As House Passes For the People Act Without One GOP Vote, Progressives Warn Bill Is 'Dead' If Senate Filibuster Remains

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"As the 2020 election and the Capitol insurrection so clearly showed, too much is at stake to let an archaic rule prevent us from fortifying our democracy!" Republican lawmakers are plowing ahead with voter suppression legislation at the state level & the conservative-dominated Supreme Court poised to strike another blow to the already-gutted Voting Rights Act."The House has taken a strong step forward toward protecting voting rights, ending partisan gerrymandering, and strengthening our crumbling democracy—and now it heads to the Senate where it will slam into Sen. McConnell's filibuster brick wall!"

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)