If a shutdown persists, Trump may order Republicans to kill the filibuster altogether. Will Democrats risk the loss of their ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. The rule change would have required 51 votes to pass ...

Democrats reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a bill that would expand the federal government's authority to oversee the nation's elections. Democrats have tried repeatedly to get this ...

The conservative activist's quote about the landmark legislation circulated online after he was fatally shot in September ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – Texas legislators are receiving sharp criticism from civil rights groups after the House passed a new U.S. congressional map, citing concerns of voter suppression. The new map, ...

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