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Nov 17, 2020 Editorials

Unfortunately, this election — like many events in 2020 — has exposed existing cracks in our fragile democratic experiment, and Congress must work with the incoming administration to strengthen our democratic institutions.

Nov 1, 2020 Editorials
To help ensure that voting is easier for everybody, the federal government needs to take action. Currently, there are two comprehensive voting-rights bills in Congress, the Voting Rights Amendment Act and H.R. 1, also known as the For the People Act.... The House of Representatives passed both of these bills in 2019, with all Democrats voting in favor both times.... The Republican-led Senate has refused to act on either. Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, mocked H.R. 1 by referring to it as the “Democrat Politician Protection Act.” Listen to him closely. He is only repeating what most Republicans have believed for decades: When more people vote, Republicans lose. That’s why, if either of these laws is going to pass, it will require, at a minimum, voting out Republicans at every level who insist on suppressing the vote. Only then can those who believe in representative democracy for all Americans reset the rules and help ensure that everyone’s vote counts.
Oct 29, 2020 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi today reaffirmed Democrats’ commitment to passing H.R. 1, the For the People Act, as Congress’ first order of business in 2021.

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