Senate holding first hearing today on For the People Act, most important democracy reform bill since Voting Rights Act
S1 + John Lewis VRA would stop GOP voter suppression
"This is once-in-a-century moment to protect right to vote" says @amyklobuchar motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
S1 + John Lewis VRA would stop GOP voter suppression
"This is once-in-a-century moment to protect right to vote" says @amyklobuchar motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Dems can abolish filibuster to pass For the People Act & John Lewis Voting Rights Act or they can allow GOP to undermine democracy for next decade
"With so much at stake, we need to not just protect & defend voting rights, we need to grow them" says @SenAlexPadilla
"With so much at stake, we need to not just protect & defend voting rights, we need to grow them" says @SenAlexPadilla
41 GOP senators representing 21% of US can block bills like S1 supported by 68% of Americans that would expand voting access for tens of millions
If Dems don't end filibuster to pass S1 & John Lewis Voting Rights Act minority rule will get much worse
If Dems don't end filibuster to pass S1 & John Lewis Voting Rights Act minority rule will get much worse
.@EricHolder: "the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act represent the greatest pieces of civil rights legislation since 1965"
Read @ThePlumLineGS: "The same justification Trump used to incite an effort to violently subvert the 2020 election’s conclusion is now being used to manipulate future elections, by preventing as many Democratic-aligned voters from voting as possible" washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
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