![]() ![]() ![]() Tom's guest is the acclaimed legal and cultural historian, Martha S. Today on Midday, a conversation about an important and often overlooked dimension in the history of voting rights: the long fight for Black women’s suffrage. How either piece of legislation actually gets passed remains an open question. It’s a position that is not shared by at least two members of the Democratic caucus. This was the first time he had taken that position publicly. And then, President Biden also called for changes to the filibuster that would make passage of the voting rights legislation possible. On Tuesday (January 11), President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Atlanta to speak about the importance of voting rights, and the need for federal legislation to overcome the dozens of state laws that have been enacted and the hundreds of laws that are being considered to restrict voting.īefore the President spoke, Vice President Kamala Harris advocated for an end to the filibuster that might clear the path for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. ![]()
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