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The most surprising moments from LBJ's secretly recorded calls
Lyndon B. Johnson is one of the most consequential US presidents, responsible for passing some of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern history, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
[ cnn.com ]Supreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map that critics say dilutes power of Black voters stay in place
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in place Monday, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: How to stop insurrection 2.0
Out of the ashes of Democrats' failed effort to set a national voting rights standard may come a targeted bipartisan bill to ward against insurrection 2.0.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: How much trouble is Kyrsten Sinema really in?
Over the weekend, the Arizona Democratic Party voted to formally censure one of its own -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema -- after she opposed changing the filibuster rules to allow major voting rights legislation to pass the Senate with just 50 votes.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: This is the worst answer Joe Biden gave at his press conference
• Fact-checking six claims from Biden's news conference • As voting rights legislation failed in Senate, Republicans applauded • Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural county reverberate through Georgia • Voting rights fight shifts back to statehouses
[ cnn.com ]Manchin warns against partisan division as Democrats push change in filibuster rules
Senate Republicans once again blocked a voting rights bill put forward by Democrats in the latest partisan showdown over an issue Democrats are urgently seeking to spotlight despite lacking the votes to pass the legislation ahead of the midterm elections just months away.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: How Republicans are driving the national agenda, even though Democrats hold unified control of government
Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are approving a wave of new voting restrictions on virtually party-line votes that require only a simple majority to pass. The US Supreme Court has likewise decided the key voting rights rulings that helped trigger this surge of state legislation on a party-line, majority-vote basis over the past decade.
[ cnn.com ]A push for voting rights is expected to crash in the Senate, with potentially humiliating implications for Biden's presidency
Democrats appear certain to add another failure to their list of missed deadlines and thwarted legacy goals this week, with a push for voting rights bills expected to crash in the Senate with humiliating implications for Joe Biden's presidency.
[ cnn.com ]An Arizona Trump rally and a voting rights march underscore the fight for democracy
Two events -- a Trump rally and a voting rights march -- in the same state on the same day this Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend encapsulated a nation at odds with itself about the future of its democracy.
[ cnn.com ]Trump supporters praise Sinema's voting rights stance
Two events -- a Trump rally and a voting rights march -- in the same state on the same day of Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend encapsulated a nation at odds with itself about the future of its democracy. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports.
[ cnn.com ]MLK's eldest son: We want legislation, not celebration
When our daughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born in 2008, her voting rights were more secure than they are today, on the holiday to commemorate her grandfather Martin Luther King Jr.'s 93rd birthday.
[ cnn.com ]Jake Tapper reveals the reason Trump went to Arizona
Jake Tapper looks at former President Donald Trump's continued efforts to restrict voting rights in states across the nation on the weekend the country remembers civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
[ cnn.com ]The White House just put out a baffling polling memo
• Analysis: Biden and Democrats run up against relentless conservative power • Opinion: Is Biden's presidency doomed? • Schumer says Senate will take up voting rights Tuesday
[ cnn.com ]Biden and Democrats run up against relentless conservative power
• Analysis: Two events show how limited Biden's power actually is • Schumer says Senate will take up voting rights Tuesday as Democrats face grim odds
[ cnn.com ]Kyrsten Sinema not backing down on the filibuster in fatal blow to Democrats' voting rights fight
• Biden vows to keep fighting on voting rights but concedes 'I don't know whether we can get this done'
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Did Joe Biden go too far in his voting rights speech? This Democratic Senator thinks so.
President Joe Biden didn't mince words earlier this week in a speech announcing his support for changing the filibuster rules to allow a simple majority to pass new voting rights legislation.
[ cnn.com ]There's talk of the 'nuclear option' as Democrats push to pass voting rights legislation and Republicans scramble to make it more difficult to cast a ballot
• Biden to amp up the pressure on the Senate to change filibuster rules for voting rights during Atlanta speech • LIVE UPDATES: Biden says he and Stacey Abrams spoke 'at length' this morning and are on 'the same page' • Opinion: My grandfather taught me this crucial life lesson
[ cnn.com ]Biden to amp up the pressure on the Senate to change filibuster rules for voting rights during Atlanta speech
President Joe Biden is traveling to Atlanta on Tuesday to deliver a major speech on voting rights, looking to turn up the heat on reluctant senators as Democrats face pressure to pass two pieces of pending legislation opposed by nearly all Republicans on Capitol Hill.
[ cnn.com ]Georgia voting rights groups boycott Biden's Atlanta speech
A coalition of voting rights groups in Georgia announced Monday that they will not attend events surrounding President Joe Biden's expected visit to Atlanta, urging for concrete action instead of what they called a "photo op."
[ cnn.com ]Black Voters Matter co-founder: Biden is all talk
Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, explains why voting rights groups are boycotting Biden's speech in Georgia.
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