Tag: voting rights

Manchin Calls Filibuster Reform A ‘Heavy Lift,’ Describes Meetings With Fellow Democrats

By Kate Riga | January 4, 2022 12:59 p.m.

Schumer Sets MLK Day Deadline To Consider Filibuster Changes, Ties Urgency To Jan 6 Anniversary

By Kate Riga | January 3, 2022 11:45 a.m.

The Sausage Making: Senate Democrats Wrap Up 2021 On A Sour Note

By Kate Riga | December 17, 2021 10:16 a.m.

Listen To This: Time To Get Creative

By Jackie Wilhelm | December 16, 2021 1:21 p.m.

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the seeming “punt” of the reconciliation bill and how Democrats can still generate forward momentum.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

The Sausage Making: Democrats Try To Revive Voting Push As Manchin Stalls Reconciliation Bill

By Kate Riga | December 15, 2021 6:11 p.m.

As America’s ‘Backsliding’ Democracy Takes Center Stage, Biden Must Call On Senate To End Filibuster

If President Biden wants to lead on strengthening democracies around the world, and restore America’s credibility and soft power globally, he must do more to get our house in order.

By Brett Edkins | December 8, 2021 3:23 p.m.

Where Things Stand: We’re Living In A ‘Slow Motion’ Jan 6

This is your TPM evening briefing.

By Nicole Lafond | December 2, 2021 6:45 p.m.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) sounded the already scream-worthy alarm this week.

It was a stark warning about something TPM has been covering with our hair-on-fire for some time: that the Jan. 6 attempt to steal an election was the culmination of months of President Trump’s stoking of the Big Lie, and not an isolated incident. What’s more, the attempted heist never ended.

Griswold outlined the various threats to our current democracy — like a slew of new state level restrictive voting laws and ongoing threats of violence against election workers — and observed that the election-stealing crusade is continuing as we speak. Just, perhaps, in slow motion.