There’s uncommon cross-partisan agreement that withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Aug. 31 could be a grave mistake, writes RickKlein.
before establishing that Afghanistan will be a vote-motivating issue. But the horrific events of recent days have already established that it's the kind of issue that can separate Biden and his party from their voters.As tragedy unfolds in Afghanistan, Democrats are attempting to renew their calls for federal voting legislation, a battle that has managed to withstand the busy beginning months of the Biden administration.
House Democrats in Texas made pleas with Washington for more federal oversight on voting Friday after they were unable to block the advancement of aTexas Rep. Chris Turner, one of the House members who traveled to Washington to lobby for the passage of the, said its passage in the U.S. House happened with “an eye towards what is happening in this state.”
“We need the United States Senate to act on voting rights. United States senators, we need you to do it, and we need you to do it now. Do it for the Texans whose freedom to vote is threatened. Do it for all Americans. Time is running out,” Turner warned. On Saturday in Washington, activists and prominent Black Democratic lawmakers marched on the National Mall to call on President Joe Biden and Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin to act on the filibuster and“The senators have found comfort in a White House that has failed to call for an end to the Jim Crow filibuster,” Rep. Mondaire Jones said, calling on Biden to steer the Senate toward abolishing the filibuster.
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