Ben Jealous: Biden Needs to Lead on Voting Rights, Even If It Means Blowing Up the Filibuster - Progressive Hub

By Ben Jealous, The Nation

Senate Republicans have just reaffirmed their shameless resistance to protecting voting rights through the use of the filibuster. This time, they are preventing the Senate from moving forward on any measure to enhance voting rights, including the For the People Act, whose voting rights and democracy-strengthening provisions are supported by bipartisan majorities of the American people. It is time for presidential leadership.

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