After a sweeping Republican victory on Tuesday that gave control of the House and Senate to Republicans, President Obama and Mitch McConnell, the presumptive majority leader of the next Senate, both spoke of working together, even as Congressional Republicans vowed to push a vigorous agenda.
Given the contentious relationship for the past six years, are their any legislative deals that President Obama and the new Congress can make?
Read the Discussion »The midterm elections on Tuesday are the first since the Supreme Court, in Shelby County v. Holder, ended federal oversight of electoral changes in areas with a history of racial discrimination, and permitted laws in several states increasing requirements for voter identification, supposedly to limit fraud. Critics have said these measures disenfranchise legitimate voters and disproportionately burden poor, minority voters.
Some say a constitutional amendment is needed to clearly establish a right to vote, and fend off efforts that inhibit and restrict voting. Is that necessary? Would it be effective?
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