It’s shaping up to be a tough 2022 for Joe Biden. Here are his biggest challenges
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Fueled by former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voting fraud in the 2020 election, Republicans are pushing forward in multiple states to add new restrictions on voting access and to place political loyalists in positions where they could try to overturn legitimate election results.for secretary of state and lieutenant governor in key states, raising concerns he’s laying the groundwork to reverse future Republican electoral losses.
Manchin has put forward a compromise version of a voting rights bill, called the For the People Act, that would impose national early voting and vote-by-mail standards, require new transparency in political fundraising and establish Election Day as a national holiday. But Manchin has said he doesn’t want to end the filibuster to pass voting legislation. Like with the Build Back Better bill, the White House and fellow Democrats have struggled to change Manchin’s mind.
The House version makes it easier to convict police officers for misconduct in federal prosecutions, gives Justice Department lawyers more authority to subpoena records when investigating patterns of abuse by police departments, and restricts the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants. The bill would also create a national registry for police misconduct.
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