by Michael McGough In his speech about voting rights on Tuesday, President Joe Biden told the audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia that he wasn’t “preaching to you.” […]
Tag: voting rights
HR 1 should have passed
But not for the reasons you think by Charlie Cooper News media gave a distorted picture of the historic importance of the fair-elections legislation offered by Democrats in the U.S. […]
Clobber leaders for compromise and you’ll get the government you deserve
by Patricia Murphy When I tell people that I cover politics for a living, the response I almost always hear is that people want Congress, or the Legislature, or fill-in-the-blank-government-entity […]
Senate votes 50-50, and the dysfunction continues
by David L. Nevins This week, our congressional dysfunction continued as the vote on the For the People Act was along purely partisan lines with a vote of 50 Democrats […]
Advice to Dems on voting rights
by Doyle McManus The Democrats’ sprawling voting rights bill, known on Capitol Hill as HR 1, is dead. Officially, the bill is still clinging to life. But Sen. Joe Manchin […]
Manchin against the people
A week ago, Sen. Joe Manchin announced in a Charleston Gazette-Mail op-ed he would not support HR 1/S 1, also known as the For the People Act. HR 1 is […]
Guest essay: The conservative case for the For the People Act
by Hunter Hardway Usually I agree with politicians in my party. I am a proud Republican. But recently, I’ve noticed Secretary of State Mac Warner, of my party, having what […]
Guest essay: H.R.1 has bipartisan public support. Manchin must support it, too
by Ash Orr It’s not too often that you get a whole room of people — especially a room of politicians — to agree on a contentious national issue. But […]
Morgantown Council to take up For The People Act resolution
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council will take up a resolution supporting the federal passage of the For the People Act (H.R.1). Currently before Congress, the bill would expand voting rights, […]
April 16 letters to the editor
Four-year terms key to tackling complex issues Current statutes require Morgantown City Council members to step down or run for reelection every two years. Imagine being the city manager of […]
