To: Congress and the President
Protect voting rights!
No modern-day Jim Crow! Congress must pass voting rights legislation ASAP.
Why is this important?
Just a few months ago, it looked like President Biden was close to finally achieving his top legislative priority: protecting the right to vote for all Americans.
But 16 months into Biden’s presidency, Americans — especially Black Americans — are still being denied the right to vote. Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act right now, before it’s too late. Click here if you agree.
What happened? The title of Rolling Stone’s postmortem says it all: “How Joe Manchin Knifed the Democrats — and Bailed on Saving Democracy.”
Joe Manchin pulled a bait-and-switch on our democracy by pretending to be amenable to passing vital voting rights protections with a filibuster exemption just for as long as it was politically expedient. Then, Manchin revealed his opposition to two cornerstones of Biden’s agenda — voting rights and the Build Back Better agenda — one after the next.
We can overcome Manchin by mobilizing the rest of Congress to prioritize voting rights legislation now, and not simply sit there and accept Manchin’s obstruction. All Members of Congress, regardless of partisan affiliation, need to take a stand for the fundamental democratic right to vote!
But 16 months into Biden’s presidency, Americans — especially Black Americans — are still being denied the right to vote. Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act right now, before it’s too late. Click here if you agree.
What happened? The title of Rolling Stone’s postmortem says it all: “How Joe Manchin Knifed the Democrats — and Bailed on Saving Democracy.”
Joe Manchin pulled a bait-and-switch on our democracy by pretending to be amenable to passing vital voting rights protections with a filibuster exemption just for as long as it was politically expedient. Then, Manchin revealed his opposition to two cornerstones of Biden’s agenda — voting rights and the Build Back Better agenda — one after the next.
We can overcome Manchin by mobilizing the rest of Congress to prioritize voting rights legislation now, and not simply sit there and accept Manchin’s obstruction. All Members of Congress, regardless of partisan affiliation, need to take a stand for the fundamental democratic right to vote!