Senate to Vote on Voting Rights Proposal

Stymied by GOP, Senate mounts new push on voting rights bill

The push for an overhaul comes as Texas and other states are putting in place new voting laws that critics argue are a return to Jim Crow-style restrictions making it difficult to cast ballots, especially in Black and minority communities.

Schumer to bring up Manchin's voting rights bill next week, with GOP filibuster all but guaranteed

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced in a letter to Senate Democrats Thursday that he will bring the Freedom To Vote Act to the floor when the Senate returns next week. This is the bill that conservative Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has been shopping around to Republicans. Manchin has steadfastly withheld his support from the House-passed larger voting rights and election reform For the People Act, the lone Democrat to …

Schumer Pushes For Vote On Election Bill Next Week

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that he would set a vote for next Wednesday to begin debate on a measure regarding election laws.“We cannot allow conservative-controlled states to double down on their regressive and subversive voting bills,” Schumer said in a letter. “The Freedom to Vote Act is the legislation that will right the ship of our democracy and establish common sense national standards to give fair access…

Senate to vote on Freedom to Vote Act next week, Schumer says

The Senate will vote on the Freedom to Vote Act next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday.

Stymied by GOP, Senate mounts new push on voting rights bill

Senate Democrats are set to try again to advance a sweeping elections and voting overhaul bill

Senate to vote next week on Freedom to Vote Act

The Senate will vote on the Freedom to Vote Act — Democrats’ pared down version of their For the People Act — next week, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday.