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    The President Needs To Pull Out All Stops

    Article submittedBy Article submittedJuly 20, 2021No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper
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    By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
    Last week, Majority Whip Clyburn, Democratic leader in the U.S. House of
    Representatives, made the observation that the “Filibuster” currently being used in the
    U.S. Senate to block the Voting Rights Bill as well as the George Floyd Bill, is a matter
    of tradition and not a part of the U.S. Constitution. There was also a reference to how
    former President Lyndon Johnson used the full weight of his office as President to
    secure the needed votes to get the Voting Rights Act passed.
    It is a known fact that the President of the United States has far more power and
    influence than the Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate in the person of Mitch McConnell.
    Every Republican member of the Senate at some point is going to need something from
    either the President or a Cabinet office within his Administration. The passage of the
    Voting Rights Act by the Senate will undo most of what the States are doing with voter
    suppression. As suggested by Congressman Clyburn, now is the time to put all power
    and influence behind getting the Senate to act, not only on Infrastructure as slated for
    this week, but, by all means, the Voting Rights Act. These items cannot wait and should
    not be held up.
    President Biden needs to remember that without the Black Vote, he would not be in the
    White House. Without the influence of Congressman Cyburn endorsing him when he
    did, Biden would not have gotten the nomination of the Democratic Party to run for
    President. The Black Vote has to be as important to the President, if not more so, than
    Donald Trump is to the Republican Party
    The Texas Democratic Delegation, fleeing that state and coming to Washington, D.C. to
    lobby for the Voting Rights Act as a means of stopping voter suppression in that state,
    has given new meaning to the words, “All Gave Some, But Some Gave All”.
    President Biden has spent enough years on Capitol Hill to know where the bodies are
    buried and who placed them. He and Chuck Schumer cannot continue to play
    “Gentleman Jack” with Mitch McConnell. McConnell must be stopped by any means
    necessary. That would appear to mean dealing with the Filibuster by any means
    necessary. This must be done before the end of July when the Congress goes on
    recess.
    One thing should be remembered about Capitol Hill and the Legislative Process: There
    is always a loophole and a back door to solve every problem. Politics is never absolute
    about anything. The Vice President, while doing all she can, is not a substitute for the
    Office of the President applying full power. To our Civil Rights leaders, your only
    message can be: Out with the filibuster, and passage of the Voting Rights Act. No
    in-betweens.
    If we did not let the pandemic stop the protest and emergence of our votes to take back
    the White House, we must not allow the pandemic’s resurgence, Republican
    gerrymandering of the Congressional Districts because of tampering with the Census,
    or radical Conservative acts of terrorism under the “Big Lie” to stop the salvation of
    democracy that we all are fighting for. Let’s call the Republican offices, their home
    districts and anyone who supports them and let’s make this happen before the end of
    July 2021.

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