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House passes voting rights package, setting up Senate filibuster showdown

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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.

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The Independent

House Democrats pass latest voting rights bill heading for Senate showdown

Democrats in the House of Representatives passed an omnibus voting rights bill that would create national standards for ballot access and voter registration, combat election subversion and revive anti-discrimination protections in the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

U.S. voting-rights bill passes in the House, but Senate prospects remain unclear

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON - A Democratic bill intended to protect voting rights passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, though its chances were unclear in the narrowly divided Senate, where Republicans are unified in opposition. The bill is a maneuver by Democrats in which the House repackaged and passed the two elections-related bills as one, sending it to the Senate

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Washington Times

House passes partisan voting measures, setting up a showdown in the Senate

House Democrats passed two partisan voting measures in party-line votes on Thursday, setting up a debate in the Senate over rewriting the nation’s electoral laws and blowing up the filibuster.

2 years ago·United States

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The Hill

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.

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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National Post

U.S. voting-rights bill secures enough votes to pass House, Senate prospects unclear

WASHINGTON — A Democratic bill intended to protect voting rights secured enough votes to pass the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, though its chances…

2 years ago·Canada

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