Nothing. And that's why the voting rights legislation got nowhere while the economic related bills got passed.
Back when LBJ was president he could leverage other bills to get votes on his favored piece of legislation like the original VRA. In recent years though that sort of pork barreling is not engaged in. One party in particular decided it would no longer deal in that way. Dealing within the bill seems to be acceptable now.
What does spending have to do with a new VRA?
Nothing. And that's why the voting rights legislation got nowhere while the economic related bills got passed.
Back when LBJ was president he could leverage other bills to get votes on his favored piece of legislation like the original VRA. In recent years though that sort of pork barreling is not engaged in. One party in particular decided it would no longer deal in that way. Dealing within the bill seems to be acceptable now.
It's anti-Black racism. That's the reason why