Schumer to force vote on sweeping election overhaul next month

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Friday he is planning to force a vote next month on a sweeping bill to overhaul elections, setting the stage for a high-profile clash over the filibuster.

In a letter to the Democratic caucus, Schumer said he would bring the For the People Act, also known as S. 1 and H.R. 1, to the floor in June. Though he's previously said it would get a vote before the August recess, Friday marks the first time he's tied it to a hard timeline.

"In the last week of the June work period, the Senate will vote on S.1, the For the People Act, legislation that is essential to defending our democracy, reducing the influence of dark money and powerful special interests, and stopping the wave of Republican voter suppression happening in the states across the country in service of President Trump's Big Lie," Schumer wrote.

Schumer told reporters it would come up the week of June 21. The June work period runs through June 25.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/schumer-to-force-vote-on-sweeping-election-overhaul-next-month/ar-AAKu9qG

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Bill Should Be Titled Filibuster Part Deux

Turtle won’t even need to call in favors for this one.

And it won’t be a vote so much as a vote on whether to vote.

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

2. Hell after today

No Republican even has to show up for the vote.....the vote can be 50-0 to which means the vote to end cloture would fail.