Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
The White House announced yesterday that President Biden will hold a two-day “Summit For Democracy” for world leaders in December. This ironic announcement comes at a time when our own democracy is facing multiple grave threats. And, it comes at a time when President Biden and his Administration has spent almost all of 2021 refusing […]
There are published reports today that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will schedule a second procedural vote in the coming days on the For the People Act. This pending legislation will protect voting rights, stop Washington political money corruption, and prevent partisan gerrymandering. A companion bill, H.R. 1, passed the House in March. Senate Republicans are […]
There was a major breakthrough Wednesday on voting rights and other democracy reforms when Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), previously an opponent of S. 1, the For the People Act, said he and other Senate Democrats were drafting a revised bill. According to The Washington Post, Senator Manchin said a new bill could be released in […]
President Biden in his passionate voting rights speech on July 13, said, “Perhaps the most important of those things — the most fundamental of those things — is the right to vote.” The President also said in the speech, “It’s up to all of us to protect that right [to vote]. This is a test of our time.” So […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | July 15, 2021 “It is time for the Senate to pass legislation to ensure that every eligible American in this country has the right and ability to vote in federal elections.” President Joe Biden said this week about the attacks on voting rights in the states: “[We] are facing the […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | July 8, 2021 “The moment of truth is here for our democracy and for the fundamental right of every eligible citizen to vote.” The Constitution makes clear that Congress has the power to establish voting rules for federal elections and that the rules supersede state laws. Thus, Congress can provide […]
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 to allow a filibuster is not more important than protecting our democracy against voter discrimination, voter suppression and the corruption of our government and officeholders.” Today’s two Supreme Court decisions […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | June 24, 2021 “The legislative process is complex and unwinds slowly. It requires patience, not prognostications, to determine whether legislation ultimately will pass.” To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the For the People Act’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Following Senator Joe Manchin’s June 6 op-ed stating he would […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | June 17, 2021 “Senators Schumer and Manchin must be persuaded to keep the small donor financing system in the For the People Act, the most important anti-corruption legislation since the 1970s.” Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) provided a list of items yesterday that he could support regarding the voting rights, money […]
FRED 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 the country. Legislation to override these laws must be enacted by this summer in order to be implemented by the states in time for the 2022 congressional elections.” Senate Majority […]
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