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Inside the litigation election, where lawyers on both sides are duking it out in the courts like never before
While preelection litigation might not feel essential democratic presidential elections, they're be…
Natalie Musumeci
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These 38 GOP senators just voted against protecting contraception. Here's why.
Republicans complained that Democrats were simply holding a show vote. But they also said they were…
Bryan Metzger
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Pelosi said lawmakers should 'just go to the beach and forget the whole thing' if voting rights legislation failed, book says
Pelosi clashed with the White House over what she saw as lack of urgency to pass the bill and even …
Grace Panetta,Brent D. Griffi…
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries blasts Republicans for their opposition to voting-rights legislation: 'What happened? Was it the election of Barack Obama?'
"Voting rights now is a partisan thing," Jeffries said, criticizing Republicans for being "largely …
John L. Dorman
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Bernie Sanders says the Arizona Democratic Party was 'exactly right' in censuring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over her vote to preserve the filibuster
Sanders in recent days has floated backing progressive primary challengers to Democratic senators w…
John L. Dorman
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Trump said Republicans will never be elected again if Democrats pass their voting rights bill
The "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act" seeks to expand voting access and introduce reforms relate…
Morgan Keith
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's filibuster speech has reenergized progressive efforts to find someone to primary and oust the Arizona Democrat
Grassroots groups in Arizona are working feverishly to find someone to challenge and unseat Democra…
Kayla Epstein
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Congressman Al Green wants fair Texas maps for people of color and he's willing to sue for them
Rep. Al Green of Texas wants to ensure voters of color are not erased by maps that create two addit…
Gwen Aviles
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Want to hear something really scary? We're living through the death of democracy, but thankfully there's a solution.
America's democratic norms are slowly being eroded. Unless Democrats do something to stop this auto…
Michael Gordon
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Donald Trump is running for president for the third time. Here's the lowdown on his personal life, career, and politics.
Donald Trump was born June 14, 1946, in Queens. Learn more about his family, real estate business, …
Alice Tecotzky
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'Old battles have become new again': Thousands march in Washington, DC, and across the US in push for voting-rights legislation
Marchers pushed for lawmakers to pass key bills that have stalled in Congress - the For the People …
John L. Dorman
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'We can't just rally every four years:' Young people of color stand up to voter suppression in Florida and Texas
Florida and Texas lawmakers introduced voting rights legislation organizers say are designed to dis…
Gwen Aviles
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Voting rights is a matter of justice, not bipartisanship
While Democrats and Republicans battle over voting rights legislation, professor Ray Baker writes t…
Ray Baker
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Not a 'caretaker': Meet Bob Menendez's extremely temporary replacement
George Helmy may end up tying for the 10th shortest-serving senator in American history. He's takin…
Bryan Metzger
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Democratic Sen. Mark Warner would support 'small carve-out' on filibuster to pass voting-rights legislation
"If we have to do a small carve out on filibuster for voting rights - that is the only area where I…
John L. Dorman
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White House officials tell civil rights leaders they can 'out-organize voter suppression' as voting rights bills stall: report
The officials told advocates that they believe it's possible to "out-organize voter suppression," a…
Bryan Metzger
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Capitol police arrested Rep. Joyce Beatty as she led a demonstration to advocate for voting rights
Beatty, who serves as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, urged lawmakers to pass legislation …
Lauren Frias
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Congressional Democrats take a machete to the Supreme Court's election jurisprudence in new voting rights bill
A bill named for John Lewis would undo Supreme Court decisions weakening the Voting Rights Act, the…
Grace Panetta
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House passes major bill to restore the Voting Rights Act with no Republican support
The bill named for the late Rep. John Lewis takes on the Supreme Court's treatment of voting-rights…
Grace Panetta
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Manchin, Murkowski for bipartisan support to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act. Bill needs 9 more GOP votes to pass in the Senate.
Though the letter doesn't explicitly name the bill, a Manchin aide told NBC that the duo are referr…