The New York State Senate passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York among additional measures to establish the strongest state protections of an individual's right to vote in the nation. Named after civil rights activist and American statesman Rep. John R. Lewis, the NYVRA and other voter protections will prohibit deceptive and suppressive voter practices, establish a voting and elections database, and make electronic election interference a misdemeanor crime. Read the Senate Majority Press Release.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said, “The John R.
divisive. so president biden goes down the same tragic road taken by president trump. casting doubt on the reliability of american elections. this is a sad, sad day. with me now, nbc news white house correspondent, carol lee. nbc news reporter, vaughn hillyard in senator joe manchin s home state of west virginia and ana palmer, founder of punch bowl news and an msnbc contributor. ana, democrats are trying to use all the tools at their disposal to get something done on voting rights. you have new reporting this morning on a kind of unusual method that democrats may be trying to use here. yes. they are looking at potentially taking a house bill on something that has nothing to do with voting rights and filling it with this voting rights package, passing that in the house, moving it to the senate. it s just a legislative tactic that will still not result in voting rights legislation being able to be passed, because the senate majority leader, chuck
involving that other guest from another nation, this is wide ranging. and so there s a real chance for people to learn what the president has planned for year two, to get some specifics on some of the urgent matters of the day, and to get some of the president s thinking on how he views his presidency and how he plans to governor for year two. these are big moments for the white house and big moments for the public to learn more about what the president is thinking. leigh ann, we talked about that split screen that is happening now. from one end to the other, the final hours of debate on that voting rights package, we know how this thing is going to go. we know it is not going to go particularly well for president biden, as far as what he wants to see. in large part, in most part, because republicans don t want to change voting rights, right? all 50 of them are unanimously opposed. but also, in part, because of what we re seeing from senators manchin and sinema. that s right, halle
also up in 2022, we need to elect more democrats, and have more than just 50 plus one with the vice president being the 51st vote. we can get to 53 democrats in the senate, we could actually pass this without the addition of senator sinema and manchin. we are a big tent, a big umbrella on the democratic side. there s lots of different voices. so, you know, one of the things that we need to, as we push and change the filibuster rules to restore it, so that we can pass voting rights protection, we should not stop working on the ground to make sure that we do have the voter turnout, so we can elect more democrats to office, so we can eventually pass these laws and protect the right of americans to vote. in my conversations with democrats over i don t know, let s say the past week. we have heard and i continue to hear the blame being placed squarely on the shoulders of republicans here. which we listen, we said at the top of the show, we ll say it again, republicans unanimously oppos
done. as we work together, i think we ll get to the right place. thank you so much for being with us on. i know it s a busy time. a lot of moving pieces. we really appreciate your assessment. thank you again. thank you. just mother nature in walk. right now on capitol hill, you got senators debating that voting rights package that seems des tuned for defeat, unless there is what would be a major and unexpected shift coming out of a closed-door meeting from senate democrats starting two hours from now. the focus is yet again on these two senators, senator joe mannequin and kyrsten sinema. and eugene daniels, an msnbc contributor. you got off one-on-one mitch mcconnell he called this fake hysteria on the filibuster, et cetera, by democrats, bring us