The freedom to vote act is a successor to one that's been discussed on the show before, before the people act. The bill would have created national standards for voting accessibility nation wide. It still has a lot of the same stuff i already mentioned, but there certain aspects of it have been dropped,. and a new theme has been added, which is preventing election subversion.
President Joe Biden wants to change how the Senate works to pass voting reforms. Sen. Mitch McConnell is threatening hell if it happens.
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