Results for Voting Rights

A variety of topics were discussed, including infrastructure, troop withdraw from Afghanistan, Vice President Harris' trip to the southern border, and voting rights.

Vice President Harris held a listening session on voting rights.

She was asked about White House COVID-19 vaccination goals, infrastructure package negotiations, voting rights legislation and the president's actions to combat gun violence.

This program looked at the latest in the Senate on the voting rights bill.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke about the Senate's next-day vote to begin debate on the Democratic voting and election reform bill.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about Tuesday's vote to start debate on the Democrats' voting and election reform bill. 60 votes were needed to advance the legislation.

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It was the final scheduled debate ahead of the June 22 primary; early voting began June 12. Notable candidates include former Housing & Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, former New York City Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, civil rights attorney Maya Wiley and former 2020 presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), and other Senate Republicans held a news conference on elections and voting rights legislation that the Senate was expected to consider and vote on later in the month.

Vice President Harris met with Democratic members of Congress and state representatives from Texas to discuss voting rights legislation.

Texas Democratic members of Congress and state representatives spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill about House-passed voting rights legislation and that the Senate was to take up later that month.

Topics included voting rights, infrastructure, and a possible vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced steps the Justice Department is taking on voting rights and access. ... Attorney General Garland added his department will review state voting laws for violations and provide guidance on early voting, audits and voting* by mail.

Voting rights experts testified before the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections about access to voting. Witnesses discussed early voting, universal mail-in voting, ballot drop boxes, and the need for updated federal voting legislation.

Today's program looks at the G7 Summit, Trump Justice Department allegedly seeking phone metadata on Democratic Congressmen, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on voting rights

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a virtual oversight hearing on the Voting Rights Act. A panel of civil rights and election law experts testified on discriminatory practices used to suppress the vote in minority and low-income communities with focus on recent voting rights laws enacted in some states. Republicans in those states say these laws have been enacted to protect election integrity, while civil rights groups argue they are designed as ways to suppress the vote. ... Holder, which struck down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, deeming it unconstitutional.

People for the American Way's Ben Jealous talked about his group's push for federal voting rights legislation and abolishing the filibuster.

A variety of topics were discussed during the briefing, including bipartisan agreement on infrastructure, reunification of migrant children at the border, COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts, concerns with the supply chain, and voting rights.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), when asked if he would support the John Lewis voting rights bill, called the measure "unnecessary."

Following his remarks, Press Secretary Psaki answered reporter questions focused mainly on infrastructure package negotiations, voting rights, and the coronavirus pandemic.