Voting rights super lawyer Marc E. Elias tweets: From Democracy Docket: Voting Rights Groups Sue Arizona Over New Voter Suppression Laws August 17, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, various voting rights groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona challenging two new voter suppression laws in Arizona. Mi Familia … Read more
Breaking: The Washington Post reports, Democrats unveil plan to update landmark voting law: House Democrats on Tuesday put forward a new proposal to update the landmark Voting Rights Act, seeking against long odds to revive the civil rights-era legislation that once served as a barrier against discriminatory voting laws. The bill, introduced by Rep. Terri … Read more
After Senate Democrats approved the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer brought up a Motion to Discharge S. 1, the For The People Act. The Motion to Discharge S. 1 was also a party-line vote of 50-49. The anti-democratic insurrectionist Sedition Party remains committed to destroying American democracy with GQP Jim Crow 2.0 voter … Read more
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who called a special session to enact onerous new voter suppression laws based upon Trump’s Big Lie, was thwarted by Texas Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C. (Texodus) to plead their case with Democrats in Congress that they must pass the For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights … Read more
The Hill reports, This week: Senate races toward summer break: The Senate is moving to finish up its two-part infrastructure strategy this week and let members leave for a weeks-long summer break. The House is out of session this week. But the Senate was in town for rare back-to-back weekend work, after they missed their … Read more