WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following statement on Aug. 6 by President and CEO Neera Tanden: * * * Today, on the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act into law, Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: The 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act comes at a moment when the right of millions to cast their ballot is in peril. The Voting Rights Act enfranc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Declaration for American Democracy issued the following statement on Aug. 6 by Director Jana Morgan on the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act: "Today we celebrate the 55th year since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, enfranchising millions of Americans, primarily BIPOC, who had previously been denied access to the ballot because of racially discriminatory laws. However, the U.S. Supreme Court's gutting of this important piece of legislat more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 7 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 6 by Vice-Chair Senator Sharif Street: * * * 55 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson to combat institutionalized racism at the ballot box and to help realize the full promise of the Constitution for all voters. In the decades since, far-right extremists -- like Donald Trump -- have worked to erode that progress. "55 years ago today,  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on Aug. 7: 55 years ago yesterday, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson to combat institutionalized racism at the ballot box and to help realize the full promise of the Constitution for all voters. In the decades since, far-right extremists -- like Donald Trump -- have worked to erode that progress. Check out what local leaders had to say about Trump's attacks on  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following statement on Aug. 6: * * * Congresswoman Barbara Lee released this statement on the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law on August 6, 1965: "55 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act to fight racial voting discrimination and enfranchise millions of Americans who have been systemically excluded from our democratic process," said Congresswoman Lee. "Today, as  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-New York, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: 55 years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. This landmark legislation of the civil rights movement expanded access to the ballot box for millions of Americans across the country. Despite strong bipartisan support for the bill, key provisions of the Voting Rights Act were struck down in 2013 by the United States Supreme Court, including meas more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and 22 Senators today to introduce a Senate Resolution to recognize, commemorate, and celebrate the 55th anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed the legislation just days after the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, during which the late Repres more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement on Aug. 6: * * * Today, on the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act into law, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight jurisdiction over federal elections, released the following statement: "Fifty-five years ago, our nation made historic progress in the fight for federal civil rights when the Voting Rights Act was more PR