Aa bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to Biden calling for his administration to step up its aid to Ukraine
Iowa’s status as the first-in-the-nation caucus may be in danger as Democratic Party leaders consider a shakeup to the presidential nominating calendar. A draft resolution
“would set new criteria for early-voting states that favor primaries over caucuses and diversity over tradition.the party's presidential nominating calendar by requiring states to apply to hold their nominating contests before the rest of the country and expanding the number of early voting states to as many as five. Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, which currently lead off the process, would not necessarily be given preferential consideration over other states that apply.
that raises concerns about voting rights. The poll finds that “voting was the only one of eight subjects — including education and treatment by police — in which fewer Americans now than four years ago said African Americans had achieved significant progress since the civil rights era. Concern about a lack of progress is much higher for Democrats, 86% of whom believe more must be done to secure racial equality in voting rights, compared with 40% of Republicans.”.
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