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There s a lot of performance going on in Democratic circles on the issue of voting rights. Texas Democrats fled their state to stop a voting bill written by majority Republicans that everyone knows will pass in the end.
At the same time, national Democratic leaders from President Joe Biden down are employing extreme rhetoric in support of a voting bill, the For the People Act, that everyone knows will
not pass in the end.
The For the People Act, known as S. 1 in the Senate, is widely considered a messaging bill. It is a wish list of measures that please the party s liberal wing and send an aspirational message but does not have any chance of actually becoming law.
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The For the People Act has been a central legislative priority for the Democratic party, and especially its progressive wing, ever since its introduction, and passage, in 2019.
There have been especially high hopes for this bill since January, in the wake of the January 6 insurrection and the ongoing Republican Stop the Steal election subversion, and with the start of a new legislative term, with the Democrats in control of both houses of Congress and the Presidency.
These hopes have now been dashed, at least temporarily, by the successful Republican effort to block not simply the law but discussion of the law on the floor of the Senate. The For the People Act is now dead on arrival. What happens now remains in question. Chuck Schumer promises to bring the bill back. Kamala Harris says the administration remains determined to see such leg
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