Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden puts on sunglasses while speaking during Class Day Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 24, 2017, ahead of the University's 366th Commencement Exercises. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 01:33 pm
President Biden has been working behind the scenes to protect voting rights as the For The People Act is only the beginning.
Sen. Dick Durban (D-IL) said that Biden is working on a lot of things that have not been publicly announced yet:
There are several possibilities. The Biden administration has been expanding the DOJ staff on voting rights. Biden could also take some form of executive action, but that would be limited in scope unless he decided to swing big and let the outcome be fought out in the courts. Nothing in the early Biden presidency suggests that he would take this approach.
Biden could be getting Democrats on board for a legislative push or perhaps his own voting rights proposal. At some point, it would not be surprising if Democrats tried to use the budget bill to pass voting rights protections.
At 5:30 PM ET, Republicans will block the Senate from moving forward with debate on the For The People Act, but Democrats and President are not giving up. They understand that democracy is at stake, and they aren’t going to be stopped by Mitch McConnell blocking debate on the For The People Act.
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