WASHINGTON – Senator Chris Coons, former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, and civil rights advocates hosted a telephonic press call today to urge the Senate to reject Andrew Brasher’s nomination to the Eleventh Circuit. The full Senate is scheduled to vote on his confirmation tomorrow afternoon.
WASHINGTON – On Monday, February 10, at 11:00 a.m. ET, civil rights and voting rights experts will host a telephonic press call to bring attention to Andrew Brasher’s nomination ahead of his scheduled Senate cloture vote that afternoon. The full Senate is expected to vote on his confirmation on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON – Lena Zwarensteyn, Fair Courts Campaign Director at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after Mitch McConnell filed cloture on the nomination of Andrew Brasher to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Senate’s votes to acquit President Trump following his impeachment by the House of Representatives:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union address:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s Muslim Ban expansion:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s Medicaid block grant guidance:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement regarding the House of Representatives’ vote to extend the Drug Enforcement Agency’s temporary order making fentanyl-related substances Schedule I: