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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP readies blitz against Democrats' voting rights bill
Republicans are preparing to launch an all-out assault on sweeping voting rights legislation, forcing Democrats to take dozens of politically difficult votes during a committee hearing that will spotlight the increasingly charged national debate over access to the ballot.
The bill, as written, would bring about the largest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, touching on almost every aspect of the electoral process. Democrats say the changes are even more important now as Republican-controlled states impose new voting restrictions after the divisive 2020 election.
Yet its a motivating issue for Republicans, too, with GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell so determined to stop Democrats that he will personally argue against the measure, a rare role for a party leader that shows the extent to which Republicans are prepared to fight as a hearing for the bill begins Tuesday.
Thats on top of scores of amendments Republicans will propose to highlight aspects of the bill they believe are unpopular, including public financing for congressional campaigns and an overhaul of the federal agency that polices elections.
Whats typically an hourslong legislative slog could drag into a dayslong showdown in the Senate Rules Committee, as Democrats look to advance one of their key priorities to a vote in the full Senate.
Its a vast federal takeover of all American elections. Its a horrible bill, McConnell said during an interview that aired last weekend on KET, a PBS affiliate in his native Kentucky. Im going to do everything I can and my colleagues are going to do everything we can to prevent it.
The bill, as written, would bring about the largest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, touching on almost every aspect of the electoral process. Democrats say the changes are even more important now as Republican-controlled states impose new voting restrictions after the divisive 2020 election.
Yet its a motivating issue for Republicans, too, with GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell so determined to stop Democrats that he will personally argue against the measure, a rare role for a party leader that shows the extent to which Republicans are prepared to fight as a hearing for the bill begins Tuesday.
Thats on top of scores of amendments Republicans will propose to highlight aspects of the bill they believe are unpopular, including public financing for congressional campaigns and an overhaul of the federal agency that polices elections.
Whats typically an hourslong legislative slog could drag into a dayslong showdown in the Senate Rules Committee, as Democrats look to advance one of their key priorities to a vote in the full Senate.
Its a vast federal takeover of all American elections. Its a horrible bill, McConnell said during an interview that aired last weekend on KET, a PBS affiliate in his native Kentucky. Im going to do everything I can and my colleagues are going to do everything we can to prevent it.
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GOP readies blitz against Democrats' voting rights bill (Original Post)
Unknown Beatle
May 2021
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Lovie777
(12,324 posts)1. Typical republicans ...
ignore what they are doing, i.e. voter suppression, gerrymandering, outrageous voting laws and rules, partisan bullshit and blaming it's in your face crapola on Democrat's who are "saving" democracy.
Ain't gonna work on sane people.
benfranklin1776
(6,449 posts)2. Then we need to fight for these provisions with greater intensity.
Last edited Tue May 11, 2021, 07:24 AM - Edit history (1)
They are critical to the survival of our democracy and smashing the stranglehold these tools of the ultrawealthy like the enemy of democracy MCTraitor willfully forged in exchange for all the cash he could extort. So as the British people responded to the Nazi blitz in world war 2 we need to respond to this neonazi blitz on the foundation or democracy by their modern like-minded fascist marionettes.