Jan 13 WATCH: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds weekly news briefing By News Desk Democrats are trying to force a public showdown over their sweeping elections legislation, aiming to launch debate on a key party priority even though there's no assurance the bill will come to a vote. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 5:42 Democrats search for pathway to voting rights legislation in a divided Congress By Lisa Desjardins, Ebony Joseph On Capitol Hill, Democrats are looking for ways to move voting rights forward as Senate Republicans pushed back after President Biden denounced them for stalling legislation. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss where legislation stands and what options lie… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 3:36 Biden issues urgent new call to protect the right to vote By Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both traveled to Georgia Tuesday to pressure Congress to pass long-stalled federal voting rights legislation. NewsHour’s Geoff Bennett has the story. Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 10:51 Biden, Harris push voting rights legislation in Georgia. Will it make a difference? By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman, Tess Conciatori As President Biden and Vice President Harris step up their push for Democrats to pass federal voting rights legislation, Geoff Bennet gets two different views on the significance of their trip to Georgia Tuesday and what lies ahead. Latosha Brown,… Continue watching
Jan 11 WATCH: Biden, Harris deliver remarks in Georgia on protecting voting rights, election integrity By Alexandra Jaffe, Colleen Long, Jeff Amy, Associated Press President Joe Biden says that he supports changing Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation, declaring that changing the rules would be to protect the “heart and soul of our democracy.”… Continue reading
Jan 11 WATCH: McConnell, Blunt hold news conference on voting rights, filibuster rules By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has set next Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a deadline to either pass voting legislation or consider revising the rules around the chamber's filibuster blocking device. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 5:05 Democrats make push for voting rights legislation in Congress By Lisa Desjardins, Ebony Joseph, Saher Khan U.S. senators returned to work in Washington, D.C. Monday as Democrats launched their most concerted push yet on voting legislation. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss voting rights, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, the Freedom to Vote… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 8:25 Tamara Keith and Lisa Lerer on the political stakes of voting rights NPR’s Tamara Keith and The New York Times Lisa Lerer join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including why Democrats are pushing voting rights legislation now, how Republicans have shifted thinking on voting rights and the prospects of… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 12:54 Brooks and Capehart on Jan. 6 anniversary, voting rights New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Joe Biden’s address marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, and the status of Democrats’… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 11:19 Harris on the state of democracy a year after Jan. 6 By Judy Woodruff, Matt Loffman, Stephanie Kotuby, Hannah Grabenstein On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Judy Woodruff speaks to Vice President Kamala Harris about the state of American democracy, the Democrats' agenda and the administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue watching