Senate Democrats Hold Rare Field Hearing In Georgia Over Voting Rights

They're attempting to gain support for a federal voting and elections overhaul to counter new GOP state laws that tighten voting rules.

Taking their case for a federal voting bill to Georgia, Senate Democrats argued at a field hearing on Monday that their sweeping elections measure is desperately needed to counter the impact of new GOP state laws that tighten voting rules. Related StoryNew Voter ID Rules, Audits Being Pushed in Multiple States “Congress must take action on voting rights, and we have no time to spare,” U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat from Georgia, said in testimony before the Senate Rules Committee. “We Americans live in a great house that democracy built, and right now that house is on fire.”