John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

Nov. 3, 2021 | S. 4

This bipartisan legislation helps protect our nation’s citizens from discriminatory voting practices and restores the ability to mount effective legal challenges to anti-democratic voting measures. 

Passage would be an important step toward restoration of the fundamental voter protections undermined by the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision and its 2021 decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee. The Senate blocked this legislation on November 3, 2021.

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This is Good for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 50
NAYs: 49

Legislator Sort descending State Party Vote
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
Republican No
Sen. Kevin Cramer
ND
Republican No
Sen. Michael D. Crapo
ID
Republican No
Sen. Ted Cruz
TX
Republican No
Sen. Steve Daines
MT
Republican No
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Joni Ernst
IA
Republican No
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Deb Fischer
NE
Republican No
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat Yes
Sen. Lindsey Graham
SC
Republican No
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
IA
Republican No
Sen. Bill Hagerty
TN
Republican No
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Joshua Hawley
MO
Republican No
Sen. Martin Heinrich
NM
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Hickenlooper
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat Yes