Senate to Vote on Voting Rights Proposal
The Senate will vote on the Freedom to Vote Act next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. The legislation would make Election Day a legal public holiday, require same-day registration at all polling locations by 2024. It also contains the vast majority of the key voting provisions of the For the People Act, another piece of legislation designed to confront voter suppression.BIAS COVERAGE DISTRIBUTION
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, testing objections from Republicans with a vote planned for next week, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday. In a letter to colleagues, Schumer, D-N.Y., said Republicans “must come to the table” to at least open debate on the bill. If the Republican senators have ideas “on how to improve the legislation, we are prepared to hear them, deb…
Schumer says U.S. Senate to vote on election reform next week
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that the Senate will hold a procedural vote as early as next Wednesday on election reform legislation aimed at reversing state-level Republican voting restrictions. "We cannot allow conservative-controlled states to double down on their regressive and subversive voting bills," Schumer said in a "Dear Colleague"
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
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
Democrats Plan Another Bid to Break G.O.P. Voting Rights Filibuster
Senator Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat, announced he would force another vote next week to bring legislation to the floor despite a Republican blockade.
Stymied by GOP, Senate mounts new push on voting rights bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are set to try again to advance a sweeping elections and voting overhaul bill, testing objections from Republicans with a vote planned for next week, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday.
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.
Democrats Plan Senate Vote Next Week On Revised Voting Rights Bill
The legislation faces unanimous Republican opposition, prompting another conversation over the future of the filibuster.
Schumer says U.S. Senate to vote on election reform next week
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that the Senate will hold a procedural vote as early as next Wednesday on election reform legislation aimed at reversing state-level Republican voting restrictions. Read More
Voting rights set for Senate vote as Democrats push Biden's agenda
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says the Senate will vote next week on voting rights as Democrats try to advance much of President Biden's agenda.
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