House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday slammed proposed voting restrictions in Texas, accusing Republicans of seeking to 'make it harder to vote and easier to steal an election'
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he wants to bring up Democrats' voting rights legislation, the For the People Act, for a vote, but that it lacks the 60 votes necessary to pass in the Senate. The bill, which the House has passed, would reform ballot access and campaign finance, and would require states to have two weeks of early voting.
"We will have to see what occurs in the Senate in terms of whether they can get to the 60-vote threshold," he added. "And the Senate is going to have some decisions to make in terms of reviewing their arcane procedures that traditionally have been used to uphold institutions like slavery and Jim Crow."
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