The president of Americans for Prosperity, a powerful conservative advocacy organization, came to New Hampshire this week and promptly took a jab at Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan during his group’s on-going push to “Save the Filibuster, Save.
Yes, Mitch McConnell, Republicans Are Trying to Restrict Voting
Yes, Mitch McConnell, Republicans Are Trying to Restrict Voting
Leaked footage from a conservative group s donor event reveals the coordinated national effort to pass restrictive voting laws in battleground states
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“Nobody’s votes are being suppressed anywhere across America, in any of the states,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week of the Democrats’ H.R. 1 For the People Act to ensure voting rights, but leaked footage obtained by Mother Jones reveals the opposite is true. The head of the conservative group Heritage Action for America boasted to donors that Republican lawmakers are using the organization’s language in a slew of restrictive voting bills across the nation, according to footage obtained by watchdog group Documented and shared with Mother Jones.
Liz Cheney: Republicans have a ‘red line’ on Biden’s defense budget 2 hours ago Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks to the press at the Capitol on May 12, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON ― With some House Democrats calling President Joe Biden’s defense top line too high, it looked like centrist Democrats would have to forge an alliance with Republicans to get defense bills passed. But it’s unclear whether that alliance faced dimmer prospects on Thursday. Rep. Liz Cheney, a high-profile Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said the lack of 3-5 percent growth above inflation in the defense budget would be a “red line” for her and other Republicans.
When Sen. Joe Manchin s office told CNN this week that he opposes the For the People Act, the West Virginia Democrat struck a fatal blow to his party s signature legislation to overhaul the elections, redistricting, campaign finance and ethics rules.
From its debut in 2019, the legislation was considered a long shot at best and likely nothing more than a messaging platform for Democrats. That prediction the first article written by The Fulcrum has come to fruition two and a half years later as the parties avoided attempts at compromise and fought over congressional rules that stymied passage.
In March 2019, Democrats forced the bill through the House on a strictly party-line vote while knowing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was never going to allow a vote in the Republican-run Senate.