The Hill reports, House passes voting rights package, setting up Senate filibuster showdown: The House passed voting rights legislation on Thursday in a way that is intended to set up a battle in the Senate over that issue as well as the filibuster. The measure passed in a 220-203 party-line vote. Senate Majority Leader Charles … Read more
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris went to the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement, Atlanta, Georgia in the congressional district formerly represented by the late great civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis, and called on the Senate to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Vting Rights Advancement Act … Read more
Despite Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema reiterating their opposition to reforming the Senate filibuster rule this week, even for fundamental voting rights in order to save American democracy from the enemies of democracy, Republicans appear suddenly fearful that Democrats’ voting rights bills could pass. There is a sudden flurry of interest this week from … Read more
In an editorial opinion ahead of the anniversary of the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection against the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, the New York Times writes, Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now: One year after the smoke and broken glass, the mock gallows and the very real bloodshed of that awful day, it is tempting … Read more
This past week, the legendary Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) passed away. The soft-spoken Democratic Senate Leader was also tough as nails – when he was a boxer in his youth, his nickname was “the honey badger.” Bill Dauster, former deputy chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, eulogizes, Remembering Sen. Harry Reid, Soft-Spoken … Read more