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Fully KeptVoting Rights / Democracy

Alsobrooks commits to fighting for passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to empower the Department of Justice to enforce voting rights.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 74%

The promise was to "fight for passage" of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to empower DOJ to enforce voting rights. As a first-term senator, Alsobrooks took the concrete affirmative actions available to a rank-and-file member: she is a cosponsor of S.2523, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 (the July 31, 2025 reintroduction was "cosponsored by the entire Democratic caucus" per Sen. Welch's official release, and she is explicitly named "Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD)" in the cosponsor list of the Durbin/Warnock lead-sponsor release). That bill's core is restoring the preclearance regime requiring federal/DOJ approval of voting changes — the exact "empower the Department of Justice to enforce voting rights" mechanism the promise names (Welch: "reestablishing preclearance for jurisdictions with a pattern of voting rights violations"). She also publicly championed the Act at the Black Women's Roundtable event. Cosponsorship plus public advocacy is the full extent of what a rank-and-file member can do to fight for passage, so FULL is warranted. It is NOT CHAMPIONED because Durbin and Warnock (with Schumer, Booker, Blumenthal) lead the bill; Alsobrooks is one of ~47 cosponsors with no bill-leadership role. The bill remains stalled in the Judiciary Committee, but the promise is an effort/commitment to fight, which she is verifiably honoring; passage is outside her control.

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