Voting-rights advocates are seething over the near-total stagnation in Washington. But they see a new opening with the filibuster.
A group of about 100 protesters picketed outside the White House, led by the League of Women Voters and the People For the American Way on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. | Alex Wong/Getty Imagesfor a filibuster carveout for raising the debt limit, supporters leapt at the chance to bypass the supermajority threshold for efforts to expand access to the ballot.
But Jones and other backers of Democrats’ voting bills may be in for another round of disappointment. When Democrats accepted the short-term, debt-limit Rep. Mondaire Jones delivers remarks at the “March On for Washington and Voting Rights” on the National Mall on Aug. 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Desperate to generate momentum with the debate focused elsewhere, some voting-rights groups are now trying to crank up the heat on the White House, urging Biden to call for the same exception for Democrats’ stalled voting bills.
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