Texas Democrats who blocked a Republican-backed voting restrictions bill from becoming state law at the eleventh hour last month will head to the U.S. Capitol to lobby senators as part of last-ditch effort to rally support for a major voter rights bill.
activists and Democrats in Washington and beyond have argued for months that it is time for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold needed to pass legislation — to get the For the People Act and other parts of President Joe Biden's agenda through the closely divided Senate.
"We can't take no for an answer," said Rahna Epting, executive director of MoveOn, a progressive group."If anything, Manchin raised the stakes on how much energy we're putting into this." "I hope those Texas state House Democrats are able to show their colleagues in the U.S. Senate the way to fight," he said Sunday.
Nsé Ufot, who leads the New Georgia Project and is working with advocates in West Virginia to pressure Manchin at home, said Manchin's op-ed was"a sign that it's time to escalate, not that the fight is over." and in Washington next week. Civil rights leaders, including NAACP President Derrick Johnson, urged Manchin to come around in a meeting last week. Manchin said his position was unchanged.Gary Miller / Getty Imagesexistential to our democracy, and also, this is existential for the continued ability for Democrats to hold power," said Maurice Mitchell, national director of the Working Families Party.
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