SCOTUS Decisions Highlight Need for Democracy Reforms
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | July 1, 2021 “The bottom line from today’s Supreme Court decisions: Congressional inaction is not an option. A Senate rule […]
Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
The Fight Goes On
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | June 24, 2021 “The legislative process is complex and unwinds slowly. It requires patience, not prognostications, to determine whether legislation […]
The Senate Takes Up the For the People Act Next Week
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | June 17, 2021 “Senators Schumer and Manchin must be persuaded to keep the small donor financing system in the For […]
A Pivotal Moment for Voting Rights
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | June 10, 2021 “Only S. 1 will supersede the voter suppression laws being enacted by numerous Republican-controlled state legislatures all over […]
A Summer Showdown on Voting Rights
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | June 3, 2021 “Texas legislators made very clear that Democrats in Congress must act to override the voter suppression and […]
Choosing Between the Sacred Right to Vote and the Filibuster Rules
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 27, 2021 “It is clear that to pass the Senate, S. 1 will need the vote of Senator Manchin both […]
Only S. 1 Will Override Existing Voter Suppression Laws
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 20, 2021 “Only S. 1 will prevent state voter suppression laws from denying millions of eligible citizens the ability to […]
Senator Manchin’s Choice
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 13, 2021 “Only the voting provisions in S. 1, the For the People Act, will override and supersede the numerous […]
Pass H.R. 1 And H.R. 4 To Protect The Vote
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 6, 2021 “It is incumbent on Congress to enact both the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) and the […]
The Moment of Truth for Democracy Reforms
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | April 29, 2021 “The right to vote lies at the heart of representative government. The battle to enact H.R. 1/S. […]
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