president Joe Biden is “frustrated” with what some call the failure of current police reform negotiations and a standstill in voting rights legislation on Capitol Hill. However, sources within the Biden Harris administration say the White House is closely monitoring the movement and expects positive results in the current negotiations in the hope that the legislative packages will be passed.
U.S. President Joe Biden makes remarks during an event to commemorate LGBTQ + Pride Month in the East Room of the White House June 25 (Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would reform police agencies nationwide, as well as the voting laws, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and the For The People Act, are widely viewed as critical laws that would critically address racial inequalities affecting black and brown communities.
Sources also point out that the Republican minority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell, in view of the equally divided Senate, holds the keys to whether the electoral law and police reform in the House of Lords succeed or fail.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki gave insight into the mood of the president when theGrio asked during Tuesday’s press conference for its support for strengthening another political issue crucial to racial justice: the oldest federal civil rights law, the 1866 civil rights law.
Psaki told the grio that the government “recognizes the efforts of leaders working to update the oldest civil rights law”.
If leaders succeed in implementing the hoped-for changes, the threshold for demonstrating racism in the United States Supreme Court would be lowered from 100% to a much lower burden of proof.
Chairman of the Democratic Group Chairman of the House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries believes this law is vital for Americans seeking real justice in the courtroom.
“This is an important step in dealing with some of the adverse Supreme Court decisions that have undermined the ability of people to exercise their civil rights” [have] was injured, ”said Jeffries. “It is unacceptable that the current interpretation consists only of racist animus and discriminatory intent, if a decision is made to discriminate economically, then there is no violation of civil rights. That is an inadequate standard. “
New York Congressman Mondaire Jones is one of the sponsors of the effort in the US House of Representatives and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey is a sponsor in the US Senate.
Congressman Jones said he introduced legislation in the House of Representatives “to ensure that people of color, including blacks, cannot be discriminated against in the full range of commercial activities.”
Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at the US Supreme Court to announce a law to increase the number of seats in the Supreme Court on April 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
He warns that the discrimination he wants to curb “does not only take place in contracts, which is the language of the original law”. Jones also wants the law to apply even when people are “racially profiled” in shopping malls.
“We don’t want people denied the opportunity to participate in other forms of economic activity,” Jones told theGrio.
Jones admitted that he was aware of the level of racism and discrimination that currently exists in the United States of America.
“We are facing an increase in racism in this country” Marc Morial said theGrio. He claims complacency and tolerance of bigotry during the Trump administration’s years that made the promotion of racism possible. “America would look and say, ‘Oh yeah, that’s a state in the south,” said Morial. “Normalizing racism and division in this country is a formula.”
Pilomena Wankenge of the DC Freedom Fighters waves an American flag to a crowd gathered in the John A. Wilson Building during a protest against police brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
To make sure the moment is hit, Jones said he was committed to “education” [his] Colleagues on this legislation and the importance of further increasing the number of co-sponsors and then ultimately getting a vote. ”
The chances of passage in the House of Representatives are better there than in the Senate. However, Jones isn’t sure there will be a passage in the 117th Congress.
Psaki revealed from the White House podium this week that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will have opportunities this week to advocate and press for these invitations to be postponed at all levels of government [voting rights and policing reform] Forward.”
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