Amanda Becker

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Amanda Becker @AmandaBecker

The Repub senators knew that if SCOTUS overturned VRA preclearance, it would be hard to restore it, b/c fellow Republican Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin —a true supporter of voting access— would no longer be chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. (5/?) https://t.co/Ijyl2JB6cr — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 11, 2022

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Amanda Becker @AmandaBecker

Why does it matter? As @rickhasen told me: “It was clear [in the Republican revised committee report] that the seeds were being sown for a legal challenge [to the VRA],” says Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine. (4/?) https://t.co/Ijyl2JB6cr — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 11, 2022

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Amanda Becker @AmandaBecker

Let me pause to talk about Rep. Sensenbrenner, who told me plainly: “I wanted to get it done while I was still there as its supporter ... If the expiring sections were allowed to go out into space, it would have been much harder to reinstate them.” (6/?) https://t.co/Ijyl2JB6cr — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 11, 2022