Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill

Democrats' biggest push for voting rights fails with no Republicans on board

Senate Democrats' most forceful and perhaps last push for major voting rights legislation this year was blocked by a Republican filibuster on Wednesday afternoon.

The procedural vote to move forward with the Freedom to Vote Act failed despite Democrats' effort to craft a compromise bill led in part by Sen. Joe Manchin. The West Virginia Democrat had hoped to get enough GOP votes to overcome a filibuster, but in the end no Republicans voted to advance the legislation. -snip

The Freedom to Vote Act would have, among other things, established Election Day as a national holiday, set national minimum standards for early voting and voting by mail, and created new requirements for groups not currently required to disclose their financial donors. It also included standards for states that require voter identification, something that was a priority of Manchin. -snip

Election Day being a Federal Holiday (as it should be) was almost a thing until Republicans stopped it.

Republicans know if there's Federal standards for all, then it would be much harder to rig elections in certain states in their favor like they've done in multiple states since losing hard in 2020.

More fake news?

Probably. I've learned long ago to be suspicious of anything rob and other leftists post.

No doubt he is putting some kind of spin on what is really happening or conveniently leaving out important details.

Originally posted by Klaw
More fake news?

Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Probably. I've learned long ago to be suspicious of anything rob and other leftists post.

No doubt he is putting some kind of spin on what is really happening or conveniently leaving out important details.

^The Durr-twins strike again.

You get your talking points from CNN, The Young Turks, AOC, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, and Rachel Maddow lol.

They always put their left-wing spin on everything.

The story is from NPR. You can also find similar on sites across the spectrum, silly dumbass.

I should have told you it was "Infowarz" and you'd have lapped it up.

God, I'm glad I don't live in the States these days. Republicans have just become scary, denying truths right to our faces and creating their own clownhouse reality.

What does this bill have to say about voter fraud and voter ID laws?

Originally posted by roughrider
God, I'm glad I don't live in the States these days. Republicans have just become scary, denying truths right to our faces and creating their own clownhouse reality.

Originally posted by Robtard
Democrats' biggest push for voting rights fails with no Republicans on board

Senate Democrats' most forceful and perhaps last push for major voting rights legislation this year was blocked by a Republican filibuster on Wednesday afternoon.

The procedural vote to move forward with the Freedom to Vote Act failed despite Democrats' effort to craft a compromise bill led in part by Sen. Joe Manchin. The West Virginia Democrat had hoped to get enough GOP votes to overcome a filibuster, but in the end no Republicans voted to advance the legislation. -snip

[b]The Freedom to Vote Act would have, among other things, established Election Day as a national holiday, set national minimum standards for early voting and voting by mail, and created new requirements for groups not currently required to disclose their financial donors. It also included standards for states that require voter identification, something that was a priority of Manchin. -snip

Election Day being a Federal Holiday (as it should be) was almost a thing until Republicans stopped it.

Republicans know if there's Federal standards for all, then it would be much harder to rig elections in certain states in their favor like they've done in multiple states since losing hard in 2020. [/B]

Originally posted by Blakemore
I thought the democrats held the majority.

Senate is 50/50 with Harris holding any tiebreaker, but this was Fillibustered away by the GOP.

What is a filibuster?