Like President Lyndon Baines Johnson before him, President Joe Biden is going to need a push from civil rights and voting rights activists to create a groundswell of public pressure on him to act on voting rights legislation, in this case, to call on the Senate to reform or repeal the Jim Crow relic Senate … Read more
While the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, representing multi-national corporations, is backing Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema with campaign contributions as a reward for their opposition to some of President Joe Biden’s legislative initiatives and their defense of the Senate filibuster rule, U.S. Chamber rewards Senators Manchin, Sinema for opposing Biden initiatives, “A coalition of … Read more
Arizona Advocacy Network and Progressive Democrats of Arizona announcement: Join with three National Civil Rights Leaders * Rev. Jesse Jackson – Rainbow Push * Barbara Arnwine – Transformative Justice Coalition * Rev. Dr. William J Barber II – Poor Peoples Campaign Where: Kachina Park (North 42nd St and E Campbell Ave map) When: Monday, July … Read more
Kris Mayes would like to be the People of Arizona’s Lawyer as the Grand Canyon State’s next Attorney General. A former political journalist with the Phoenix Gazette and the Arizona Republic and a Magna Cum Laude Graduate from the Arizona State University College of Law, Ms. Mayes served on the Arizona Corporation Commission from 2003 … Read more
Press Release from the Senate Rules Committee: RULES CHAIRWOMAN KLOBUCHAR ANNOUNCES DATE OF GEORGIA FIELD HEARING ON VOTING RIGHTS Klobuchar to chair field hearing in Georgia as part of series of hearings on critical voting, campaign finance, and ethics reforms It will mark the first Rules Committee field hearing in 20 years WASHINGTON – U.S. … Read more