By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins By — Tess Conciatori Tess Conciatori By — Alex D'Elia Alex D'Elia Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-the-democrats-sweeping-election-reforms-bill-faces-an-uphill-senate-battle Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio In the six months since the 2020 election, voting access and election security have been hot topics in state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. The For The People Act is Democrats' voting rights and campaign reform bill. Already through the House, it met a critical and high-powered Senate committee test Tuesday. But as Lisa Desjardins reports, there was little agreement between both parties. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from May 11, 2021 By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS NewsHour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work. @LisaDNews By — Tess Conciatori Tess Conciatori Tess Conciatori is a politics production assistant at PBS NewsHour. @tkconch By — Alex D'Elia Alex D'Elia Alex D'Elia is a politics production assistant for the PBS NewsHour. She can be reached at Adelia@newshour.org or on Twitter @AlexDEliaNews @AlexDEliaNews