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President Biden in a moment of brutal honesty on Thursday admitted that his push to enact changes to voting laws and the Senate’s filibuster rule may be doomed. ....
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said President Biden’s speech on voting rights delivered Tuesday was “wonderful” and "fabulous,” dismissing criticism from a top Senate Democrat of the president’s i ....
The House passed voting rights legislation on Thursday in a way that is intended to set up a battle in the Senate over that issue as well as the filibuster.The measure passed in a 220-203 party-line vote. ....
ADVERTISEMENT “I like the idea [of changing the statues] very much,” Ralston said in July shortly after Lewis’s death. “I always admired Congressman Lewis and told him so many times. Georgia has a long history, so much more than just the Civil War, and John Lewis has been an important part of that.” Duncan, too, has expressed support for a statue of Lewis in the Capitol to ensure the Peach State is represented “by a figure that aligns with our state’s core values.” Stephens delivered the notorious 1861 “Cornerstone Speech,” in which he explicitly described chattel slavery and white supremacy as foundational to the Confederacy. ....