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She’s a Texas Democrat, Weighing How to Defend Voting Rights

As Republicans in the Texas Legislature run roughshod over corporate opposition, public protests and Democratic objections to advance a voting restrictions bill to the brink of passage, State Representative Jessica González, a two-term Democrat from near Dallas, has been at the forefront of the fight. Ms. González, the vice chair of the House Elections Committee, […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 14, 2021, 10:31 am
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Joe Manchin’s plan to protect voting rights, explained

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has been an endless source of frustration for his fellow Democrats. He clings to dreams of bipartisanship that seem like fairy tales in a world where Republicans defrock their own leaders for the sin of acknowledging that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. And his loyalty to the filibuster may […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 13, 2021, 2:10 pm
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Manchin Compromise Idea For Voting Rights Gets A Shot Across the Bow From Cornyn

It didn’t take long for a supposedly bipartisan compromise on voting rights legislation that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is floating to get dumped on by a key Republican. At a Thursday Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to vote on one of President Biden’s key Justice Department nominees, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) didn’t call out Manchin by […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 13, 2021, 12:45 pm
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Key DOJ Civil Rights Nom Gets Closer To Senate Vote In Face Of Fierce GOP Resistance

President Biden’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is one step closer to a confirmation vote by the full Senate. But Senate Republicans are mounting a full-scale resistance to Kristen Clarke, a prominent civil rights attorney. Thursday’s deadlocked vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Clarke’s nomination was the latest sign of […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 13, 2021, 11:37 am
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Senate Panel Deadlocks on Voting Rights as Bill Faces Major Obstacles

Republicans gave no indication they were willing to cede any ground to Democrats in a fight that stretches from the Capitol in Washington to state houses across the country. Instead, with Mr. Schumer’s Republican counterpart, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, taking the lead, they argued that Democrats were merely using state laws as a fig […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 11, 2021, 6:50 pm
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Voting Rights Bill Creeps Closer To The Senate Floor, But Now Comes The Hard Part For Dems

Tuesday’s Senate committee mark-up of Democrats’ sprawling democracy overhaul lasted more than eight hours, included dozens of amendment votes and featured plenty of sharp partisan barbs about a Democratic “takeover” of elections and Republicans’ willingness to double down on President Trump’s “big lie.” The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration deadlocked on partisan lines on […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 11, 2021, 5:47 pm
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Live Updates: Democrats Press to Expand Voting Rights at Federal Level

Here’s what you need to know: A protest in Austin, Texas, last week against Republican state legislators’ efforts to restrict voting rights.Credit…Mikala Compton/Reuters A key Senate committee is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday to advance Democrats’ sweeping elections overhaul, stamping its approval on a landmark voting rights expansion as Washington tries to blunt […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 11, 2021, 7:43 am
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Biden Administration Restores Rights for Transgender Patients

“This is the first step for the Biden administration on this,” said Katie Keith, a consultant and a member of the research faculty at Georgetown University, who has been closely tracking the many lawsuits related to the civil rights provision. “This is nowhere near the end for them.” Alexis McGill Johnson, the president of Planned […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 10, 2021, 4:30 pm
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Israel’s violence against Palestinians in East Jerusalem is a Biden human rights test

Weeks of violence in Jerusalem, sparked by Israel’s attempt to evict several Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, have Democrats, activists, and experts calling on President Joe Biden to speak out forcefully against the American ally’s actions. The problem is he and top members of his team are […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 10, 2021, 2:40 pm
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Voting Rights, Afghanistan, Mother’s Day: Your Weekend Briefing

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. The Republican Party’s efforts to limit voting rights are making inroads. Florida and Texas became the latest states to move toward limiting voter access after November’s elections, joining Republican-backed measures in Georgia, Montana and […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 9, 2021, 4:32 am
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Jobs, Voting Rights, ‘Saturday Night Live’: Your Friday Evening Briefing

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. In a surprise, America’s job engine slowed. The U.S. added 266,000 jobs in April, far below the one million new positions that economists had expected and a sharp drop from the vigorous gains in March. In fact, April’s […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 7, 2021, 5:19 pm
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Florida’s New Voting Rights Law Explained

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican, signed new voting restrictions into law on Thursday, reducing voting access in one of the nation’s critical battleground states. Florida, which former President Donald J. Trump won by about three percentage points in 2020, is the latest Republican-controlled state, following Georgia, Montana and Iowa, to impose new hurdles […] More

by Tonya Frazier May 7, 2021, 3:25 pm