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ChampionedGovernment Reform, Ethics & Democracy

We will restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act and stamp out voter suppression in all its forms. We will curb the corrupting influence of money in politics and protect the integrity of our elections from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

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Biden made voting-rights legislation a signature push: he backed the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and in a January 11, 2022 Atlanta speech personally urged passage and called for changing Senate filibuster rules to get it done. On January 19, 2022 the Senate rejected cloture 49-51 on H.R. 5746, the vehicle carrying the combined Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, and then declined to change its rules, so neither the Voting Rights Act restoration nor the bill's campaign-finance provisions became law. Biden personally led the effort beyond a supporting role, but delivery fell short.

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