Tag Archives: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Voting Rights Bills Once Again Blocked By Republicans

Sen. Joe Manchin

Senate Republicans once again blocked a pair of voting rights bills in a Wednesday evening procedural vote, holding firm in their opposition to a top priority of President Joe Biden and prompting Democrats to take up filibuster reform – even without full party support. In an expected loss, Democrats failed to …

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Abortion Rights Groups Tie Their Fight To Voting Rights

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Barbara Rodriguez, Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th The abortion rights group NARAL said Tuesday it will no longer back candidates who don’t support Democratic efforts to pass federal voting rights legislation, just hours after the similarly aligned Emily’s List said it will pull its endorsement of U.S. Sen. …

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Democrats Announce Deal On Prescription Drug Pricing

Chuck Schumer

On Tuesday, Congressional Democrats announced they had agreed on a plan to overhaul prescription drug pricing in the country. “Fixing prescription drug prices consistently has been a top issue for Americans year after year,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a news conference. “We’ve heard this from people across …

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President Biden Signs Consider Teachers Act Into Law

schools

Last week, President Joe Biden signed the Consider Teachers Act into law. The bill, co-led by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), will correct a problem with the TEACH Grant Program that has caused thousands of teachers to …

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