There is another activation on the same day, the annual commemoration of the March on Washington led by Reverend Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III. She questioned, “where is that kind of passion and energy and commitment to voting rights? Because I’m not seeing him actually be able to say that he’s willing to do that.”īrown is part of the leadership for the Good Trouble rally that is taking place on Saturday, the anniversary of the March on Washington. President Biden’s inaction is also a flashpoint for Brown. President Joe Biden speaks during an event to honor the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm in the East Room of the White House on Augin Washington, DC. Without the For the People Act, Brown signals Americans are voting like we did in 1965, as two Supreme Court actions have gutted sections of the historic law and some Republican led states are creating restrictive voting laws. The Poor People Campaign will be among the organizations present for the talks. House Democratic leadership is set to meet with voting rights activists, lawyers and subdenomantional religious leaders this week to discuss all of the options on the table. The filibuster has been the delay tactic in getting voting rights passed in the Senate thus far. South Carolina Congressman and House Majority Whip James Clyburn is expecting the bill to also pass in the Senate despite the filibuster still being in play in that chamber. The House is poised to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden holds a jersey as he poses for a photo with the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm in the East Room of the White House on Augin Washington, DC.
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