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Rachel Scott has the latest on the Senate’s plan to vote on the House-passed voting rights legislation. #ABCNews #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #Filibuster source

Senate Democrats announce $3.5 trillion budget agreement, four Iranians charged with plotting to kidnap Brooklyn-based journalist, Asian Americans look back on 2000’s characters that shaped…

The Supreme Court heard arguments in an Arizona election laws case putting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the test for the second time…

The supreme court is deciding on a case that tests the power of the Voting Rights Act, and yesterday an attorney for Arizona’s Republican party…

Republican state lawmakers in Texas introduced more than two dozen bills targeting early voting. NBC News’ Jane Timm explains how legislation could drastically change election…

As part of the law, anyone asking for an absentee ballot must include their driver’s license number, among other measures. Republicans say verifying identities makes…

Take an in-depth look at the racist history behind the filibuster including how it was used to block anti-lynching legislation and deny Black people the…

NBC’s Jane Timm reports on the new bill New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law, adding early voting to state elections. This comes…

Senator Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams spoke at a Senate hearing where they both advocated for national voting legislation in…