A person shovels out homes and cars near the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, Mass., on Sunday. And in Iowa, Republicans passed Senate File 413, a law that shortens the early voting period, shortens the time polls can remain open, and requires a new cutoff date for absentee ballots. Power has returned to some homes walloped by the weekend bomb cyclone. In Florida last year, Republicans passed Senate Bill 90, a law restricting mail-in voting and the use of ballot drop boxes. In 2021, Texas Republicans passed House Bill 3920 and Senate Bill 1, which severely restrict mail-in voting and early voting.
Their obstruction has come as Florida, Texas and Iowa’s GOP-led Legislatures have all passed a bevy of laws making it harder to vote. Meanwhile, widespread power outages amplified the discomfort caused by the storm. Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images, fileĪs Accountable.US noted, each of the senators mentioned voted against advancing Democrats’ voting rights bills - the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Wintry precipitation reached all the way to the Gulf of Mexico as Galveston beaches were left in a coat of white. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida speak to reporters after a meeting with former President Donald Trump on Jan. Several major organizations have all given thousands of dollars in donations to the senators over the past year.
Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas, and Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley of Iowa. The report focuses on donations to Republican Sens. The data show the extent to which the GOP’s ongoing power grab - correctly dubbed a “rolling coup” by one NBC military analyst - is being funded by powerful corporate donors.
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