Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on Tuesday, just before the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The bill would restore and ...
WASHINGTON — One week before the 60 th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act that prohibited racial discrimination in voting, a group of Democratic senators reintroduced the John R. Lewis ...
Sixty years after the landmark Voting Rights Act became law, Democrats on Capitol Hill have introduced legislation to expand and protect voting rights nationwide. The John Lewis Voting Rights ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, their latest long-shot attempt to revive the landmark law ...
In a speech before he signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the landmark civil rights law, “Today we strike away the last major shackle…the Negro story and ...
ATLANTA -- Instead of calling Rep. John Lewis a hero, the better way to honor the civil rights leader's legacy is by guaranteeing equal representation to every American, former President Barack Obama ...
NCBCP President & CEO Melanie L. Campbell releases this statement on the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act: On Aug. 6, 2025 we pause to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the historic Voting ...
He said election reform should be done in a bipartisan way to regain confidence. Sen. Joe Manchin is breaking with Democrats and throwing his weight behind a more measured voting rights bill in lieu ...
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