Filibuster likely to doom Democrats’ compromise on voting bill
Democrats scaled back the For the People Act to get moderate members of their party on board. But it still faces a Senate filibuster.
By Emily Singer - September 14, 2021Democrats scaled back the For the People Act to get moderate members of their party on board. But it still faces a Senate filibuster.
By Emily Singer - September 14, 2021GOP-controlled state legislatures have passed 30 laws so far this year that restrict access to the ballot box.
By Emily Singer - July 23, 2021Not a single GOP senator attended a field hearing in Atlanta to assess the impact of new voting restrictions from a law Georgia Republicans passed earlier this year.
By Emily Singer - July 19, 2021President Joe Biden said Congress needs to pass voting rights laws to stop the Republican-led effort to ‘suppress and subvert the right to vote.’
By Emily Singer - July 13, 2021‘It’s all stuff that you’ve been asking for for years,’ said Rep. John Sarbanes, who sponsored the For the People Act.
By Associated Press - July 12, 2021It’s a rare win for voting rights.
By Emily Singer - July 02, 2021Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf accused the Republican-controlled legislature of ‘restricting the freedom to vote.’
By Emily Singer - June 30, 2021Advocates of filibuster reforms are counting on Democrats to stay united as they gear up for a summer showdown.
By Associated Press - June 26, 2021Democratic leaders expected Tuesday’s vote, and their efforts to pass the bill will continue.
By Associated Press - June 23, 2021Hundreds of legislators are pushing Congress to pass H.R. 1, the For the People Act, despite its paltry odds of victory in the Senate.
By Josh Axelrod - June 22, 2021Multiple polls have found the For the People Act, and its provisions that increase ballot access, are widely popular with the American electorate.
By Emily Singer - June 16, 2021A majority of Americans support many of the key objectives of the For the People Act, which every single Senate Republican is against.
By Emily Singer - June 09, 2021House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s statement comes as opposition from a key Senate Democrat puts the bill’s future in doubt.
By Emily Singer - June 08, 2021Besides members of the GOP, President Joe Biden appeared to call out Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, both of whom have frustrated their party.
By Associated Press - June 02, 2021Every Republican senator on the Rules Committee voted against an amendment that would thwart attempts to criminalize handing out refreshments to voters.
By Emily Singer - May 11, 2021It’s the GOP’s latest attack on the For the People Act, a Democratic bill that aims to make voting fairer and easier.
By Emily Singer - May 11, 2021A Pew Research poll found that most Americans support the voting provisions within the ‘For the People Act’, the pro-democracy bill Republicans are working to block.
By Emily Singer - April 23, 2021Republican state lawmakers are debating a bill that would allow Texas to avoid following a provision in H.R. 1 requiring them to enact automatic voter registration for all citizens.
By Emily Singer - April 16, 2021Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) was one of 147 congressional Republicans who voted to block certification of President Joe Biden’s election win.
By Emily Singer - April 07, 2021A study from the Brennan Center for Justice found the onslaught of voter suppression legislation is ramping up nationwide.
By Emily Singer - April 01, 2021Cleta Mitchell promoted the same fraudulent conspiracy theories about the election as her client did.
By Oliver Willis - March 17, 2021Less Republicans in the House appear willing to back the freshman congresswoman efforts to stall legislation.
By Josh Israel - March 03, 2021The GOP opposition to the pro-democracy H.R. 1 bill is built on misinformation.
By Emily Singer - March 03, 2021