Fizzling voting rights push angers Black lawmakers

Dec 09, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    86% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"The House will revert to Republican control in January, likely putting any voting rights push on ice for at least two years."
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-12% Liberal
"You need our support on that, said Bowman, describing the strategy."
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14% Conservative
"It seems like the Black caucus has always supported leadership in what it's tried to do, but leadership of this caucus hasn't returned the favor, always, said Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), a member of both the Black caucus and the liberal squad."
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0% Conservative
"Most CBC members supported the bill, including Beatty, who took a victory lap for highlighting the voting rights issue as a final act of her tenure at the top of the CBC."
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0% Conservative
"The Senate of this time will be known to have stood in the way of righteous legislation that would assure less voter suppression in our great country, said Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), another CBC member."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"In response, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her leadership team used a procedural gambit, known as the suspension calendar, allowing the NDAA to get a vote on the floor without a rule."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) was even more blunt."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Everybody wants to see if they can change things at the last minute, a frustrated Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), chair of the Rules Committee, said Wednesday night amid the impasse."
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-12% Liberal
"At issue was the fate of legislation -- named after the civil rights icon and late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) -- to restore those parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act nullified by the Supreme Court in 2013."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"In an effort to break through that resistance, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), the head of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), had pressed Democratic leaders this week to pair the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- an aual, must-pass bill governing Pentagon spending -- with the John Lewis bill."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"In an effort to break through that resistance, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), the head of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), had pressed Democratic leaders this week to pair the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- an aual, must-pass bill governing Pentagon spending -- with the John Lewis bill."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Still, many CBC members defended Beatty's efforts, noting that the very same day she forced the NDAA delay, the Supreme Court was weighing yet another high-profile election case that could grant state legislators broad powers to set voting rules -- and have outsized consequences for minority voters."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"In the eyes of liberals like Bowman, however, much of the blame falls on Democratic leaders, who have leaned heavily on the CBC to pass major parts of President Biden's agenda -- notably, Beatty helped break the impasse over a massive infrastructure bill last year -- while top CBC priorities like voting rights and police reform have languished in the Senate."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"In the eyes of liberals like Bowman, however, much of the blame falls on Democratic leaders, who have leaned heavily on the CBC to pass major parts of President Biden's agenda -- notably, Beatty helped break the impasse over a massive infrastructure bill last year -- while top CBC priorities like voting rights and police reform have languished in the Senate."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"In the eyes of liberals like Bowman, however, much of the blame falls on Democratic leaders, who have leaned heavily on the CBC to pass major parts of President Biden's agenda -- notably, Beatty helped break the impasse over a massive infrastructure bill last year -- while top CBC priorities like voting rights and police reform have languished in the Senate."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Our efforts were never about stopping the NDAA but standing up for voting rights that have been under attack by Republicans, Beatty said in a statement."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Most trained their criticisms on Senate Republicans for blocking the John Lewis bill and other voter protections."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The House will revert to Republican control in January, likely putting any voting rights push on ice for at least two years.

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