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Mar 04 2021
News
Biden celebrates House passing HR 1, Dems' campaign bill, vows work to 'refine and advance' legislation
President Biden on Thursday celebrated the House passing a sweeping election reform bill, saying he would sign it if it passes the Senate.
Biden called it "urgently needed" to protect the right to vote and to "strengthen" democracy, and vowed to work with Congress to "refine and advance" the legislation.
The For the People Act of 2021, known as H.R. 1, passed Wednesday by a vote
Fox News (Online News)Aug 26 2021
News
'New normal': GOP signals big headaches for Biden after midterms
Republicans are pledging big headaches for President Biden if they can win back control of one or both chambers of Congress next year.
Amid the days-long fallout over Afghanistan, GOP lawmakers have floated everything from launching select committees to impeachment to even questioning if Biden should be removed through the 25th Amendment.
The comments are, for now, just rhetoric
The HillAug 30 2014
News
Sweeping Midterm Gains in House May Be Challenge for Republicans
Overshadowed by their party's battle for control of the Senate, House Republicans are setting their own ambitious goal for the midterm elections: Expanding their majority to near a post-World War II high.
It won't take much to get there: House Republicans say they hope to pick up 11 seats, which would bring them to a 245-190 majority—strength the GOP hasn't seen since 1947, when it had
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 24 2021
Fact Check
Republican Spin on Democrats’ Voting Bill
In the days leading up to the Senate vote on the House-passed elections bill, Republicans offered several misleading talking points about the Democratic bill, and made other statements that required more context.
Republicans said the bill would direct taxpayer money to publicly finance federal campaigns. The matching campaign money would come from a new surcharge added to certain
FactCheck.orgJul 24 2023
Headline Roundup
Alabama Approves New Voting Map Without Second Majority-Black District
Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature approved a new congressional map that does not include a second majority-black district, sparking backlash from Democrats and voting rights advocates.
For Context: In early June, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Alabama’s congressional map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn to include a second district with a
ABC News (Online) The Epoch Times The HillMar 25 2021
News
Democrats Begin Push for Biggest Expansion of Voting Since 1960s
Democrats began pushing on Wednesday for the most substantial expansion of voting rights in a half-century, laying the groundwork in the Senate for what would be a fundamental change to the ways voters get to the polls and elections are run.
At a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill, Democratic leaders made a passionate case for a bill that would mandate automatic voter registration
New York Times (News)Oct 28 2020
Opinion
How Far Might Trump Go?
On election night and the days that follow, the country may be in for a roller-coaster ride, with ups and downs that raise and dash expectations, provoking anger and frustration.
Here is a scenario, sketched out by Edward B. Foley, a professor of constitutional law at Ohio State, in his 2019 paper “Preparing for a Disputed Presidential Election: An Exercise in Election Risk Assessment
New York Times (Opinion)Mar 26 2015
News
The Netherlands Offers Political Lessons for U.S.
By any measure, the US is a remarkably divided nation. Stagnant real wages for the average worker, increasing wealth accumulation for the top 5%, social tension, and competitive elections have all contributed to what many view as one of the most polarized periods in recent American memory.
With gerrymandering, the 24-hour news cycle, the lack of campaign finance restrictions, and a host
International Policy DigestMar 04 2021
News
House Approves Major Election Reform And Voting Rights Bill
The House has once again passed a bill aimed at voter reform and campaign finance overhaul. The Wednesday night vote was 220-210.
Democrats reintroduced the bill in January, after passing it in 2019, banking on the party's narrow majority in the Senate to get it passed through both chambers this cycle.
The bill seeks to "to expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the
NPR (Online News)Aug 01 2022
Perspectives Blog
Can Open Primaries Reduce Polarization?
This piece was originally published on Divided We Fall, which AllSides rates as mixed. It was written by Jeremy Gruber, Dan Butler, Sarah Anderson, and Laurel Harbridge- Young.
The Continued Success of our Democracy Demands Open PrimariesBy Jeremy Gruber – Senior Vice President at Open Primaries
"That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that
Divided We Fall (author)