The House Is Poised to Pass a Major Voting Rights Bill--and Create a Helluva Battle in the Senate

[White Fox]

With a supercharged assault on voting rights that includes introducing more than 250 new laws aimed at restricting voting in 43 states, the Republican Party this year has initiated a nationwide crusade against the foundation of American democracy. This week, House Democrats in Washington launched a counteroffensive that will soon move to the Senate, where this critical fight will likely lead to an all-out battle over how that chamber conducts its business.

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on—and presumably pass—HR 1, dubbed the For the People Act, the most significant democracy reform bill since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The bill would go a long way toward thwarting the new GOP voter-suppression efforts by enacting a wide range of pro-voter measures for federal elections. This includes nationwide automatic and Election Day registration; two weeks of early voting in every state; the expansion of mail-in voting; the restoration of voting rights to people convicted of a felony who have served their time; restrictions on discriminatory voter-ID laws and voter purges; and the creation of independent redistricting commissions for House districts to prevent extreme gerrymandering. The bill also cracks down on dark money by implementing public financing for congressional campaigns, and it establishes new ethics rules for federal officeholders.

Nearly identical legislation passed the House in March 2019, but it was blocked in the Senate by then–Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who called it a “power grab” for Democrats. It has become an increasingly urgent priority for Democrats this year, following Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the insurrection at the Capitol, and the wave of GOP-backed proposals to restrict voting rights in key states, such as Georgia. The GOP wish list includes rolling back mail-in voting, restricting ballot drop boxes, limiting early voting, and repealing automatic voter registration.

[link:https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/the-house-is-poised-to-pass-a-major-voting-rights-bill-and-create-a-helluva-battle-in-the-senate/|

[jorgevlorgan]

1. Any idea how it could pass the senate?

[Demsrule86]

3. No it won't pass unless they change the filibuster.

[jorgevlorgan]

6. I think they can water it down a little for this.

Saw some ideas that might work.. I appreciate the strong push for this even if it doesn't pass.

[CousinIT]

8. Anybody here pressuring Schumer, Manchin and Sinema to let go of their filibuster blankie

while Democracy dies? MASSIVE pressure is all that we got.

[bdamomma]

11. Massive pressure

needs to be put on, it's the only way we will get things done.

[Greybnk48]

2. Good! Rip their hoods right off their stupid heads!

Make them argue against it publicly, vote against it, and it will eventually pass or they will be gone.

[Demsrule86]

4. It is not a voting issue for them.

[uponit7771]

5. THERE IS NO TOMMORROW !! HR1 is the most important bill outside the COVID bill because

... if we can't vote then not a damn thing matters.

HR1 is more important than black lives mattering, gay lives mattering, defense funding, guns, butter whatever seeing if republicans block you from voting then those issues don't get addressed.

Please support HR1

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. +1 quadrillion

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Ah this explains some meme I saw on my idiot sister in law trumpanzee page.

Repigs are trying to turn this in to an election theft bill. Of course the trumpanzees will fall for it.

[ancianita]

10. Yeah, the filibuster hell where "bold and fast" goes to die.