Senate Democrats poised for voting rights push to counter Republican restrictions
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5N5QX)
Senate expected to reintroduce Democrats' marquee election reform bill known as the For the People Act before summer recess
Top Democrats in the Senate are poised to make another attempt to push through voting rights legislation before the chamber leaves Washington for a summer recess, in a sign of their determination to counter a wave of Republican-led ballot restrictions across the nation.
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