John Lewisâs Final Fight For Voting Rights
Democrats big reform bill contains 300 pages expanding voting rights that were written by the late civil rights leader.
By Paul Blumenthal
Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty Images
As Congress debates the passage of a sweeping reform bill targeting voting rights, campaign finance, redistricting and ethics, Democrats in the House and Senate have the name of a colleague who is no longer with them on their lips.
Rep. John Lewis, who died last year, dedicated his life to expanding and protecting the right to vote. He was attacked for it. And he was elected, in part, to help preserve it. He ultimately helped write part of the bill that Democrats are now pushing to enact.