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Elijah Cummings: “H.R. 1 would take significant amounts of the decisionmaking of how we apply and how we exercise our voting from the…”

On the recordApril 30, 2019
H.R. 1 would take significant amounts of the decisionmaking of how we apply and how we exercise our voting from the state and move it to the Federal level.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings argues H.R. 1 shifts voting decision-making from states to the federal government.

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