Cancun Cruz Shut Down the Voting Rights Bill Before the Senate Goes on Recess

[TheBlackAdder]

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Ted Cruz shuts down federal voting bill before US Senate leaves for recess, dashing Texas Democrats hopes

WASHINGTON - Despite high hopes and desperate pleas from Texas Democrats, the U.S. Senate failed to move federal voting rights legislation before leaving for summer recess. And it was a Texas Republican — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz — who blocked the last attempt to vote on a bill before the Senate left town.

During that overnight final session, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-New York, requested unanimous consent from the Senate to immediately consider the For the People Act, a sweeping overhaul of federal elections that would preempt attempts from states to restrict voting access, overhaul campaign finance laws, and end congressional gerrymandering among other provisions.

Only one senator is needed to block a unanimous consent request — a procedural move typically reserved for items that aren't controversial — and Cruz jumped at the opportunity.

"This bill would constitute a federal government takeover of elections...It would strike down virtually every reasonable voter integrity law in the country," Cruz said.

Schumer proposed unanimous consent for two more proposals that would address redistricting and campaign finance, and Cruz also objected to those as motions.

The great hope among many of the more than 50 Texas Democrats who had decamped to the nation's capital this summer was that the U.S. Senate would make tangible progress toward a federal voting rights bill prior to Congress' annual August recess period. The Texas Democrats, who busted the state Legislature's quorum to block GOP voting legislation for the past month, pinned their hopes on Congress because they are the minority party in all branches of state government.

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-shuts-down-federal-voting-bill-before-u-s-senate-leaves-for-recess-dashing-texas-democrats-hopes/

The most mendacious scumbag in the Senate never fails to deliver.

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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Schumer will be bringing the bill back after recess. Nt

[lindysalsagal]

2. They make Ted take out the trash

Because even he knows everyone already hates him.

[crickets]

3. Ted, go back to Cancun and stay there. Ugh. nt