President Biden while running for president made a long list of promises for his first year in office, many of them tied to reversing the policies of his predecessor and getting control of the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden promised during his campaign to protect voting rights and said that as president he would pass legislation to strengthen the Voting Rights Act.have passed restrictive voting laws this year, and legislation to reverse those changes has stalled in Congress.
Voting rights advocates have criticized the president for not making access to the ballot a higher priority, especially ahead of a midterm elections year. While Biden has argued that Republican-led efforts will make voting more difficult for Black and Latino communities — calling the new laws"the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War" — his actions, advocates say, have not matched his rhetoric.
The president has faced similar criticism when it comes to the promises he made to tackle police reform in the wake ofBiden abandoned his plans earlier this year to establish a commission to address policing practices, and instead he urged Congress to pass legislation that would improve such practices. The House passed thein March, but the bill lacked enough Republican support to clear the Senate. Months of bipartisan discussions eventually collapsed in September.
Voting access and police reform are top legislative priorities for Democrats, and the inability to get either measure across the finish line has exasperated many, especially
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