By: Teddy Grant Every single Republican senator used the filibuster on Tuesday to block debate on a reform bill that would have tackled voting, campaign finance, government ethics and redistricting. The For the People Act, which President Joe Biden pushed, would have been the most significant voting rights legislation in a generation and reversed many state-led voting restrictions passed in recent months by mostly GOP-led states. “There is a rot — a rot at the center of the modern Republican Party,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. “There is no principle behind these laws: not fraud, not election integrity, not security, […]
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