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Voting rights, democracy, and the Edmund Pettus Bridge
The piece recounts voter suppression tactics used against people of color, the 1965 Bloody Sunday events led by John Lewis, and the passage of the Voting Rights Act. It notes later limits from Shelby County v. Holder, the era of renewed barriers under Trump, and calls for new federal voting rights legislation led by Schumer. It questions Senators Manchin and Sinema about supporting a filibuster carve-out and the two acts, Freedom to Vote and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, amid MLK birthday deadlines.
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Alabama
John Lewis
Edmund Pettus
Congress
U.S. Senate
Donald Trump
Senate
Chuck Schumer
Senate Democrats
Joe Manchin III
West Virginia
Kyrsten Sinema
Arizona
Manchin
Sinema
Bull Connor
Rosa Parks
America
Martin Luther King III
Schumer
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