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Tag: filibuster

**FILE** Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Gage Skidmore)
Posted inPolitics

Manchin, Sinema Side with Republicans in Crushing Democrats’ Filibuster Change for Voting Rights

by Stacy M. Brown January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Despite a record turnout in the 2020 election, and the desires of the vast majority of Americans and marches and protests led by civil rights groups across the country, two Democratic senators joined all 50 of their Republican cohorts to effectively kill legislation aimed at securing voting rights for all citizens.

**FILE** Sen. Chuck Schumer (in foreground) (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inPolitics

Schumer Says Senate Will Vote on Changes to Filibuster by MLK Day

by Stacy M. Brown January 3, 2022January 3, 2022
white concrete building under blue sky
Posted inOpinion

MORIAL: U.S. Democracy at ‘Critical Risk’ Without Filibuster Reform

by Marc H. Morial December 15, 2021December 16, 2021
U.S. Capitol Building
Posted inOpinion

MORIAL: First-Ever Civil Rights Scorecard Grades Senators On Performance Defending Voting Rights

by WI Guest Author November 17, 2021December 21, 2021
Martin Luther King III, with his wife Andrea and daughter Yolanda march with Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-Texas, 18th District), and U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas, 9th District) during the March on Washington for Voting Rights in northwest D.C. on Aug. 28. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inOp-Ed

MORIAL: Reform the Filibuster and End the Assault on Voting Rights Now

by WI Guest Author November 10, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inPolitics

Kamala Harris Hints at Filibuster Exception for Voting-Rights Bills

by Stacy M. Brown July 13, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inPolitics

The Racist Past of the Filibuster and Why It Should End Now

by WI Guest Author May 18, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inStacy M. Brown

White House Throws Full Support Behind D.C. Statehood

by Stacy M. Brown April 20, 2021December 21, 2021
Ending the filibuster could lead to D.C. statehood. (WI file photo)
Posted inPolitics

The Racist Past of the Filibuster and Why it Should End Now

by Stacy M. Brown March 24, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

Senate Democrats Take a Bold Stand

by NNPAFreddie December 2, 2013October 30, 2020

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