Democrats try again to revive the Voting Rights Act but face long odds

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 5:46 PM EDT, July 29, 2025


WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, their latest long-shot attempt to revive the landmark law just days before its 60th anniversary and at a time of renewed debate over the future administration of American elections.

Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia unveiled the measure, titled the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, with the backing of Democratic leaders. The bill stands little chance of passage in the Republican-led Congress, but it provides the clearest articulation of Democrats’ agenda on voting rights and election reform.

The legislation would reestablish and expand the requirement that states and localities with a history of discrimination get federal approval before changing their voting laws. It would also require states to allow same-day voter registration, prevent voters from being purged from voter rolls if they miss elections and allow people who may have been disenfranchised at the ballot box to seek a legal remedy in the courts.

“Democracy is the very house in which we live. It is the framework in which we get to fight for the things that we care about,” Warnock said. “These last seven months have reminded us that we ought not take any of it for granted. We are literally in a fight for the life of the republic.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-discrimination-democrats-supreme-court-gop-d4238972cbb94cb9ce02e59aae643f2c

[Hope22]

1. Our endless nightmare continues.

Without these protections elections are pointless. Senator Warnock…the voice of reason. Thank you sir for trying to save us from ourselves.

[TheFarseer]

2. Ok, great

But why not do this 4 years ago? This is why people get frustrated with Democrats.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They HAVE BEEN introducing the 2 VRA bills EVERY FUCKING SESSION

since they took over both chambers of Congress in 2021. They actually renamed what they had worked on in 2020 right after John Lewis passed away that year.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142542711
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142543417
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142546870
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142706230
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142820972
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142821809
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142830824
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142854723
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143121665

But to PASS the Senate, the fucking cloture Rule blocked it at the time (60 votes to move to debate) - even with attempts to get a carve-out for this and codifying Roe and with Manchin and Sinema (and even some others) refusing to change the Rule - even as a "carve out".

What frustrates ME more are "Democrats" who aren't paying attention to what Democrats are actually doing.

[TheFarseer]

4. The Republicans

Seem to be able to do whatever the fuck they want to do!

[BumRushDaShow]

5. They actually haven't

which is why they are resorting to "desperate measures" - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143504162

When the filibuster Rule was changed by Harry Reid in 2013 because of the GOP blocks of Obama's nominees, the Rule was changed for a carve-out, leaving any SCOTUS nominees still requiring 60 votes. When the GOP took over the Senate in 2014, they ditched the carve-out in the Rules for any nominees (including SCOTUS). But at least Reid broke the logjam.

Democrats ARE FIGHTING and throwing wrenches into the GOP works. But we are still in a "minority position" thanks to all those "uncommitteds" and other disengaged idiots. But the GOP doesn't have too many aces left except the SCOTUS, that has been shielding 45.

When I post a lot of what Democrats ARE doing in LBN, many of the OPs get yawns.

[DownriverDem]

6. You need

a new news source. Stop attacking the Dems.