1 Mar 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) solicited a letter from Stacey Abrams to members of Congress about the upcoming vote on H.R. 1, the For the People Act.
In her “Dear colleague” letter, Pelosi let Abrams describe how critical the legislation is “to the future of the Democracy.” Abrams compared voter suppression in the 2020 election to the Jim Crow era.
The COVID pandemic revealed both the inequalities in our voting laws and the necessity of standardized guidelines that apply regardless of the U.S. citizen’s state of residence. In response to the critical adaptations made in the 2020 cycle, voter suppression legislation champion by state leaders has accelerated at a pace not seen since the Jim Crow era.
A Huge Moment : Gun Safety Groups Hopeful About Bipartisan Background Checks Bill
On 3/2/21 at 4:45 PM EST
Multiple gun safety groups are urging members of Congress to vote in favor of a revived bipartisan bill that would expand background checks for firearm sales if signed into law.
The bill, H.R. 8, passed through the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives in early 2019 but stalled in the Senate. The proposed legislation s bipartisan group of sponsors reintroduced the bill in the House on Tuesday, and gun safety groups seemed hopeful the bill would have a greater chance of success now that Democrats control the White House and hold majorities in the House and Senate.
FBI director: No evidence of antifa, ‘fake’ Trump supporters in US Capitol attack
Wray calls attack domestic terrorism
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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP) (AFP)
FBI director Christopher Wray testified before the Senate on Tuesday for the first time since the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Wray’s message to lawmakers was clear: The attack on the Capitol was domestic terrorism and it’s a growing problem.
“We view the events of January 6 as domestic terrorism,” Wray said. “It’s got no place in our democracy, and tolerating it would make a mockery of our country’s rule of law.”