Nearly 9 Months And Still No Senate Action On Voting Rights. Here’s Why.
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 18, 2021 On March 3, the House of Representatives passed the For the People Act, landmark legislation to establish […]
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Analysis: Why The Filibuster Rules Must Be Revised In Order To Protect Voting Rights And Save The Senate
|Op Eds, Press Releases |Civil Rights Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellBy: Fred Wertheimer, President, Democracy 21 The filibuster is again at the center of an ongoing battle in the Senate over civil rights. Since […]
The Civil Rights Filibuster Returns With A Vengeance
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Civil Rights Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 11, 2021 One of the most famous Senate filibusters occurred in 1957, when South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond held […]
GOP Blocks Voting Rights For 4th Time; It’s Time To Revise The Filibuster Rules & Protect Democracy
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 4, 2021 For the fourth time this year, Senate Republicans have blocked essential voting rights legislation. Yesterday, their obstructionism […]
Senate Republicans Block Consideration Of John Lewis Voting Rights Measure – Marking Fourth Time This Year They’ve Prevented Senate Consideration Of Vital Voting Rights Legislation
|Press Releases |Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer For the fourth time this year, Senate Republicans have blocked essential voting rights legislation. Today, their obstructionism blocked […]
Recent FEC Ruling That Foreign Interests Can Finance Referendum Campaigns In U.S. Would Be Overturned By Freedom To Vote Act Pending In Senate
|Press Releases |FEC Freedom To Vote Actby Jackie HowellThe Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently ruled that foreign governments, foreign corporations, and other foreign interests can finance referendum campaigns in the United States. This interpretation of […]
D21 President Fred Wertheimer On Sen. Romney’s Disingenuous Case For Protecting The Filibuster Rules
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellStatement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) has an op-ed in The Washington Post today in which he makes a disingenuous case for protecting […]
Bypassing The Filibuster Rules Will Save Voting Rights For Millions Of Americans
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Freedom To Vote Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 28, 2021 The stage is now set for enacting historic voting rights, anti-corruption, and anti-gerrymandering legislation. This essential legislation […]
The Battle For The Freedom To Vote Act Moves Forward
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Freedom To Vote Actby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 21, 2021 On Wednesday, Senate Republicans used a filibuster to block consideration of Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) compromise voting […]
Wertheimer/Eisen Op-Ed: “Two Senators Could Save U.S. Democracy”
|Op Eds, Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Freedom To Vote Actby Jackie Howell“We hope Senators Manchin and Sinema choose to be on the right side of history. Failing to do so could be fatal to the future […]
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