Category: S.1

Senate Republican Leader Calls Democrats’ Sweeping Election Reform Bill a Federal ‘Takeover’

June 22, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that Senate Bill 1 (S.1)—the For the People Act of 2021—is an attempt by Democrats to control the outcome of future elections by taking power away from state election officials. “There’s no rational basis for a federal government takeover of all 50 states’ elections,” McConnell said in a…

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Manchin to Vote Yes on Motion to Debate Sweeping Election Bill

June 22, 2021
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Senate Democrats have succeeded in convincing Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to vote to advance a broad election reform bill to a debate on the Senate floor. Manchin said in a statement that he has been working for weeks to “eliminate the far reaching provisions” of S.1, also known as the For the People Act. “I’ve found…

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GOP Runs 7 Figure Campaign on Dems’ Partisan Election Reform Push in Congress

March 31, 2021
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) and National Republican Senatorial Committee’s (NRSC) are beginning ad campaigns this week and early next week to have their say on the Democrats’ election reform bill S.1, which they are calling a “power grab.” The RNC has designated a six-figure sum to an ad campaign that will run in states…

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