Subj : Your tax dollars at
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Fri Dec 06 2019 08:08 pm

Hello Dale,

>I will admit that some of those 400 bills might be considered partison
>in nature, but more than half of them passed the house with bipartison
>support.  There is no reason that McConnell should not allow them to
>get voted on -- maybe they would pass, maybe they would not -- but at
>least stop tucking them into his desk drawer.

Due to the filibuster rule having been put to rest, Moscow Mitch
has become the "kingmaker" who gets to decide what gets to be voted
on.  A majority of one.  Nobody else counts.

>TR>Most of it is all slanted toward illegal voter registration and thats
>TR>just the first several paragraphs! I'll look through it over the next
>TR>few days.
>
>Much of what you call illegal voter registration, I would call
>prevention of illegal prevention of people from voting.

Due to recent decisions of the USSC such acts are no longer illegal.
Gerrymandering and voter suppression are very much part of the game,
and will remain so in the foreseable future.  However, an old relic
from the Obama administration is giving folks hope they can believe
in -

https://democraticredistricting.com/about/

That's right.  Former AG Eric Holder is putting it all together ...

--Lee

-- 
Often Licked, Never Beaten

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