Civil rights leaders including Al Sharpton tell Biden and Kamala activists will be getting back into the streets for voting rights after Republicans blocked bill in Senate
Civil rights leaders told President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris activists would be getting back into the streets over voting rights
Rev. Al Sharpton and other leaders from the NAACP and the National Urban League met with Biden and Harris Thursday at the White House This will be a summer of activism. A summer of getting back into the streets, Sharpton told reporters afterward
Last month, every Senate Republican voted against starting debate on the For the People Act, a major federal voting overhaul bill
Biden could be ready to support eliminating filibuster to protect voting rights
EXCLUSIVE: President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with civil rights groups on Thursday to address the wave of state bills making it more difficult for Black communities to vote
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Civil rights leaders descended on the White House for a meeting focused on voting rights on Thursday. What’s more, sources close to the meeting say President
Joe Biden appears closer to supporting the elimination of the filibuster an issue progressives have long argued stands in the way of passing crucial voting rights bills and that advocates have been pressing since the balance of power in Congress shifted.
White House Announces $25M Investment in Voting Rights Campaign
Democrats and civil rights leaders alike unveiled their latest strategy to overcome a gridlocked Senate where Republicans have blocked passage of Democratic backed voting rights and police reform laws.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about voting rights at Howard University in Washington, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON (CN) On voting rights and police reform, Congress has hit a standstill. But hoping to juice negotiations, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with civil rights leaders Thursday before announcing a $25 million investment in a Democratic National Committee voting rights initiative.
Biden administration capitulates to Republican attacks on voting rights
President Joe Biden met Thursday afternoon with the leaders of many US civil rights organizations, amid mounting criticism that the Democratic Party, both in Congress and in his administration, was doing little or nothing to counter an aggressive Republican drive to attack voting rights and erect more and more barriers to those seeking to cast a ballot, particularly among poor and minority voters.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber following the procedural vote on the For the People Act, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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