The For the People Act -- which aims to make major election reforms that lower barriers to voting -- remains blocked by Senate Republicans and has prompted a call from some Democrats to blow up the filibuster to enable passage
Saturday evening, Lewis was honored at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., with a "Good Trouble" candlelight vigil, where Texas House Democrats who traveled to D.C. earlier this week attended.
Sherman said that he was standing up for his community and to be a representative of democracy. Sherman praised Lewis for being drawn to the "good fight." PHOTO: Congressman John Lewis is photographed in his offices in the Canon House office building in Washington, March 17, 2009. on Capitol Hill with West Virginia's Joe Manchin, the moderate Senate Democrat who holds the key vote in Congress on voting rights legislation.
Two days before the meeting with Manchin, President Joe Biden made an impassioned speech about what he characterized as Republican efforts to restrict voting rights. Sixteen states have enacted 28 laws that would restrict voting access, out of hundreds introduced throughout the country, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. These laws have often been defended by Republicans as bolstering election integrity on the heels of baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
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