Showing posts with label Voting Rights Advancement Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voting Rights Advancement Act. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

House Democrats pass bill to restore the Voting Rights Act after Supreme Court decision gutted it

On Friday, House Democrats passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would restore and expand the protections of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court's Republican majority gutted in 2013.​ The bill passed 228-187 with all 227 Democrats and Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick voting in favor while the other 186 Republicans and Republican-turned-independent Rep. Justin Amash voted against the bill.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/12/6/1903733/-House-Democrats-pass-bill-to-restore-the-Voting-Rights-Act-after-Supreme-Court-decision-gutted-it








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