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President Joe Biden issued an executive order on “access to voting” on Sunday that instructs federal government agencies to promote voter registration, help Americans apply to vote by mail, and “combat misinformation,” among other measures. The “ Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting ” reads like a Democratic Party wish-list of “reforms” that enshrines many of the practices that were adopted on a temporary basis during the pandemic-affected 2020 election. Its provisions include: using federal agencies to promote voter registration; using federal agencies to inform Americans about voting; linking federal agency websites to state voter registration websites; providing voter registration and vote-by-mail applications; using “approved, nonpartisan third-party organizations” to register voters at federal agencies; using identification documents issued by the agency to help people register to vote; providing more multilingual services to potential voters; … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Voting Tells Agencies to Push Vote-by-Mail, ‘Combat Misinformation’

A top White House official confirmed Sunday that President Biden Joe Biden Biden to sign executive order aimed at increasing voting access Myanmar military conducts violent night raids Confidence in coronavirus vaccines has grown with majority now saying they want it MORE remains opposed to ending the filibuster and pointed to the administration's success in passing the COVID-19 relief package as evidence that it can get its priorities through Congress. Communications director Kate Bedingfield Kate Bedingfield Sunday shows preview: Manchin makes the rounds after pivotal role in coronavirus relief debate The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Lawmakers face Capitol threat as senators line up votes for relief bill Q&A: Talking shop with White House communications director Kate Bedingfield MORE told CNN's Jake Tapper Jacob (Jake) Paul Tapper Ex-Trump press secretary criticized for stirring up QAnon on Twitter … [Read more...] about White House says Biden would prefer to not end filibuster

President Biden Joe Biden Biden to sign executive order aimed at increasing voting access Myanmar military conducts violent night raids Confidence in coronavirus vaccines has grown with majority now saying they want it MORE , in remarks prepared for the Martin & Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast on Sunday, is calling on Congress to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013. “In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, holding that times have changed and blatant voter discrimination was rare, contrary to the assault that was taking place on the ground,” Biden will say. “The late Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg wrote that the decision was like ‘throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm.’ Today, we have a hail storm, not a rain storm.” Biden will also hail the unprecedented voter turnout seen in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic, but condemn both the Jan.6 riots by former President Trump … [Read more...] about Biden pressing Congress to restore Voting Rights Act

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Joe Biden’s preference was not to end the Senate’s filibuster. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Raising the minimum wage is not the only thing at stake. Voting rights legislation and health care, climate change, immigration reform, and Biden laid out he wants to accomplish and all unlikely to pass with 60 votes. Now calls now to end the filibuster. President Biden historically has said he opposes ending the filibuster in the Senate. Is that still his position?: Bedingfield said, “It is. It is still his position. His preference is not to end the filibuster. He wants to work with Republicans, to work with independents. He believes that, you know, we are stronger when we build a broad coalition of support. And, look, I would say look at what we have been able to do in the first six weeks that we have been in office with the filibuster in place. We just passed a $1.9 trillion rescue … [Read more...] about WH Spox Bedingfield: Biden’s ‘Preference’ Is Not to End the Filibuster

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), one of the only moderate-to-conservative members of the Senate Democrat conference, is urging his colleagues to view their victories in the Georgia runoffs as an opportunity for a “new era of bipartisanship.” “With tight margins in the House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans are faced with a decision to either work together to put the priorities of our nation before partisan politics or double down on the dysfunctional tribalism,” Manchin said in a statement released to the press Wednesday. The West Virginia Democrat added that “for the sake of the country we all love, we must commit to solving the serious problems” that have presented themselves in recent years. Manchin’s remarks came after two fiercely competitive Senate runoffs in Georgia appear to have been won by Democrats. The results, which will be certified later this month, ensure each party will have 50 seats within the chamber. After President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, however, … [Read more...] about Joe Manchin Calls for ‘New Era of Bipartisanship’ After Georgia Runoffs