comprehensive federal voting rights bill

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: The U.S. Capitol is shown as a looming government shutdown threatens federal government services January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Congress continues to wrestle with passage of a continuing resolution to fund the federal government past midnight this evening. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Texas Democrats press DC on voting rights after SB7 walkout

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By Dianne Gallagher and Wesley Bruer Nearly two dozen Democratic members of the Texas state Legislature are taking their voting rights fight from Austin to Washington this week. The trip is a “Hail Mary” effort of sorts, to apply some Texas-sized pressure on US lawmakers to support the passage of the For the People Act, a comprehensive federal

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