Where (and what) is the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act?

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Democrats often promote two pieces of election legislation that need to be passed. But what is the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act — and where is it in Congress? We take a look 👉

— and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, sometimes referred to as H.R. 4. And while H.R. 1 has rocketed through the House and is set for a major showdown in the Senate, H.R. 4 is languishing. So what exactly does the bill propose to do — and when might there be votes on it?the 116th Congress, and like a lot of legislation in a divided Washington, went to die in the other chamber.

said at a recent press briefing from the Southern Poverty Law Center, saying the House was planning a number of hearings to build a case to defend the bill from inevitable court challenges .and the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections would start in April , and could last through May and June. “I think that’s the earliest that I would be introducing it,” she said. “I suspect that the bill won’t be introduced or voted on until September, because we have an August recess as well.

 

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Do damn good trouble

billsponsor 📜 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act

That idiot who said Trump wasn't the legit potus.

I'm pretty sure Mitch McConnell is using it to wipe his a**.

The American taxpayers should be voting on these issues.

HomeDepot Help get this legislation passed.

Stop talking stop saying we got to do something, here is something that people want get it done get things passed that make a world of difference. Kill the dang filibuster and get issues passed get bidens & the congress agendas passed stop talking about it kill the filibuster.

Exploiting a dead man's name to guilt Congress members into passing a garbage bill? Classy.

it’s the maker or breaker of whether or not we get to decide who leads us.

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