The partisan debate over Georgia’s voting law spilled into Congress on Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee held a four-hour hearing focused largely on the state’s new law.
The U.S. House already passed a sweeping voting reform package, which the Senate is now considering, known as the “For the People Act.” It would standardize many components of election administration and preempt many state-level rules, including many of those in Georgia’s new law.
With just a 51-vote majority, it’s unclear if Senate Democrats have the votes to get their version through, but they made their case in committee, pointing to laws like Georgia’s as the reason why federal voting regulation is needed.
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