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December 16, 2021

Civil Rights Leaders Demand Senate Democrats Pass Federal Voting Rights Legislation
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Calls are growing for Democrats to pass legislation protecting voting
rights at a federal level without delay. While conservative Democratic
Senators Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia
support the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights
Advancement Act, they have both come out against doing away with the
filibuster in order to allow Democrats to pass either bill without a
60-vote majority. Democrats are still hoping they can find a workaround
by persuading their colleagues to agree to a talking filibuster or a
filibuster exception for the crucial legislation. In related news,
family members of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent
activists are planning a series of actions across the country around MLK
Day in January to increase pressure on Congress and President Biden
around voting rights. 


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