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Widespread Republican opposition to two major pieces of voting rights legislation is leading some Democratic lawmakers and activists to fear that Congress will be unable to pass either bill this year, even as several state legislatures enact restrictive voting measures.Later this month, the Senate is set to take up S. 1, or the For the People Act, an expansive but controversial voting and elections reform bill. The measure was
stanley cup already unlikely to pass, as Democrats hold a razor-thin 50-seat majority in the Senate, and 60 votes are required to advance most legislation. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin also announced Sunday that he opposes it, hammering another nail in its legislative coffin.But Manchin does support another voting rights bill, one that has yet to be introduced in this session of Congress mdash; the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the late congressman and civil rights icon. This bill, also known as H.R. 4, would restore a key pr
stanley cup ovision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013. That provision required certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination in voting to receive approval, known as preclearance, from the federal government before making changes to their voting rules.The Voting Rights Act established a formula to determine which areas should be covered by Section 5, whi
stanley cup ch required certain jurisdictions to submit any changes to the Justice Department or a Ster Vice President Kamala Harris says Democrats should have rightly believed Roe was settled law
A young child who may be American, but is among the thousands
adidas samba classified as unaccompanied minors after being separated from parents near the Mexican border, has been in federal custody since 2015, the government acknowledged in a Thursday court filing.The child, who is under the age of five, had been with a parent who was apprehended at the border on an outstanding warrant by the U.S. Marshals Service. In Thurday s court filing, lawyers for the government wrote that the parent may or may not be a United States citizen. On Tuesday, the lawyers wrote records show the parent and child might be U.S. citizens. A representative for U.S. Health and Human Services did not reply to questions from CBS News about the type of facilities where the child has been housed since 2015. HHS oversees a foster care network as well as more than 100 childrens shelters. The Justice Department s court filing twice refers to the child as her, but a represent
adidas originals ative of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that agency s records indicate the child is a boy. CBS News has reached out to multiple federal agencies for clarification. The adult described in the court filing presented herself and her minor son, born in Mexico, at a U.S. port of entry on the Texas border on Nov. 25, 2015, sa
converse id ICE spokesperson Danielle Bennett in an email to CBS News. The parent was remanded to USMS custody on an outstanding warrant. At no time did she enter ICE custody.
