Joe: The right to vote is sacred and fundamental -- and H.R. 1 is urgently needed to protect that rig

[soothsayer]

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President Biden
@POTUS
United States government official

The right to vote is sacred and fundamental — and H.R. 1 is urgently needed to protect that right, to safeguard the integrity of our elections, and to repair and strengthen our democracy. I look forward to signing it into law after it has passed through the legislative process.

[OnDoutside]

1. This is so vital.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. It's everything. Without it, states will suffocate Dem turnout. Manchin

and Sinema and Finestein must go along with ending the filibuster or the GOP will reign for decades.

[OnDoutside]

5. Democrats have one more Reconciliation Bill left for the year (Covid Relief Bill is using last

years unused Reconciliation option). I know that they want to do the Infrastructure Bill with that, but I think S1 is, as you say, everything. The only thing I can think of is that they might burst the Byrd rule once they have two massive wins under their belts, or wait until Jan 2022 and then get S1 passed by the end of March 2022, but I would be concerned that there may not then be time to implement all the actions contained in the Bill, in time for the Midterms because Republicans will go all out through the courts. At least if they could get it done by this coming June, there would be a longer timespan to defend it in the courts.

[Mike 03]

2. Thank you, Joe.

I know that everyone here at DU understands what's at stake here, and the MSM is doing a good job of conveying the import of this assault on democracy; what I don't know is whether the average person who is not a newswatcher or newsreader is entirely aware of what is transpiring and, if they are not, how we can reach them so they understand this is not what Andrea Mitchell likes to call "politics as usual".

I think it helps that Biden is being so direct. Hopefully, people will listen.

[634-5789]

3. Desperately needed legislation!