Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Senate Republicans block Democrats' election bill

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57570587 

 The huge bill - which sought to make it easier for Americans to vote - ended up deadlocked 50-50 along party lines.

Mr Biden said the issue was the "fight of his presidency", but some Democrats accuse him of not fighting hard enough.

Advocates say the bill would have been the most far-reaching election measure since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

It comes as Republican-led states advance proposals - which Mr Biden has depicted as racially discriminatory - to tighten election laws, and as former President Donald Trump, a Republican, continues to peddle unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

The Democrats' For the People Act passed the House of Representatives in March in a near party-line vote, with one Democrat joining all Republicans in opposing the bill.

2 comments:

  1. Voting is a right but it has to be a secure one. The Democrats accuse the Republicans of disenfranchising certain groups because those groups predominantly vote Democrat. Meanwhile, looser regulations mean the Democrats can flood the polling booths will illegals and undocumented who also vote Democrat.
    So break it down to this: the reliable voter who has the brains to carry registered ID is more likely to vote Republican. Would you rather have those folks or a bunch of undocumented illegals determining the government?

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