Senate Breakthrough: The Freedom To Vote Act Is Introduced
A major breakthrough occurred in the Senate yesterday when a revised version of the For the People Act – sweeping voting rights and anti-corruption legislation […]
Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
Voting Rights & The Senate: It Will All Come Down To The Filibuster
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster H.R. 1 Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellCongress faces an overwhelming schedule this month. Funding for the government runs out on September 30 and must be extended. The debt ceiling limit needs […]
The March For Voting Rights Is Saturday & Looking Ahead To September Action In The Senate
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellThis is not an easy time in America. The situation in Afghanistan, culminating in today’s terrorist attacks that tragically killed and wounded American servicemen and […]
President Biden’s Moment Of Truth On Voting Rights Has Arrived
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by Jackie HowellThe moment of truth on voting rights has arrived for President Biden. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced last week that the Senate’s first […]
President Biden Must Join Battle To Save Our Democracy As We Know It
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by Jackie HowellThe 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 […]
New Vote On S. 1 Could Be Soon; Small Donor Financing Provisions Must Stay In Bill
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1 Public Financingby Jackie HowellThere 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 […]
A Major Breakthrough On Voting Rights & Democracy Reform
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1 Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellThere 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 […]
We Need Action, Not Just Words, From President Biden On Voting Rights
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1 Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellPresident 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 […]
It’s Time to Act on Voting Rights
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1 Voting Rightsby DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | July 15, 2021 “It is time for the Senate to pass legislation to ensure that every eligible American in this […]
Failure is Not an Option
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | July 8, 2021 “The moment of truth is here for our democracy and for the fundamental right of every eligible […]
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