Anti-poverty advocates urge Congress to act on voting rights, minimum wage, filibuster
“The Poor People’s Campaign announced on Monday the beginning of a weeks-long push for Congress to end the Senate filibuster and pass voting rights legislation. The effort, “A Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action,” will run each Monday until Aug. 2. Advocates are urging Congress to enact the sweeping “For the People Act,” an elections overhaul that passed in the House with the backing of Democrats but was blocked by Republicans in the Senate.”