The Texas House Democrats were joined by some of their Senate colleagues Wednesday in Washington, calling on Congress to pass voting rights legislation, such as the For The People Act, amid efforts by Republican-led state legislatures around the nation to change voting rules.
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The Democrats argues argued the bill proposed by GOP senators was an attack on voting rights meant to suppress voter turnout.
Several of the state lawmakers who fled have been in meetings with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill to discuss voting rights.
Vice President Kamala Harris met with the Texas Democrats on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday also delivered a major speech in Philadelphia that condemned his predecessor's "Big Lie" about a stolen election. The president called on Congress to pass the For The People Act and restore the Voting Rights Act.
More than 150 companies, including Amazon, Target and PepsiCo, also backed updating the Voting Rights Act in a new letter released Wednesday.
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