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Republicans currently hold 50 Senate seats, and if they can deploy the filibuster and require a 60 out of 100 majority, Democrats don t have a clear path to protect voting rights at the federal level.
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President Joe Biden delivers a speech on voting rights at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, July 13, 2021
President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) ripped apart the claims of Donald Trump s big lie about the 2020 presidential election and said that the US is facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War due to alleged attempts by the Republican party to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections in voting rights address at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It s clear, for those who challenge the results or question the integrity of the election, no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny or such high standards. The Big Lie is just that, a Big Lie, Biden said.
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