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As hope for federal voting rights rescue dims, state Democrats, advocates turn up the heat

As hope for federal voting rights rescue dims, state Democrats, advocates turn up the heat Jane C. Timm © Provided by NBC News The Texas Democrats who blocked a Republican-backed voting restrictions bill from becoming state law at the eleventh hour last month will head to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to lobby senators as part of a broader, last-ditch effort to rally support for a major voter rights bill. Nearly two dozen state Democrats plan to lobby senators in behalf of the For the People Act, a broad bill that would create a federal floor of voting rights access and kneecap laws like the one proposed in Texas and already enacted in other Republican-led states.

Arizona, West Virginia GOP Voters Back Democrats Election Bill as Conservative Opposition Mounts

Coalition Urges Congress Not to Expand Domestic Terrorism Charges

Coalition Urges Congress Not to Expand Domestic Terrorism Charges 151 Organizations Call on Congress to Oppose the Expansion of Terrorism-related Legal Authority January 19, 2021 Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (The Leadership Conference), a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect civil and human rights in the United States, and the undersigned 151 organizations, we write to express our deep concern regarding proposed expansion of terrorism-related legal authority. We must meet the challenge of addressing white nationalist and far-right militia violence without causing further harm to communities already disproportionately impacted by the criminal-legal system. The Justice Department (DOJ), including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has over 50 terrorism-related statutes it can use to investigate and prosecute criminal conduct, including white

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