Democrats Focus on Voting Rights
We ran the numbers: There are 845 news articles covering this topic. 37% (310) are left leaning, 35% (299) are center, and 28% (236) are right leaning.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) recommended Myrna Perez and Dale Ho, two prominent voting rights attorneys for President Biden to appoint to the federal bench. While left-leaning articles highlight that Senator Joe Manchin’s objections to the For the People Act is not over policy differences, right-leaning articles highlight that Manchin said he would oppose his party’s sprawling voting rights bill.
A left-leaning article by ABC News highlights that Senator Joe Manchin’s objections to the For the People Act is not over policy differences, but because there is a lack of Republican support for the bill. Vice President Kamala Harris is less than a week into her role in helping pass bills in voting and election reform, and H.R. 1 is already effectively dead.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Schumer recommended Perez, director of voting rights and election programs at NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice and Dale Ho, head of the American Civil Liberty Union’s Voting Rights Project. If confirmed to the 2nd Circuit, Perez would be the only Latina on the court.
A right-leaning article by New York Post highlights that Manchin said he would oppose his party’s sprawling voting rights bill. Manchin said he rejects the Democrat-pushed For the People Act, which is stalled in the Senate after the House green-lit it in March along party lines.